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"The region’s first 3 Tesla magnetic resonance scanner (MRI) for clinical use is now available in Rochester. Located at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s University Imaging at Science Park, the new MRI brings with it important tools to help physicians improve the accuracy of diagnoses and treatments of broad categories of diseases including stroke, brain tumors, epilepsy, musculoskeletal and heart disease..."
The National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) will start accepting patient entries on May 8, 2006. The last step in the process for launching the NOPR occurred when The American College of Radiology (ACR) Institutional Review Board (IRB) reviewed and approved the slightly modified project plan. On February 10, 2006 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the agreement with the NOPR to collect data regarding PET scans, thereby allowing for expanded coverage of oncologic PET by Medicare ("coverage with evidence development"). For patients with the new indications, they must be enrolled in the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) by the scanning center. This registry will allow CMS to determine utility of PET/CT for all these additional indications. We have enrolled as a participating center, and await only final activation of the registry.
We are very excited that we can offer the benefits of PET/CT to the individual patient, while helping determine the efficacy for society as a whole through NOPR. For more information see NOPR web site at http://www.cancerpetregistry.org.
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