Breast imaging firm TransScan Research and Development of Ramsey, NJ, landed a heavy hitter this month when it hired former Trex Medical chief executive Hal Kirshner as chairman. Kirshner will lead TransScan’s executive team as the company
Breast imaging firm TransScan Research and Development of Ramsey, NJ, landed a heavy hitter this month when it hired former Trex Medical chief executive Hal Kirshner as chairman. Kirshner will lead TransScans executive team as the company moves its T-Scan 2000 electrical impedance imaging system to market. T-Scan 2000 received premarket approval from the Food and Drug Administration last month (SCAN 4/28/99).
FDA Clears Virtually Helium-Free 1.5T MRI System from Siemens Healthineers
June 26th 2025Offering a cost- and resource-saving DryCool magnet technology, the Magnetom Flow.Ace MRI system reportedly requires 0.7 liters of liquid helium for cooling over the lifetime of the device in contrast to over 1,000 liters commonly utilized with conventional MRI platforms.
SNMMI: Botox May Facilitate Relief from Dry Mouth Side Effect of PSMA-Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals
June 25th 2025For patients being treated with radiopharmaceutical agents for metastatic prostate cancer, the combination of botulinum toxin and an anti-nausea patch led to a 30 percent reduction in PSMA uptake in the salivary glands, according to preliminary research findings presented at the SNMMI conference.