Naviscan wins M. D. Anderson Cancer Center PET install

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston will install Naviscan PET Systems PEM Flex Solo II system, a high-resolution PET scanner designed to image small parts of the body.

M. D. Anderson plans to use the scanner to further explore current clinical indications and to monitor response to neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer patients, according to the San Diego-based Naviscan.

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The nuclear imaging isotope shortage of molybdenum-99 may be over now that the sidelined reactor is restarting. ASNC's president says PET and new SPECT technologies helped cardiac imaging labs better weather the storm.

CMS has more than doubled the CCTA payment rate from $175 to $357.13. The move, expected to have a significant impact on the utilization of cardiac CT, received immediate praise from imaging specialists.

The newly cleared offering, AutoChamber, was designed with opportunistic screening in mind. It can evaluate many different kinds of CT images, including those originally gathered to screen patients for lung cancer. 

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