Quebec doubling PET capacity
L Pindera - CMAJ, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
Quebec now has 3 PET scanners and is slated to get about 17 more. and are extremely
useful to assess the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiation, Urbain says. With a PET scan …
useful to assess the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiation, Urbain says. With a PET scan …
Implications of the recent CMS PET coverage decision:[the expanded CMS coverage] is a major milestone for cancer patients who historically had limited access to …
J Czernin - Applied Radiology, 2009 - go.gale.com
Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET-CT) scanners using the
radioisotope 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) have been used with increasing frequency and …
radioisotope 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) have been used with increasing frequency and …
Requirements for clinical PET: comparisons within Europe
M Bedford, MN Maisey - European journal of nuclear medicine and …, 2004 - Springer
The aim was to assess the requirements for a positron emission tomography (PET) cancer
imaging service. The UK was used as an example to create a mathematical model for …
imaging service. The UK was used as an example to create a mathematical model for …
The use of positron emission tomography (PET) for cancer care across Canada: Time for a national strategy
S Martinuk, T Meyer - 2013 - Soc Nuclear Med
1302 Learning Objectives A report was prepared to examine the advantages of using PET in
cancer diagnosis and treatment; analyze deployment of PET-based imaging within selected …
cancer diagnosis and treatment; analyze deployment of PET-based imaging within selected …
E. Edmund Kim and Franklin CL Wong
EE Kim - 2004 - Springer
Positron emission tomography (PET) has been used for almost 30 years to quantify normal
physiology and metabolism, to characterize disease, and to evaluate the changes resulting …
physiology and metabolism, to characterize disease, and to evaluate the changes resulting …
Total-body PET scanner prototype due next year
J Abbasi - JAMA, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
The prototype, described in Science Translational Medicine in March, is a 6-foot-long open
tube with 560 000 sensors. The sensors detect photons emitted as radioactive tracers …
tube with 560 000 sensors. The sensors detect photons emitted as radioactive tracers …
Radiologists, physicians push for PET scans
L Eggertson - Cmaj, 2005 - Can Med Assoc
If Quebecers didn't know what positron emission tomography (PET) was before Les
Invasions Barbares became an Oscar-winning hit, they do now. In the film—which mocks the …
Invasions Barbares became an Oscar-winning hit, they do now. In the film—which mocks the …
CMS Proposes New Coverage Policy for PET
L Butcher - Oncology Times, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Because of that, CMS proposes—beginning in April—to start paying for one scan to help
with initial treatment decision-making for patients with a wide range of solid tumors.(CMS …
with initial treatment decision-making for patients with a wide range of solid tumors.(CMS …
[PDF][PDF] PET scanning moves into community hospitals
FL Kritz - 1999 - Soc Nuclear Med
Until last summer, doctors at Baylor University Med ical Center, a tertiary care teaching
community hos pital in Dallas, Texas, had to plan a patient's road trip to the nearest …
community hos pital in Dallas, Texas, had to plan a patient's road trip to the nearest …
[PDF][PDF] PET in Halifax
J Chung, C Van Zoost, S Burrell - Dalhousie Medical …, 2011 - dalspace.library.dal.ca
With the recent installation of a PET-CT scanner in Halifax, local clinicians may now take
advantage of PET's various applications in the field of oncology, where it has become a …
advantage of PET's various applications in the field of oncology, where it has become a …
