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Researchers Explore Fluorocarbon MRI Tracer Imaging
August 21, 2008 11:59 AM by Joyce Ward
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon are looking into tracing cells within the body using fluorocarbon tagging, according to a press release on Eurekalert . While MRS can be used to identify signatures of elements in the body, it is generally considered less Read More...
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Where Have All the Companies Gone--Long Time Passing
August 1, 2008 2:15 PM by Joyce Ward
Those of you who are, like me, former members of the flower generation, may remember the song "Where Have all the Flowers Gone?" It started as a war protest song, written by Pete Seger, and was recorded by several folk groups such as the Kingston Trio Read More...
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Passage of Medicare Bill Calling for Accreditation of Facilities Applauded
July 16, 2008 1:04 PM by Joyce Ward
Both the ACR and the SNM are celebrating the passage of H. R. 6331, the Medicare Improvement for Patients and Providers Act of 2008. Both houses of Congress garnered the necessary majorities to override a presidential veto of the act. The House overrode Read More...
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Great Times and Good Deeds in New Orleans
June 27, 2008 1:51 PM by Joyce Ward
New Orleans put on its best face for the technologists, physicians and scientists attending the annual SNM conference June 14-18. In return, SNM and SNMTS members gave a bit of their time and their blood to the city. Coming into New Orleans, it looked Read More...
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Take the Beads and Leave a Little Blood in New Orleans
May 28, 2008 11:27 AM by Joyce Ward
The other day I was talking to Amy Shaw, associte director of public relations at the SNM, and she told me that SNMTS and United Blood Services will come together to be "Blood Heroes" by hosting a blood drive during SNM's 55th Annual Meeting in New Orleans. Read More...
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Heading to the Big Easy?
April 30, 2008 4:52 PM by Joyce Ward
I just got my airplane reservations to fly down to New Orleans this June 14 for the SNM annual meeting. I am looking forward to the conference which allows me to learn the latest research in nuclear medicine and PET and to connectwith old friends and Read More...
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What Did I Want in the Refrigerator?
April 16, 2008 5:30 PM by Joyce Ward
Next Monday will be my 66 th birthday and while I think my mind is as sharp as it used to be when I was a spring chicken of 55, I sometimes find myself forgetting where I put my keys or why I went over to the refrigerator. These small lapses are not new. Read More...
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CMS Strikes Out FDG for Infection Imaging
March 21, 2008 11:53 AM by Joyce Ward
In the battle to get CMS to understand the value of diagnostic imaging, this month saw one gain, the decision not to limit CTA imaging, and one loss, a decision to continue national non-coverage of FDG PET for infection and inflammation imaging. Explaining Read More...
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CTA Victory Also Helps Fusion Imaging
March 18, 2008 3:47 PM by Joyce Ward
At first glance, the furor over reimbursement for CT angiography (CTA) may not seem to be something that concerns nuclear medicine technologists. After all, the CT experts often predict that CTA could replace some of the current myocardial perfusion scans Read More...
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PET/CT Job Concerns
February 21, 2008 5:30 PM by Joyce Ward
When PET/CT first came out, it looked like a great opportunity for expanding the job base for nuclear medicine technologists. When the CT only gave attenuation and some positional information, there were fewer problems with who could run the systems. Read More...
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Everything Old is New Again
February 6, 2008 2:37 PM by Joyce Ward
Yesterday, I attended the Molecular Summit in Philadelphia. Put on by The Dark Report ( http://www.darkreport.com/ ), the meeting was designed to show the need for integration of imaging and diagnostics (think radiology and laboratory), as medicine moves Read More...
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Treading Towards Retirement
January 29, 2008 12:13 PM by Joyce Ward
Last April, I was a short on CME for the ARRT. The problem is that although I constantly educate myself on nuclear medicine and attend many CME lectures, I do it as part of my job as a writer, so I do not get any credit for these educational activities. Read More...
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Got Abstracts?
January 25, 2008 12:01 PM by Joyce Ward
The other day the SNM sent out a message saying that nuclear medicine students had until Feb.7 to submit abstracts for the SNM annual meeting this June in New Orleans. That reminded me of when I was a student at William Beaumont School of Nuclear Medicine Read More...
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