Nuclear Radiology: Page 6

SPECT comparable to conventional gamma for detecting heart attack

By Will Morton

SPECT cameras with cadmium zinc telluride detectors perform comparably to conventional gamma devices for imaging patients with suspected heart attack, according to researchers in Sweden.

March 15, 2023

Will lecanemab approval increase PET scan volumes?

By Will Morton

The European nuclear medicine community could see increased demand for PET imaging if the monoclonal antibody lecanemab receives approval for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, according to the European Association for Nuclear Medicine.

March 8, 2023

SNMMI issues new guideline for PET imaging of neuroendocrine tumors

By Will Morton

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine have released a new practice guideline for somatostatin receptor PET imaging of patients with neuroendocrine tumors.

February 23, 2023

GE HealthCare recalls certain nuclear medicine systems

By Amerigo Allegretto

GE HealthCare is recalling its 600 and 800 Series nuclear medicine systems after identifying an issue with two safety mechanisms that could potentially lead to a "catastrophic fall" of a detector and potentially trap or crush patients.

February 15, 2023

FAPI-PET shows promise over conventional PET for identifying cancer

By Will Morton

Gallium-68 fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) PET imaging may improve tumor detection in cancer patients over conventional imaging, according to a study published December 30 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 4, 2023

Winter is a SPECT time of year: Imaging frostbite

By Will Morton

On Demand | NMMIEE-4 | Learning Center -- NMMIIn this course, nuclear medicine physician Dr. Erica Martin-Macintosh of Sanford Health in Fargo, ND, will discuss triaging frostbite injuries with multiphase technetium-99m methylenediphosphonate bone scintigraphy.

November 21, 2022

Telix highlights EANM presentations

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Telix Pharmaceuticals is highlighting presentations on the company's theranostics radiopharmaceuticals that will take place at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) 2022 Congress, in Barcelona, Spain, October 15-19.

October 10, 2022

MGH reports progress on demyelination tracer for brain PET scans

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have reported progress in their development of a radiotracer that can detect demyelination on PET scans. Their results were published October 5 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

October 6, 2022

PET shows brain metabolic patterns in children with cerebral palsy

By Will Morton

F-18 FDG-PET for the first time has revealed early morphological brain abnormalities that weren't detected by MRI in children with cerebral palsy, according to a group of nuclear medicine researchers in Shiyan, China.

October 5, 2022

ARA named radiopharmaceutical 'center of excellence'

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has certified ARA Diagnostic Imaging's ARA Theranostics Center as a radiopharmaceutical therapy center of excellence.

September 13, 2022

SNMMI names Hoag to be a radiopharmaceutical 'center of excellence'

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has named Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, CA, as a radiopharmaceutical therapy center of excellence.

September 11, 2022

Is scientific fraud rife in nuclear medicine journals?

By Will Morton

Scientific fraud may be a problem in nuclear medicine research journals, says a group in the Netherlands that conducted a recent global survey on the issue. Results were published September 8 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

September 11, 2022

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