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Cannabis may influence bowel motility

Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility, a recent report advises.

March 11, 2024

Hold off on the Egg McMuffins before GES tests, experts say

Nuclear medicine technologists are being advised that not just any meal works for patients before gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES).

March 7, 2024

IMV: PET scan volumes continue to grow

By Davin Korstjens

The total volume of PET scans increased 10.2% year over year in 2023, according to the newly published IMV 2024 PET Market Summary Report.

March 7, 2024

PET lung scan times could be cut by half

Dynamic PET scans acquired in half the time of normal scans appear clinically feasible for patients with lung lesions.

March 6, 2024

A 60-year-old male patient with clinical suspicion of lung cancer. PET/CT scan showed FDG-avid pulmonary nodules in the upper lobe of the left lung (red arrow), with a size of 2.2 × 1.3 cm, SUVmax of 12.2, Ki-65 min of 0.016 ml/g/min, and Ki-30 min of 0.014 ml/g/min. Surgical pathology confirmed a granulomatous lesion. In addition, PET/CT scan showed many FDG-avid lung nodules in the mediastinum. (A, static PET maximum intensity projection; B, static PET SUV image; C, static PET/CT fusion image; D, dynamic PET Ki-65 min image; E, dynamic PET Ki-30 min image). Image courtesy of EJNMMI Physics.

Fusion Pharmaceuticals settles with Heidelberg University and Euratom

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fusion Pharmaceuticals announced a patent dispute settlement and new licensing agreement with Heidelberg University and Euratom.

February 16, 2024

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Can robots transform U.S. medical isotope production?

The U.S. Department of Energy is funding efforts to test whether a robotics system can safely increase the production of medical isotopes.

February 2, 2024

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Enigma Biomedical inks deal to develop tau PET biomarkers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Enigma Biomedical Group USA (EBG-USA) has signed an exclusive agreement to potentially commercialize AbbVie’s tau PET imaging biomarkers.

January 24, 2024

Radiation oncology groups unite to reform Medicare payments

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Four U.S. physician groups representing radiation oncology have partnered to try to reform Medicare payments and expand patient access to high quality care.

January 9, 2024

SNMMI issues guidelines on FES-PET breast cancer imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) have issued guidelines for F-18 fluoroestradiol (FES) PET imaging of breast cancer.

January 9, 2024

FAPI-PET predicts treatment response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

FAPI radiotracer uptake on PET/CT imaging may be a biomarker for identifying early responders to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment.

January 9, 2024

Representative Ga-68 FAPI-04 and F-18 FDG-PET/CT images of responders at three month follow-up. Patient #11 was a 50-year-old man with 28 affected joints detected in PET/CT. Joint activity decreased after treatment with Tripterygium wilfordii, methotrexate, adalimumab, and prednisone. In patient #8 (a 65-year-old woman), Ga-68 FAPI-04 PET/CT showed 12 affected joints. Joint activity decreased from baseline after three months of treatment with Tripterygium wilfordii and methotrexate.

Patient position affects radiation exposure during PET/CT scans

Arm position is a significant factor influencing radiation exposure to patients during whole-body PET/CT scans.

January 9, 2024

Alpha-9 Oncology, NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes ink supply agreement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Alpha-9 Oncology and NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes have entered into a supply agreement under which NorthStar will provide Alpha-9 with actinium-225.

January 8, 2024

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