Can AI help in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease?
May 2, 2023 -- Artificial intelligence (AI)-based assessment of tau PET imaging data could help clinicians diagnose Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published April 29 in BioMedical Engineering Online. Read More
Transgender women can still get prostate cancer
May 2, 2023 -- Prostate cancer occurs in transgender women even after gender-affirming surgery, according to a research letter published April 29 in JAMA. Read More
Is biopsy needed prior to PSMA-PET in elderly patients?
May 2, 2023 -- Prostate cancer PET/CT imaging can potentially obviate the need for invasive biopsies in elderly patients before they begin therapy, according to a study published April 28 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Read More
SPECT/CT shows lung abnormalities in children with long COVID
April 28, 2023 -- SPECT/CT imaging has revealed that some children may develop lung perfusion defects after COVID-19 infections, according to a study published April 25 in Pediatric Pulmonology. Read More
PET/CT reveals different reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
April 27, 2023 -- PET/CT imaging shows that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines appear to cause higher rates of reactive lymph nodes in cancer patients compared with whole-virus vaccines, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting in Honolulu. Read More
PET/CT predicts survival in women with inflammatory breast cancer
April 26, 2023 -- PET/CT imaging can improve survival outcomes in women with inflammatory breast cancer when used as an initial staging approach rather than ultrasound, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society annual meeting in Hawaii. Read More
Is special labeling needed for radioactive specimens?
April 26, 2023 -- Special labeling and shipping precautions for radioactive sentinel lymph node (SLN) specimens may not be necessary in hospitals, according to a study published April 21 in the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Science. Read More
Dynamic digital radiography tested in lung transplant patients
April 24, 2023 -- Dynamic digital radiography (DDR) estimates for measuring blood flow in the lungs matched lung perfusion scintigraphy in a group of lung transplant patients, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting in Honolulu. Read More
PET/MRE improves detection of Crohn's disease
April 21, 2023 -- Simultaneous PET/MR enterography (MRE) can improve the detection of active inflammatory Crohn's disease, according to an April 19 presentation at the American Roentgen Ray Society annual meeting in Honolulu. Read More
PET/CT key to imaging patients with prostate cancer
April 19, 2023 -- PET/CT imaging with novel radiotracers has emerged over the past several years as a first-line approach for diagnosing and monitoring treatments in patients with prostate cancer, according to an April 16 presentation at ARRS 2023 in Honolulu, HI. Read More
Special Feature
Ringertz: Nobel prize for PET may lie on the horizon

A Nobel prize for PET imaging could well be on the cards in the years ahead, but identifying the most deserving recipient(s) is no simple task, Prof. Hans Ringertz revealed during ECR 2022. Read more

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