June 19, 2008 - One of the two images selected as the 2008 SNM Image of the Year at SNM 2008 reveals a relapse of neuroendocrine cancer—a malignancy of the interface between the hormonal and nervous systems—including a nodal involvement.

Stefano Fanti, M.D., professor of nuclear medicine at the Policlinico S. Orsola–Università di Bologna in Italy presented the image from a case of a neuroendocrine tumor located in the left middle ear that was referred for restaging.

June 19, 2008 – At the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s 55th Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, French researchers presented a handheld perioperative compact imager (POCI), a gamma camera used to perform lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel lymph node (SLN) localization in breast cancer.

June 19, 2008 - IMIX Americas Inc. said today it has expanded its product line with the addition of a 17-inch-by-17-inch field of view detector, which is available immediately.

Reportedly providing greater flexibility for clinicians and technologists, the detector accommodates most patient sizes and is ideal for imaging applications requiring full anatomical coverage. The enhanced detector features the same high image quality and reliability as the 16-inch model, said the company.

For more information: www.imixadr.com

June 18, 2008 - Georgetown University, Gentag Inc. and Science Applications International Corp. have combined forces to develop a noninvasive method for glucose measurement using skin patches.

The three technology leaders agreed to combine their respective intellectual property and expertise to create a new method to monitor glucose, using disposable skin patches with wireless sensors and cell phones. The resulting products could eliminate the need for finger pricking with lancets to draw blood for people of all ages with diabetes.

June 18, 2008 - Derma Sciences said this week its key product, MEDIHONEY Wound and Burn Dressing with Active Leptospermum Honey, has been found in a large randomized controlled clinical trial to significantly reduce the presence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in chronic wounds.

The finding was published in the June 2008 issue of The Journal of Wound Care.

June 18, 2008 - In an effort to spark a change in healthcare professional hand hygiene practices, Medline Industries Inc. launched its Hand Hygiene Compliance Program (HHCP) to hospitals and healthcare facilities at the 35th Annual Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Educational Conference in Denver.

June 18, 2008 – Bracco Diagnostics showcased its Cardiac PET Perfusion Imaging with CardioGen-82, a Rubidium Rb 82 generator and emphasized the advantages of cardiac PET Perfusion Imaging over the current SPECT, at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's 55th Annual Meeting.

June 18, 2008 - New imaging software that will allow physicians to more accurately diagnose and treat heart failure patients has been licensed by Emory University to Syntermed, an Atlanta-based nuclear medicine imaging and informatics software company.

June 18, 2008 – Numa introduced the NumaStore Software Only at SNM 2008, allowing customers to provide their own hardware configurations for the NumaStore Management software application.

Imaging department and IT professionals are now able to integrate this version of Numa’s image storage and management application on to their existing radiology department or enterprise server systems.

June 18, 2008 - Combined positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography (CT) scanning of patients in the early stages of ovarian cancer can enable physicians to determine whether the cancer has spread to nearby lymph nodes without having to perform surgery, according to researchers at the SNM�s 55th Annual Meeting.

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