KENNEWICK, Wash., Aug. 5, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation ("AMIC") (Pink Sheets:ADMD) (http://www.isotopeworld.com) announced the initial delivery of short-lived radioisotopes to be used in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) from the Kennewick, Washington production center to Kadlec Medical Center of Richland, Washington.
President William J. Stokes said, "AMIC is delighted to assist our region's health care needs and be a local source for the production of a multitude of radioisotopes. We have a committed team of professionals with a passionate mission to deliver high quality medical isotopes in a timely and cost-efficient manner."
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is rapidly becoming a preferred scanning technique in medical research, allowing for the measurement in great detail of the function of distinct areas of the body while the patient is conscious, comfortable and alert. A PET scanner utilizes radiation emitted from a patient to develop three dimensional images that assist in diagnosis with greater clarity than Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) alone. Accordingly, PET scans are increasingly used alongside Computed Tomography (CT) and MRI scans. CT and MRI scans isolate organic anatomic changes in the body, while PET scanners are capable of detecting areas of molecular biology detail, sometimes even prior to anatomic change. Utilizing a PET machine, each patient is given a minute amount of a radioactive pharmaceutical (such as the most widely used pharmaceutical for this purpose, and what AMIC is delivering to Kadlec Medical Center), fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), and results are then generally interpreted by a radiologist or by a nuclear medicine physician to configure the patient's diagnosis and treatment plan.
FDG is being utilized for a variety of purposes, including diagnosis and monitoring the treatment of Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Alzheimer's disease, and lung cancer.
About Kadlec Medical Center
Kadlec Medical Center is the regional referral center for southeast Washington and northeast Oregon, and is based in Richland, Washington. Kadlec offers a comprehensive scope of services including cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology, the region's only Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, level 3 trauma, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, an advanced breast cancer care center and an all digital outpatient imaging center. For more information, please visit http://www.kadlecmed.org
About AMIC
Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation is a medical isotope production company engaged in the production and distribution of medical isotopes and medical isotope in vivo delivery systems for advanced diagnostic and non-surgical therapeutic applications. AMIC's goal is to empower physicians, medical researchers, and ultimately patients by providing them with essential medical isotopes that, until now, have not been feasible or economical, in an effort to detect and cure human disease. For more information, please visit our website, http://www.isotopeworld.com
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