The Diagnostic Imaging CT modality focus page provides information, videos, podcasts, and the latest news about industry product developments, trial results, screening guidelines, and protocol guidance that touch on the use of CT across the healthcare continuum, from various cancer screenings, such as lung and colon, to cardiothoracic imaging, to appendicitis, and more.
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In comparison to energy-integrating detector CT for the workup of suspected acute pulmonary embolism, the use of photon-counting detector CT reduced radiation dosing by 48 percent, according to newly published research.
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ADAC's quest for quality pays off with Malcolm Baldrige recognition
October 23rd 1996Award caps vendor's four-year rise to prominence in nuclear medicineNuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories last week finally fulfilledits three-year quest for the Malcolm Baldrige National QualityAward. The Milpitas, CA, firm received
Picker joins ADAC in club of vendorswith coincidence-detection clearance
October 9th 1996Company ramped up work due to clinical interestADAC Laboratories may claim to be the leader in high-energy coincidence-detectionimaging, but it can no longer claim to be the only company ableto market a product using this promising new nuclear
New monoclonal antibody agents face uphill battle for commercial success
September 25th 1996Are long FDA review times making products too expensive?The nuclear medicine community appears cautious in its attitudeabout the new radiopharmaceuticals just entering or about to enterthe U.S. market: Verluma, Myoscint, CEA-Scan, and
DOE commits to moly-99 isotope project
September 25th 1996The U.S. Department of Energy has selected two nuclear reactorsin New Mexico to produce molybdenum-99, the raw material for thecommonly used radioisotope technetium-99m. The move is an importantstep in a long effort by the agency to develop a U.S. source
New cushion improves scintimammography
September 25th 1996Nuclear Associates of Carle Place, NY, has developed a prone breastcushion to be used during scintimammography exams. The cushionenables nuclear medicine physicians to separate the breasts fromother structures, such as the chest wall, and eliminates the
SMV lands $10 million contract
September 11th 1996Nuclear medicine vendor SMV of Twinsburg, OH, has won a contractto supply gamma cameras and computers to University HealthSystemConsortium (UHC) of Oakbrook, IL. SMV believes the contract couldbe worth $4 million to $5 million a year over the next two
Nordion settles reactor dispute with AECL
July 17th 1996Radioisotope producer Nordion International has settled a disputewith a Canadian government agency that had stalled the constructionof nuclear reactors dedicated to producing molybdenum-99, theraw material for technetium. Nordion, of Kanata, Ontario,
GE strengthens nuclear medicine linewith new variable-angle gamma camera
June 19th 1996Clinical roles for solid-state camera examined The nuclear medicine unit of GE Medical Systems made its biggestsplash in recent years at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meetingthis month, with the launch of dual-head variable-angle
Du Pont solidifies its leadin radiopharmaceutical market
June 19th 1996CEO reports solid growth in cardiology segmentDu Pont Pharmaceutical of North Billerica, MA, is riding the waveof rising Cardiolite demand. All of the market-leading radiopharmaceuticalcompany's growth in 1995 stemmed from an expanding nuclear
ADAC focuses on clinical refinements
June 5th 1996At last year's Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, ADAC Laboratoriesof Milpitas, CA, entered the conference with two new gamma camerasand a new positron imaging technique to publicize. Cardio Epicbuttressed the vendor's position with cardiologists while
Digirad refines solid-state technologyto develop Notebook Imager camera
June 5th 1996Firm may license detectors to other vendorsThe development of a solid-state digital gamma camera has finallymoved beyond the prototype stage. San Diego-based Digirad introduceda solid-state gamma camera at this week's Society of Nuclear
Hitachi makes official its return to nuclear medicine market
June 5th 1996V250 DSP finds company in variable-angle segmentGet ready for a new entrant to the already crowded field of gammacameras. Hitachi Medical Corp. of America unveiled a new variable-angledual-head system at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine
Picker fine-tunes STEP at SNM meeting
June 5th 1996Picker International's booth at the Society of Nuclear Medicinemeeting highlighted the vendor's second generation of productintroductions stemming from the launch of its simultaneous transmission-emissionprotocol (STEP) photon attenuation correction
Siemens shows fruit of R&D labors with debut of variable-angle E.Cam
June 5th 1996Vendor hopes gamma camera will spearhead U.S. resurgenceThe nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems is hopingthat a new gamma camera introduced at this week's Society of NuclearMedicine meeting in Denver will help the company recapture
ADAC sees higher revenue and income
May 8th 1996Nuclear medicine and information systems vendor ADAC Laboratoriesreported sharply higher sales and net income for its second quarter(end-March). The Milpitas, CA, company posted revenues of $58.4million, a company record, compared with revenues of $44.7
SMV reorganizes upper management
May 8th 1996Nuclear medicine vendor SMV has revamped its executive lineup,a move that has resulted in the departure of Colin McNaught, chairmanand CEO of the vendor's SMV America unit in Twinsburg OH, andAndre Debionne, chairman and CEO of the holding company for
Bicron and Crismatec lay foundationfor growth of solid-state detectors
April 24th 1996Saint-Gobain units land gamma camera dealsIf solid-state gamma camera detectors are ever to become a clinicalreality, nuclear medicine vendors will have to reduce the costof the technology to a point where solid-state products are
Seiko adds PostScript to printer line
April 10th 1996Printer manufacturer Seiko Instruments has released a new lineof dye sublimation printers that add support for the PostScriptprinting protocol. Seiko hopes that the 8.5 x 11 version of theprinter line will help solidify its position in the nuclear
Report sees cardiac ultrasound growth
March 27th 1996A new report published by Frost & Sullivan of Mountain View,CA, predicts that ultrasound's share of the cardiac imaging marketwill grow in coming years, while that of x-ray and nuclear medicinedeclines. The publication claims that the worldwide
Syncor shows rebound with 1995 results
March 27th 1996Nuclear medicine pharmacy firm Syncor reported solid financialresults for its 1995 fiscal year (end-December), offering furtherproof that the nuclear medicine industry's slump eased last year.The Chatsworth, CA, firm said that both revenues and
Varian grows market nichefor ultra-high-field MRI scanners
March 27th 1996Functional MRI could lead to 4-tesla renaissanceThe nuclear magnetic resonance instrument division of Varian Associatesin Palo Alto, CA, is chiseling out a specialized niche in ultra-high-fieldMRI with the launch of Unity Inova, a whole-body
New Siemens nuclear chiefputs emphasis on product R&D
February 28th 1996Vendor is developing variable-angle gamma cameraThe new head of the nuclear medicine group of Siemens MedicalSystems has a track record for bringing R&D projects to marketquickly, a trait that the Hoffman Estates, IL, group is countingon to
ADAC sees multivendor serviceas major opportunity for growth
February 14th 1996MCD and LabStat will also expand markets in 1996The multivendor service program being developed by nuclear medicinevendor ADAC Laboratories is one of three major growth initiativesthe Milpitas, CA, firm is pushing in 1996 to expand its
FDA clears Hitachi gamma cameras
January 31st 1996The Food and Drug Administration has cleared three Hitachi gammacameras that are the centerpiece of the vendor's planned comebackin nuclear medicine. Two of the cameras are systems manufacturedby Hitachi and formerly marketed by Summit Nuclear, while
ADAC's stock jumps after Q1 report
January 17th 1996ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, pleased the investment communitylast week by announcing that it expects sharply higher bookingsand revenue for its first quarter of fiscal 1996 (end-December).The market responded by sending the nuclear medicine