GT Medical completes acquisition of Isoray Medical cesium-131 assets
GT Medical Technologies has completed the acquisition of Perspective Therapeutics subsidiary Isoray Medical's cesium-131 assets.
The purchase makes GT Medical the sole manufacturer of cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds for cancer treatments, and is part of its plan to expand adoption of its GammaTile therapy in the U.S., it said. It was initiated in December of last year. GT Medical will retain use of Isoray's cesium-131 manufacturing facility in Richland, WA. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Flywheel CEO to step down
Research informatics company Flywheel's CEO Jim Olson is stepping down, effective May 1.
Flywheel Chief Financial Officer Colby Moosman will serve as interim president to manage the transition, the company said. Olson will continue to act in an advisory role as Flywheel searches for a new CEO, according to the firm. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
IMV: Nuclear medicine procedure volumes decrease
Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division.Total nuclear medicine patient study volumes decreased by 5.7% between 2021 and 2023, with a 10.7% decrease in hospital-based studies and a 2.5% increase in nonhospital-based studies, according to the newly published IMV 2024 NM Market Outlook Report.
Two-year compound annual growth rates (CAGR) between 2021 and 2023 show an overall average 2.9% decrease in total procedures each year, with hospital-based procedures declining by 5.5% and non-hospital procedures increasing by 1.2%. Specifically considering cardiovascular nuclear medicine procedures, total procedures have d...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Davin Korstjens Tags: Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
FAPI-PET shows promise in patients with lung cancer
FAPI-PET imaging could emerge as a new tool for assessing patients with single pulmonary tumors, especially in those with negative results on other scans, according to a study published April 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
A group at University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany assessed the approach in 19 patients referred by their treating physicians because of inconclusive lung cancer findings on CT and F-18 FDG-PET. FAPI-PET either confirmed or ruled out the disease in all cases, the group found.
“Our results suggest that supplemental Ga-68 FAPI-46 PET may improve the noninvasive assessment of primary pulmonary...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Can brain MRI for emergency imaging of dizziness be more effective?
Predictors for acute conditions such as stroke could make brain MRI a better choice in patients who present in the emergency department with dizziness or vertigo, according to research published April 11 in the American Journal of Neuroradiology.
A team led by Tatu Happonen, MD, of the University of Turku in Finland found that factors such as older age, male sex, cardiovascular risk level, and particular neurologic signs appear to help clinicians better determine whether a patient could benefit from MR imaging -- thus reducing unnecessary exams.
"Acute dizziness and vertigo remain challenging even when emergency MR imagi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: MRI Neuroradiology Source Type: news
Sonio taps new scientific advisory board member
Paris-based AI developer for ultrasound Sonio has appointed Yinka Oyelese, MD, as a new scientific advisory board member.
Oyelese is a maternal-fetal medicine physician currently serving as director of obstetric imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston. He has previously worked at St. George's Hospital in London, U.K. and completed his OB/GYN residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and fellowship training in maternal-fetal medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, Sonio said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Butterfly and partners collaborate on maternal health in South Africa
Ultrasound technology developer Butterfly Network is collaborating with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the Global Ultrasound Institute on a maternal health initiative in South Africa.The partnership will initiate Phase Two of Butterfly's iQ+ probe deployment and point-of-care ultrasound training program for maternal and fetal health. The program is funded by a $5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Butterfly received in March 2022.In phase I of the initiative, 500 iQ+ handheld, whole-body probes were distributed across Kenya that year. Phase II will distribute the remaining 500 devices to healt...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Neuberg Diagnostics plans to raise $100 million to fund acquisitions
Neuberg, which runs a pan-India diagnostic chain, has appointed O3 Capital as the investment banker and is currently in talks with potential investors, Velu said in an interview. The Chennai-based company plans to use the fresh capital to expand its radiology business through acquisitions, chairman GSK Velu said. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
RadNet teams up with basketball icon Sheryl Swoopes
RadNet has tapped basketball legend and WNBA superstar Sheryl Swoopes as spokesperson for its nationwide breast cancer screening programs.
Swoopes will emphasize the need for more convenient nationwide access to crucial cancer screening services, with a focus on RadNet’s MammogramNow initiative, which recently launched breast cancer screening services in Walmart Supercenters in Delaware, Arizona, and California, the company said.
Swoopes is an iconic figure in women's basketball, earning three Olympic gold medals and three Most Valuable Player awards in the WNBA during her career. She has a personal connection to cance...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Breast Source Type: news
16 Bit gets FDA nod for AI x-ray software
Canadian AI software developer 16 Bit has received de novo approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Rho, an AI tool for evaluating low bone mineral density (BMD).
Rho uses patented AI technology to automatically scan standard x-rays (frontal projections of the chest, thoracic spine, lumbar spine, pelvis, knee, and hand/wrist) for markers of low BMD, an indicator of osteoporosis, 16 Bit said.
The software could improve screening for osteoporosis, as screening rates using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scans are low in the U.S., the company noted. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Artificial Intelligence Source Type: news
Bayer and Hologic collaborate on CEM
Bayer
and Hologic have entered a collaboration agreement to deliver a coordinated approach for contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM).
The offering brings together Bayer’s contrast-enhanced mammography contrast delivery system, called the Medrad Stellant Flex CT injection system, and Hologic’s mammography scanners. The move streamlines the purchasing process for radiologists and imaging facilities and provides setup and ongoing support, Bayer said.
CEM is a sensitive and relatively low-cost breast imaging method that can be used to support breast cancer diagnosis and help guide treatment. The technique can be performed...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Radiologists experience modest pay increase
Radiologists have again jumped up a spot in earnings among the top 10 specialists in the U.S., according to a Medscape survey.
The average income for radiologists was $498,000, up 3% from last year’s average of $483,000, according to Medscape's 2024 Physician Compensation Report, released April 12. This places radiology up one spot over last year to sixth on the list of the top 10 earning specialties.
The findings are from survey responses from 7,000 physicians across more than 29 specialties between October 2023 and January 2024.
Above radiology in the highest-compensated specialties were orthopedics, plastic surgery...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Industry News Economics Source Type: news
UltraCon: Expert talks ultrasound's role in imaging dense breasts
With federal and state-level legislation mandating insurance coverage for supplemental breast imaging and providers disclosing breast density information to patients, it seems like ultrasound would have an immediate and important role in this area. Right?
Maybe, but expectations need to be managed, according to Kibo Nam, PhD, from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA.
Nam spoke with AuntMinnie.com about the current state of ultrasound in imaging dense breasts, including its shortcomings and how the modality can be improved to be a more accessible tool for women who may not be able to easily access recommended ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Negative axillary ultrasound can lead to breast biopsy omission
Many women with early-stage HR+HER2- breast cancer and a negative presurgical axillary ultrasound can skip sentinel lymph node biopsy, a study presented April 11 at the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL, found.
In his talk, Andreas Giannakou, MD, from Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston showed results suggesting that nodal disease burden and oncologic outcomes among women in a real-world setting are similar to criteria in the Sentinel Node vs. Observation After Axillary UltraSound (SOUND) trial.
“Although our follow-up is limited, oncologic outcomes are exce...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Ultrasound Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Many young women with breast cancer symptoms delay care
Many young women who have breast cancer symptoms delay timely screening and care, according to research presented April 11 at the American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting in Orlando, FL.
In her talk, Katherine Fleshner, MD, from the University of Calgary found that the leading reasons for delaying care include lack of concern, reassurance from another practitioner, difficulty accessing care, and competing priorities.
“Diagnostic delay was quite common among our cohort and most commonly was related to patient delay,” Fleshner said. “And many of the reasons for patient delay had to do with patients not bein...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Womens Imaging Source Type: news
