Nuclear Medicine: Page 115

DMS deal helps Digirad more than double Q1 revenue

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Digirad more than doubled its revenue in the first quarter of 2016, driven by the inclusion of mobile imaging provider DMS Health's operations as part of its results.

April 28, 2016

Inappropriate SPECT MPI scans more common in women

By Wayne Forrest

Women are more likely than men to have an inappropriate SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) scan, partly due to atypical symptoms, which may overestimate the true health risk to the female patient.

April 27, 2016

SPECT finds low cerebral blood flow in NFL players

By Eric Barnes

SPECT imaging shows abnormally low blood flow in the brains of current and retired National Football League (NFL) players, according to a new study to be published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

April 25, 2016

NIH suspends activities at PET research center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has suspended work at two facilities -- one of them producing PET materials -- due to problems with quality and safety standards.

April 21, 2016

Cardiac PET/MRI protocol reduces radiation dose

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers have developed a new cardiac PET/MRI protocol with sodium fluoride that significantly reduces radiation dose and artifacts, enhancing the view of disease activity in coronary arteries.

April 20, 2016

PET, MRI link cognition woes to cold medicine

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Using a combination of PET and MR images, researchers have linked cognitive impairment to a type of drug used in products such as nighttime cold medicines in a study published online April 18 in JAMA Neurology.

April 18, 2016