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OCTI developing optical coherence tomographyUsing light as an imaging source has long fascinated inventors. But since radiology has produced such effective imaging modalities as CT, nuclear medicine, MRI, and ultrasound, radiologists have been

Radiopharmacy firm Syncor International of Woodland Hills, CA, has agreed to license its technology to Israeli nuclear research agency Soreq and its subsidiary, Isorad, which plan to establish a radiopharmacy in Israel. In exchange for providing

Siemens Medical Systems' Nuclear Medicine Group announced this month that the Food and Drug Administration has cleared the Hoffman Estates, IL, division's Emory Cardiac Toolbox, a cardiac image processing software package. Developed by Emory University

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared a nonuniform attenuation correction package developed by nuclear medicine firm ELGEMS of Tirat Hacarmel, Israel. The upgrade, called VTransACT, works on dual-head variable-angle gamma cameras manufactured by

Iain Stark plans to avoid pitfalls that trapped ParkThe founder of defunct gamma camera developer Park Medical Systems has returned to the nuclear medicine market with IS2 Research, a company formed to commercialize a new generation of gamma

Nuclear medicine and information systems vendor ADAC Laboratories reported record third-quarter results last month and predicted good times ahead due to the Health Care Financing Administration's publication of reimbursement rates for PET studies. The

Nuclear medicine firm Syncor to offer teleradiology servicesRadiopharmacy firm branches out with NukeNet A surprising new entrant is planning to join the market for nuclear medicine teleradiology services. Radiopharmacy firm Syncor

Companies will operate under Inovision nameBarium contrast agent manufacturer Lafayette Pharmaceuticals of Yorba Linda, CA, announced this month the purchase of Victoreen and Nuclear Associates for an undisclosed amount. The deal brings Lafayette,

Texas company plans to distribute research isotopesInternational Isotopes marked its Society of Nuclear Medicine conference debut as an exhibitor with a robust corporate agenda. The company highlighted its strategy of manufacturing and providing

Deal gives company access to burgeoning FDG marketRadiopharmaceutical firm Syncor International of Woodland Hills, CA, regained access to a critical nuclear medicine resource last month when it announced an agreement with Massachusetts General

The nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems received Food and Drug Administration clearance last month for a version of its E.Cam gamma camera that uses hybrid PET/SPECT detectors made from lutetium oxyortho-silicate and sodium iodide

Radiopharmaceutical hopeful Draximage is laying the groundwork for its entry into the nuclear medicine market. The Montreal company this month signed an agreement with a biotechnology firm that should enable Draximage to expand its R&D pipeline. It

Hybrid device adds BGO detectors to CT gantryExecutives with the nuclear medicine division of Siemens Medical Systems in Hoffman Estates, IL, this month confirmed rumors about the company's efforts to build a hybrid CT/PET scanner. While the

The nuclear medicine community has reason for celebration following the Health Care Financing Administration's June 3 announcement of a national average payment for PET scans. According to ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, HCFA stated that its Medicare

HCFA decision on Medicare PET payment level gives lift to SNM attendeesThe remarkable comeback of the nuclear medicine industry continues unabated. Attendees at this month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Toronto found that the

Company snatched rights to UGM camera from GENuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories plans to use next month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Toronto as a launching pad for its foray into the dedicated PET market. ADAC on June 1

Toshiba America Medical Systems will present ongoing developments in coincidence imaging at next month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine conference in Toronto. The Tustin, CA-based company will feature its Toshiba E.Cam attenuation correction and

Technetium supplies may be exhausted by May 29It seems like déjà vu all over again. Workers again are on strike at the Canadian nuclear reactor that produces most of the world’s supply of molybdenum, which is used to make

Firm believes its Q1 shipments surpassed ADAC’sThe nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems continues its remarkable rebound, powered by sales of its variable-angle E.Cam gamma camera. The Hoffman Estates, IL, division believes that

DSXi is upgradable to dual-head configurationNuclear medicine vendor SMV America plans to showcase a new single-head gamma camera that is upgradable to a dual-head variable-angle model at the upcoming Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in

Company breaks gamma camera sales records in U.S.The nuclear medicine division of Israeli multimodality vendor Elscint hopes to make high-energy imaging easier and cheaper for its gamma camera customers through an FDG distribution deal signed this

ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, and Siemens Medical Systems of Hoffman Estates, IL, have been named the preferred vendors in a dual-source group buy of nuclear medicine equipment issued by group purchasing organization Premier. Premier members are

The nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems announced that it shipped its 100th ECAT Exact PET camera in March. The camera will be installed at the Rhoen Clinic in Bad Berka, Germany, according to the Hoffman Estates, IL-based division. With

Executive drove ADAC’s quality improvementThe last 10 years have been busy ones for David Lowe. The imaging executive helped his company, ADAC Laboratories, grow from third place and a 12% share of the U.S. nuclear medicine industry to

Company calls off relationship with MallinckrodtIf you want something done right, do it yourself. Immunomedics has taken that age-old adage to heart by implementing a plan to directly market its monoclonal antibody-based nuclear medicine imaging