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CCTA plus stress CT MPI boosts diagnosis of high-risk patients

By Eric Barnes

Combining coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and stress CT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) improves the evaluation of coronary artery stenosis in high-risk patients, reducing the number of false positives and potentially the number of unnecessary interventions, according to new research from the Medical University of South Carolina.

April 20, 2014

PET shows vegetative patients' chance for recovery

By Wayne Forrest

Belgian researchers have found that FDG-PET scans are more useful than functional MRI in identifying which severely brain damaged individuals in vegetative states have the potential to recover consciousness.

April 15, 2014

Ground Fluor receives $728K grant

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer Ground Fluor Pharmaceuticals has received a $728,000 phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant.

April 14, 2014

PET/CT details hint at survival of head and neck cancer patients

By Wayne Forrest

Japanese researchers have found that several PET/CT parameters -- in particular, a ring-shaped area of FDG uptake -- are reliable predictors of survival for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Results of their study were published in the April issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

April 14, 2014

GE gets FDA nod for Q.Clear

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Q.Clear PET iterative reconstruction algorithm.

April 7, 2014

New PET technique may aid prostate imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Colorado researchers have developed a way to alter lipid metabolism in a cancer cell to make it use more FDG, potentially improving detection with PET.

April 7, 2014