Wayne Forrest[email protected]Nuclear MedicineAmbitious goals drive developers of Explorer PET projectBuoyed by a five-year, $15.5 million grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health, a consortium of researchers has embarked on an ambitious trek to revolutionize PET imaging with the world's first total-body scanner, a system that would employ a half-million PET detectors.November 19, 2015MRIAuntMinnie.com MRI InsiderNovember 18, 2015MRIfMRI may explain why some comatose patients reawakenBy using functional MRI (fMRI) to view regions of the brain that play a role in regulating consciousness, French researchers may have discovered a way to predict which patients could emerge from a coma.November 11, 2015MRIMR arthrography helps labral-tear patients avoid surgeryA protocol using unenhanced MRI and MR arthrography can help determine which patients should receive surgery to repair labral tears, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.November 11, 2015Molecular ImagingPET/MRI with time-of-flight proves worthy in oncology studyThursday, December 3 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSQ15-09 | Room S505ABSwiss researchers are reporting early success in their endeavor to develop a PET/MRI technology that features a new PET detector and adds MRI time-of-flight capabilities.November 11, 2015Molecular ImagingSPECT/CT can aid lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel nodesThursday, December 3 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSQ15-06 | Room S505ABSPECT/CT can complement planar lymphoscintigraphy to depict unseen sentinel nodes in patients with invasive breast cancer, according to this study from the Netherlands.November 11, 2015Molecular ImagingIs PET/MRI best for evaluating myocardial ischemia?Thursday, December 3 | 11:00 a.m.-11:10 a.m. | SSQ02-04 | Room S502ABIn this presentation, a group from Washington University in St. Louis will detail the benefits of perfusion PET/MRI for comprehensive myocardial ischemic evaluation.November 11, 2015Molecular ImagingFDG-PET/CT can help find hidden infectionsWednesday, December 2 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSM14-05 | Room S504CDIn this afternoon session, researchers from India will discuss FDG-PET/CT's usefulness for detecting hidden infections, which can cause pyrexia, or an increase in body temperature.November 11, 2015Molecular ImagingTime-of-flight PET/MRI takes off with cardiac sarcoidosisWednesday, December 2 | 3:30 p.m.-3:40 p.m. | SSM14-04 | Room S504CDSimultaneous cardiac PET/MRI is getting the thumbs up from researchers who found that the hybrid modality produces diagnostic-quality images with less radiation dose than PET/CT.November 11, 2015Molecular ImagingPET/CT could predict cardiac sarcoidosis outcomesWednesday, December 2 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSM16-02 | Room S505ABIn this study, researchers used PET/CT perfusion to predict the risk of poor outcomes among patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.November 11, 2015Previous PagePage 91 of 239Next PageTop StoriesMRIHow multiparametric MRI can detect more prostate cancerThe study results could help further clarify the modality's benefits for this indication.AILLMs show improvement over a year on RSNA Case of the Day questionsWomens ImagingAlgorithms from RSNA's AI mammography challenge perform wellAISaMD-based AI is poised to 'transform clinical care'Digital X-RayC-spine x-ray safe and effective in blunt pediatric trauma cases