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Nuclear Medicine
JAMA: Nuclear MPI use in Kaiser system falls dramatically
The use of nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) dropped by half from 2006 to 2011 within a Kaiser Permanente healthcare system in California, but researchers can't quite point to specific reasons for the decline, according to a study published in the March 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
March 24, 2014
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March 24, 2014
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SIR: Y-90 radioembolization may offer chemo alternative
Radioembolization with yttrium-90 (Y-90) shows promise in treating breast cancer patients whose disease has spread to the liver and who have exhausted all other treatment options, according to a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting.
March 24, 2014
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MRI provides alternative to CT, US for pediatric appendicitis
MRI without contrast provides "high diagnostic performance" for suspected pediatric appendicitis and has "substantial" agreement with ultrasound in positive appendicitis cases, indicating that it could be an alternative to both ultrasound and CT for this application, according to a study published online March 17 in Radiology.
March 19, 2014
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Study finds overutilization of imaging for headache in U.S.
Despite guidelines to control the use of CT and MRI for headaches and migraines, neuroimaging procedures are overused and cost an estimated $3.9 billion between 2007 and 2010, according to a study published online March 17 in JAMA Internal Medicine.
March 17, 2014
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Nuclear Medicine
NOPR: NaF-PET can change prostate cancer treatment plans
PET imaging with sodium fluoride (NaF) changed treatment in more than half of men with prostate cancer and could prove to be a better tool than bone scintigraphy, according to an analysis from the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) published online February 27 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
March 16, 2014
Nuclear Medicine
Florbetapir-PET links beta amyloid to cognitive decline at 3 years
Individuals who tested positive for beta amyloid on florbetapir-PET brain scans were more likely to decline cognitively over a three-year period than those with a negative scan, in a study published online March 11 in Molecular Psychiatry.
March 11, 2014
MRI
7T MRI may improve diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
Researchers in Italy used 7-tesla MRI to uncover details of an area in the brain linked to Parkinson's disease, which could help improve early detection of the condition, according to a study published online February 26 in Radiology.
March 4, 2014
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MRI's view of carotid artery helps predict cardiovascular risk
Using MRI to image carotid artery plaque can accurately predict future cardiovascular events such as strokes and heart attacks in people with no history of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published online March 4 in Radiology.
March 3, 2014
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Nuclear Medicine
Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT detects neuroendocrine tumor recurrence
German researchers have confirmed the efficacy of PET/CT with the radiopharmaceutical gallium-68 (Ga-68) DOTATATE for detecting the recurrence of neuroendocrine tumors, in a study published in the February issue of Radiology.
February 20, 2014
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