Have you ever had an end of service or end of life notice for your imaging equipment? What did you do about them? The answer that seems to be common across a lot of medical practices is “nothing.” The notices often get filed away and forgotten. It’s common for no
Overall this year, there has been some unsteadiness in the supply chain for Moly-99 (Mo-99), which in turn affects the supply of technetium-99m (Tc-99m). For operators of gamma cameras, availability of the radiopharmaceutical gives cause for concern. David Pellicciarini, Vice President, Pharmacy Safety, Practice & Technical Operations for Cardinal Health,
If you diagnose or treat patients with liver cancer, then you’re probably familiar with the procedure for Yttrium-90 (Y90) studies. In short, the patient must go through a mapping process to ensure that the medical team gets the best possible information from which to treat them. This involves examining the
If your practice is using the Philips Forte Gamma Camera, then you should have been in receipt of an urgent stop use notice as of September 19, 2019. Philips’ Senior Manager of Post Market Surveillance issued an urgent field safety notice to all users of the Forte family of cameras
Cardiac amyloidosis is a systemic disease which affects the heart tissue. You may also hear it referred to as “stiff heart syndrome”.While it is relatively rare, if left unrecognized or untreated, it can progress to causing arrhythmias or congestive heart failure.Here is what cardiologists should know: What is cardiac amyloidosis?
Are you an EMT or Paramedicexploring your career options? Here’s something that may not have crossed your radar yet – you can transfer your skills to become a Cardiac Stress Technician (CST) for Digirad! A career in nuclear cardiology is challenging, yet rewarding. As a CST, you will think on
Radioembolization with Y90 is a minimally invasive procedure primarily used in the treatment of liver cancer. In contrast to most nuclear medicine applications, Y90 is therapeutic and designed to treat rather than simply diagnose. It is estimated that 75% to 95% of patients see improvement from treatment, potentially extending their
The field of nuclear cardiology has expanded greatly over the last few years, prompting an update of the ASNC SPECT Myocardial Perfusion Guidelines. Updated guidelines were published in May 2018 and include newer generation cameras, processing techniques, and key topics such as radiation reduction. These guidelines have also been endorsed
