June 16, 2009 - PETNET Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., said it is prepared to increase production and availability of 18F Sodium Fluoride (NaF) to replace Technetium for MDP bone scans to help offset shortages of molybdenum, which can result in limited availability of 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceuticals.
June 16, 2009 - The SNM 2009 Image of the Year is an image depicting how radioimmunotherapy can successfully treat a potentially fatal type of lymphoma, which was presented at SNM’s 56th Annual Meeting June 13–17, 2009, in Toronto.
As Discovery PET/CT 600 series continues to expand, GE Healthcare introduced the Discovery PET/CT 690 – a molecular imaging tool designed go beyond the needs of the clinical practice and provide the necessary tools and technologies to explore the future of PET/CT imaging.
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June 16, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics showed at the 2009 SNM Annual Conference its new BrightView X, a scalable SPECT camera that can be easily upgraded with CT when physicians are ready for the full capabilities of BrightView XCT, a nuclear medicine workstation and the third-generation time-of-flight PET.
June 15, 2009 - FluoroPharma Inc. will present phase I data relating to the safety, dosimetry, and pharmacokinetics in human subjects of BFPET, its novel 18-F labeled PET radiotracer for myocardial perfusion imaging, at the Society of Nuclear Medicine 2009 Annual Meeting in Toronto.
June 15, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. today said it finalized an arrangement with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) to receive the nuclear imaging radiotracer component molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) produced from low-enriched uranium (LEU) targets in ANSTO’s new OPAL reactor.
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June 13, 2009 - Lantheus will be the first company to be able to offer Technetium-99 (Tc99m) derived from LEU to the U.S. market.
June 12, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare announced the launch of its newest version of Inveon Research Workplace, IRW 3.0, at the 2009 SNM Annual Meeting held June 14-16 in Toronto. This new software provides Inveon users with an expanded set of tools for image visualization and data analysis, and new solutions for important applications in cardiac PET imaging.
June 12, 2009 - Enlargement and abnormalities of axillary sentinel lymph nodes located in the armpit area near the breast are predictive of cancer, according to initial research conducted at University of Florida Shands Cancer Center and published in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
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June 12, 2009 - With the Chalk River* nuclear reactor in Laurentian Hills, Ontario, Canada, shutdown, a reactor that supplies one-third** of the nuclear isotopes to the world, it was very timely when Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed the SNM annual meeting to Toronto, Canada, emphasizing the importance of molecular imaging to the future practice of medicine.
June 12, 2009 - NanoScan Imaging LLC today announced the publication of new data demonstrating the use of its investigational, radio-opaque contrast agent (N1177) to visualize vulnerable plaques that can cause heart attack or stroke using advanced, noninvasive and high-resolution computed tomography (CT) techniques.
June 12, 2009 - PhotoDetection Systems will showcase the NeuroPET scanner, designed to serve the clinical and research needs of the molecular neuro-imaging community at the SNM Annual Meeting Toronto, Canada, June 13-16, 2009, in booth 717.
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June 12, 2009 – Medi/Nuclear to display product kits, which are companion product to its Radioaerosol Lung Imaging Systems, for use with ventilators at SNM at booth 1220.
June 12, 2009 – Naviscan Inc. announced that it has issued a non-exclusive licensing agreement with an undisclosed imaging company for intellectual property enabling Naviscan's Stereo Navigator PEM-guided biopsy accessory, and will be demonstrating the technology at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting Annual Meeting, Toronto, June 13 - 16, 2009, in booth 638.
June 12, 2009 – The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL) announced that it will accept accreditation applications from laboratories utilizing new technologies and other novel imaging approaches, such as new software algorithms and new camera technologies, that to date are not included within the guidelines published by the professional societie
June 12, 2009 - Digirad Corp., a provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and personnel and equipment leasing services, will debut at SNM its c?pax image management and multimodality viewing system.
June 12, 2009 - Covidien will be highlighting at the 2009 SNM Annual Conference in Toronto, June 13-17, its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for its kit for the preparation of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) sestamibi injection and radiosotope development.
June 12, 2009 - As European healthcare facilities are turning to vendor-neutral, multimodality breast imaging workstations to streamline reading of digital breast exams, the need for an efficient workflow is driving strong sales for Carestream Health's multimodality workstation, according to Carestream Health's director of Worldwide Marketing, Mammography Solutions, Stephen W. Archer.
June 12, 2009 - Digirad Corp., a provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and personnel and equipment leasing services, will feature at SNM its recently 510(k) cleared Cardius X-ACT imaging system.
June 12, 2009 – The SNM Clinical Trials Network has announced that a prototype clinical PET oncology imaging simulator-or "phantom"-has been successfully scanned and imaged at four imaging centers. SNM intends to deliver and scan the phantom at an additional 20 imaging centers by the end of September.