June 3, 2010 – A single photon emission tomography (SPECT) system may significantly reduce patient and staff radiation exposure by using significantly less radioactive imaging agent.


Automated contrast media injectors are used in cardiac imaging to help improve patient safety and enhance image quality. These devices can control contrast dosage, record the amount used, speed injections to keep up with faster computed tomography (CT) scanners, and warn clinicians of potential hazards, such as air embolisms or extravasations.
The CT system on Siemens Biograph mCT can be used as a dedicated CT and as a hybrid PET/CT.
Philips GEMINI TF Big Bore is a PET/CT system combined with a big bore CT.

In these challenging economic times, hospitals are seeking to maximize their investment in technology. To justify purchasing any imaging modality, such as computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) or single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), a facility has to have sufficient patient volume to pay for the investment.

A report from the American Heart Association Committee on cardiac imaging stated that between 1980 and 2006 the collective dose from medical uses of radiation received by the U.S. population increased by more than 700 percent.1 The report also indicated “[Cardiac computed tomography angiography] (CCTA) accounted for around 50 percent of the collective dose.2
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One of the biggest challenges with tumor control is accelerated repopulation. Surviving tumor cells can repopulate after a few fractions of radiation are delivered or during intervals between treatments. To make matters worse, the rate of tumor repopulation accelerates after each successive treatment.

June 3, 2010 - The time to deliver a radiosurgery plan may be reduced by up to 50 percent, while maintaining accuracy, compared to the hybrid radiotherapy systems at the Creekside Cancer Care center in Lafayette, Colo.

June 3, 2010 - On May 26, WellPoint announced it will implement certain provisions of the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act (HR 1691), which aims to standardize minimum guidelines for care for women with breast cancer, although the bill is not yet law.

June 3, 2010 - "Physician productivity disparities are not uncommonly debated within radiology groups, sometimes in a contentious manner," stated the authors of a new study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

June 3, 2010 - The CTC Coalition, consisting of physician providers, colon cancer patient advocates and imaging technology manufacturers, today announced their support for H.R. 5461, a new bill to cover computed tomography colonography (CTC), commonly known as virtual colonoscopy.

June 3, 2010 - More than 70,000 people in the U.S. were diagnosed with cancer of the bladder in 2009, with an estimated 14,000 people dying from the disease, according to the National Cancer Institute. The disease is difficult to detect, and the most common, initial sign is red-colored urine, which calls for urine cytology and cystoscopy.

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