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IMV: Nuclear medicine procedure volumes decrease

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Total nuclear medicine patient study volumes decreased by 5.7% Specifically considering cardiovascular nuclear medicine procedures, total procedures have decreased by 7.1% million nuclear medicine patient studies performed. Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division. Of these, 5.8 Nonhospitals 2.5%

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ASRT: Nuclear medicine technologist salaries show greatest gains

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Nuclear medicine technologists experienced the largest average compensation gains, up 20.2% from $88,576 in 2022 to $106,475 in 2024, according to new results from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Wage and Salary Survey 2024. have seen wage and salary increases since 2022. increase since 2022.

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Claritas HealthTech spins off nuclear medicine division

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Claritas HealthTech has spun off its nuclear medicine division into a separate company named Claritas NucMed Technologies. and will focus on the global commercialization, delivery, and deployment of its nuclear medicine suite of software solutions for PET and SPECT, the company said.

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Carolyn J. Anderson, PhD, Receives SNMMI 2024 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award

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Anderson , PhD, a trailblazer in nuclear medicine, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award. The award was announced by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its 2024 Annual Meeting, June 8-11 in Toronto.

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IMV: PET scan volumes continue to grow

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In 2023 compared with 2022, the total volume of positron emission tomography (PET) scans increased 10.2% from 1,401 estimated PET scans per system in 2022 to 1,495 in 2023. year over year, according to the newly published IMV 2024 PET Market Summary Report. physicians reading PET scans per site.

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FAPI-PET bests FDG-PET in detecting gastrointestinal cancer

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Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI)-PET/CT appears superior to standard FDG-PET/CT for detecting gastrointestinal cancer, with higher radiotracer uptake seen in most tumors, according to a study published October 26 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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Anderson wins SNMMI's Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer award

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The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has bestowed its Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer award on Carolyn Anderson, PhD, of the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU). The award honors those who have made outstanding contributions in the field of nuclear medicine, the SNMMI said.