Nuclear Medicine: Page 106

New PET tracer advances prostate cancer detection

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers have developed a new PET radiotracer designed to detect both early and advanced prostate cancer and help direct treatment, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 31, 2017

SPECT/CT advances abdominal emergency diagnoses

By Wayne Forrest

SPECT/CT can be a valuable resource for diagnosing gastrointestinal and genitourinary bleeding in the emergency room setting, and it does so in a reasonable amount of additional time, according to a study from Stony Brook University.

January 30, 2017

IBA Molecular finalizes purchase of Mallinckrodt unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmacy vendor IBA Molecular has successfully completed its acquisition of Mallinckrodt's nuclear imaging business.

January 29, 2017

Zecotek inks supply deal for PET crystals in China

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Photonic technologies developer Zecotek Photonics has signed an agreement to supply lutetium fine silicate (LFS) scintillation crystals for PET cameras to EBO Optoelectronics of Shanghai.

January 24, 2017

Novel PET agent could sniff out neurological disease

By Wayne Forrest

Backed by previous research suggesting that losing one's sense of smell can be a sign of neurodegeneration, researchers are developing a novel PET imaging agent that targets olfactory neurons to assess the extent of disease, according to a study published online January 23 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

January 23, 2017

PET/CT CAD finds common spinal metastases

By Eric Barnes

A new multipurpose computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm was able to detect and characterize different kinds of spinal metastases in PET/CT images automatically and accurately, say researchers from two U.S. institutions. The fully automated system could help doctors diagnose and manage patients with the most common musculoskeletal metastases.

January 22, 2017

Total-body PET scanner project adds expertise

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A consortium that is developing a total-body PET scanner called Explorer has chosen two partners to help create the system.

January 18, 2017

Are radiation dose guidelines scaring patients?

By Wayne Forrest

Are guidelines urging healthcare practitioners to reduce radiation dose when imaging patients simply inducing radiation phobia for procedures that have little to no health risk? That's the provocative stance of a new article published in the January 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 12, 2017

PET/CT may have found cardiovascular event trigger

By Wayne Forrest

PET/CT scans have identified activity in a stress-related structure in the brain that could be linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published online January 11 in Lancet.

January 11, 2017

Chinese nuclear medicine firm comes to U.S.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Chinese nuclear medicine equipment developer Top Grade Healthcare is setting down roots in the U.S.

January 11, 2017

Brain tumor diagnosis, therapeutics set for growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A higher incidence of various brain cancers and a growing geriatric population will propel the global market for brain tumor diagnosis and therapeutics products to reach $773.1 million in revenues by 2025, according to a new report by market research firm Grand View Research.

January 9, 2017

PET/CT remains best option for head, neck cancer

By Wayne Forrest

While PET/MRI shows great promise in a multitude of clinical applications, German researchers have found that the hybrid modality's performance in evaluating head and neck cancer appears no better than that of tried-and-true PET/CT.

January 8, 2017

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