DOTmed Business News June Issue: Nuclear Medicine<br />
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■ PET, PET/CT<br />
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22 Education Opportunities<br />
There’s a lot to learn in the medical field, fortunately<br />
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26 Orthop<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=1">DOTmed Business News June Issue: Nuclear Medicine</a> DOTmed Business News June Issue: Nuclear Medicine<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=2"></a> <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=3">contents JUNE 2009features22 </a> contents JUNE 2009features22 <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=4">letter from the editorAn Exciting Time in Healt</a> letter from the editorAn Exciting Time in Healt<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=5">Looking to Upgrade WithPre-Owned Imaging Equipme</a> Looking to Upgrade WithPre-Owned Imaging Equipme<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=6">feedbackWill Bodies Keep-Up With Technology?A</a> feedbackWill Bodies Keep-Up With Technology?A<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=7">MagnaServ MRI & CTReplacement Parts.Nobody else</a> MagnaServ MRI & CTReplacement Parts.Nobody else<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=8">hospital & health newsTo view these articles i</a> hospital & health newsTo view these articles i<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=9"></a> <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=10">Instrumentation (AAMI) Annual conference, so we f</a> Instrumentation (AAMI) Annual conference, so we f<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=11">Sonora Releases Web-based TechnicalSupport - The</a> Sonora Releases Web-based TechnicalSupport - The<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=12">ance regarding the selection of patientsfor admi</a> ance regarding the selection of patientsfor admi<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=13"></a> <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=14">what’s newTo view these articles in their entir</a> what’s newTo view these articles in their entir<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=15"></a> <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=16">HHS Has New Report onAgency Progress in First10</a> HHS Has New Report onAgency Progress in First10<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=17">cell lung cancer and metastatic breast cancer. </a> cell lung cancer and metastatic breast cancer. <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=18">Radiology Administrators Still PlanningAcquisiti</a> Radiology Administrators Still PlanningAcquisiti<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=19">and several associates. 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Mahdoubi SPECT <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=30">SPECT/CT – a financial watershed </a> SPECT/CT – a financial watershed <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=31"> NuclearMedicine Looks to theFUTURE</a> NuclearMedicine Looks to theFUTURE<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=32">M olecu</a> M olecu<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=33">lent conditions—heart disease andcancer - </a> lent conditions—heart disease andcancer - <a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=34"> “It shows that PET has proved itselfa</a> “It shows that PET has proved itselfa<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=35">institutions have the ability to fulfillthei</a> institutions have the ability to fulfillthei<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=36">A refurbishedGE DiscoveryLS PET/CTbeing checke</a> A refurbishedGE DiscoveryLS PET/CTbeing checke<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=37">Read More Online• Get a case example of a large</a> Read More Online• Get a case example of a large<a title="DOTmed Business News 06-09 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/e461bf2a?page=38">ongoing usefulness of stand-alone PET. 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