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Alzheimer’s disease risk linked to maternal history of dementia
By Will Morton
PET scans show that people with mothers with a history of memory impairment had higher levels of brain-amyloid plaque associated with Alzheimer’s.
June 17, 2024
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AuntMinnie 2000: Most imaging devices roll smoothly into Y2K
By Eric Barnes
Written by our late International Editor Eric Barnes, our top article from 2000 was published on January 7 and reported on the aftermath of the Y2K bug.
June 17, 2024
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Extravasation rulemaking to dominate ACMUI public meeting June 17
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ACMUI to report on a draft proposed rule and associated draft implementation guidance.
June 14, 2024
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Patients who 'maximize' medical use have more worry about cancer
By Amerigo Allegretto
Patients who prefer medical maximizing – acting now as opposed to waiting to address cancer symptoms and concerns – have higher worry about cancer.
June 14, 2024
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New PET tracer visualizes drivers of chronic pain
By Will Morton
A recently developed PET radiotracer identified sources of pain in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and led to effective treatments.
June 14, 2024
F-18 FTC-146 PET/MRI scan of a 21-year-old male soccer player who participated in the trial. The man had chronic bilateral lower expremity pain with a baseline pain score of 8 out of 10. Based on the finding, the patient underwent anesthetic injections and nerve blocks at the site of radiotracer uptake and reported a pain score of two on a follow-up visit.
Weekend admission for TIPS procedure tied to higher mortality risk
By Amerigo Allegretto
Weekend admission for TIPS procedures is tied to higher mortality risk and postprocedure morbidity in liver cirrhosis patients.
June 14, 2024
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CT-based BMD assessment benefits men, too
By Kate Madden Yee
A bone mineral density (BMD) assessment performed using CT imaging data can effectively identify, track, and support treatment of osteoporosis in men.
June 13, 2024
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Women favorable toward paired lung, breast cancer screening
By Amerigo Allegretto
Pairing breast cancer screening with lung cancer screening could boost screening uptake for the latter.
June 13, 2024
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SNMMI: PET/CT illuminates connection between CVD and cognitive impairment
By Kate Madden Yee
PET/CT reveals a connection between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cognitive impairment, according to research presented at SNMMI 2024.
June 12, 2024
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SNMMI: PET-based protocol shows promise in radioligand therapy
By Amerigo Allegretto
A PET-based scout dosimetry protocol can be feasible in treating lesions with yttrium-90 FAPI (Y-90 FAPI) radioligand therapy.
June 12, 2024
Lesion uptake from a patient with a solitary fibrous tumor and its FAP expression on gallium-68 (GA-68)-FAPI-46 (A) and intratherpeutic Y-90-FAPI-46 (B). The panel shows the constructed time activity curve with the three PET/CT measurements.
Reduced gadolinium dose still produces effective meningioma images
By Kate Madden Yee
Gadolinium used for MRI can be reduced by more than half the standard dose level and still distinguish meningiomas from surrounding tissues.
June 11, 2024
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SNMMI: Nuclear medicine experiencing an ‘industrial revolution’
By Erik L. Ridley
Recent growth in nuclear medicine has represented the equivalent of an “industrial revolution" for specialty, according to SNMMI President Helen Nadel, MD.
June 10, 2024
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