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AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider

By Wayne Forrest

March 6, 2018

Novel PET agent targets copper in prostate tumors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Italian researchers are reporting progress with a novel PET imaging agent that targets copper accumulation in tumors to detect prostate cancer recurrence. Their results were published in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

March 5, 2018

Video from ECR 2018: Thomas Beyer on hybrid imaging

VIENNA - The successful clinical implementation of hybrid imaging in Europe still appears to be a long way off. Major challenges remain, particularly in terms of training and education and also the availability of equipment. Thomas Beyer, PhD, MBA, professor of physics of medical imaging at the Medical University of Vienna, speaks about an extensive new survey that sheds light on the issues to be resolved.

March 2, 2018

Extremity PET/CT scans unnecessary for melanoma patients

By Wayne Forrest

VIENNA - To save time and spare melanoma patients from additional radiation exposure, researchers are recommending that clinicians bypass imaging upper and lower extremities in whole-body FDG-PET/CT scans. The findings were presented on Thursday at ECR 2018.

March 1, 2018

PET imaging could help personalize cancer treatment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers have developed a same-day, noninvasive PET imaging approach to assess tumors that have the programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) protein. The technique could potentially help guide cancer treatment decisions and evaluate treatment response, according to results published in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

March 1, 2018

Medsquare unveils updated dose-monitoring software at ECR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation dose management firm Medsquare has unveiled new features for its radiation dose monitor software at ECR 2018 in Vienna.

February 27, 2018

PET imaging shows that depression alters the brain

By Kate Madden Yee

PET imaging results show that long-term depression alters the brain and suggest that different stages of the illness may need different therapies, according to a study published February 26 in Lancet Psychiatry.

February 26, 2018

Digirad posts drop in revenue for Q4, 2017

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Digirad reported declines in revenue for its 2017 fourth quarter and the year, as well as a $22 million loss for the fourth quarter.

February 22, 2018

CCTA usage rate rises sharply, but still eclipsed by MPI

By Abraham Kim

The use of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to evaluate chest pain in the emergency department has grown exponentially, but clinicians are still using myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) far more frequently, according to research published online February 15 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

February 22, 2018

South African facility resumes Mo-99 production

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

NTP Radioisotopes' Pelindaba nuclear facility in South Africa is back online producing molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), according to a February 21 report by Reuters.

February 20, 2018

Blue Earth touts addition of Axumin to NCCN guidelines

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Blue Earth Diagnostics said that its Axumin (fluciclovine F-18) PET radiopharmaceutical has been added to the latest version of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines for prostate cancer.

February 19, 2018

Wash. site installs 5-ring PET/CT system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) has installed the first five-ring version of the Discovery MI PET/CT system from GE Healthcare.

February 15, 2018

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