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SPECT-guided CT enhances bone cancer detection
SPECT/CT is enhancing the detection of cancer in patients, according to results presented this week at SNM’s 53rd Annual Meeting in San Diego.
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New treatment induces regression of prostate cancer
A new treatment for prostate cancer may provide a distinct advantage over other conventional protocols and induce actual regression of the disease—not just relief from bone pain or a limited control of the disease, according to a study by Italian researchers released this week at SNM’s 53rd Annual Meeting in San Diego.
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Alzheimer's plaques may parallel Mad Cow-type diseases
A new tracer allows visualization of abnormal protein deposits—called amyloid plaques—in human diseases like Alzheimer’s and Creutzfeldt-Jakob and in prion diseases in animals like scrapie (similar to mad cow disease), according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and CHRU Tours in France.
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FLT PET assesses Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma treatment
PET along with the radiolabeled thymidine analog [18F]Fluorothymidine (FLT) is “a promising, sensitive tool” for assessing drug effects on tumor growth in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to a study released at SNM’s 53rd Annual Meeting this week in San Diego.
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Siemens rolls out new PET/CT system, highlights disease-specific imaging
Siemens this week added the new TruePoint technology to its Biograph family of hybrid PET/CT systems. The TruePoint PET/CT platform adds 33 percent more axial volume coverage to Siemens PET/CT scanners as well as cutting in half the patient injected dose of radiopharmaceuticals.
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  • GE focuses on cancer, heart and neurology imaging
  • Philips showcases clinical results of time-of-flight imaging for PET/CT
  • Thinking Systems expands PACS applications, adds web access
  • Numa rolls out workflow tools
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