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IMV: PET procedure volumes continue strong growth trend

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This ranges from a high of 567 scans per physician in over 400 bed hospitals, to a low of 119 in under 200 bed hospitals. Follow IMV Medical Information on LinkedIn for more diagnostic imaging updates. Want to share your knowledge of medical imaging? Click here to sign up for the IMV Survey panel today.

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Tc-99m shortage expected into November

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The delayed restart of a nuclear research reactor in the Netherlands is expected to cause supply shortages of the imaging agent technetium-99 m (Tc-99m) into November, according to reports. “We Tc-99m is then eluted from Mo-99 at radiopharmacies prior to being transported to hospitals. domestic supplies of Mo-99.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

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Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 finalists

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His area of expertise is neuroradiology, with a special emphasis on diagnostic imaging of the head, neck, brain, and spine. Louis School of Medicine and completed his residency and a neuroradiology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He earned his medical degree from Washington University in St.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 5 -- Advice from center administrators

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As nuclear medicine therapies gain stature compared to nuclear medicine in diagnostic imaging, hospital administrators may be eyeing the potential of adding theranostics services. Image courtesy of Washington University. "We This oversight has led to program launch setbacks, Beyder explained.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. This drug relies on a gallium Ga-68, too, as a diagnostic imaging agent.

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

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A dedicated teacher and radiologic technologist since 2009, Stewart currently serves as associate professor of diagnostic imaging, and program director of radiologic sciences at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. We're more than 20 hospitals now," Beyder said. "I Louis, MO Dmitry Beyder. from Ukraine.