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PET/CT predicts brain tumors in melanoma patients

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In a retrospective study, a team at the University Hospital Salzburg in Austria studied baseline F-18 FDG-PET/CT imaging parameters in patients with melanoma and found they were associated with the development of metastatic brain tumors. “In A 49-year-old patient with primary clinical stage III melanoma underwent F-18 FDG-PET.

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AuntMinnie 2011: Joint Commission issues alert on medical radiation

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The nonprofit commission was founded in 1951 and currently accredits some 19,000 organizations, including hospitals, physicians' offices, disease-specific care programs, stroke centers, and healthcare staffing services in the U.S. California will implement even stricter requirements beginning in January 2013.

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Emphysematous Pyelonephritis

Global Radiology CME

2008; 28:255-276. She is excited to pursue a career in Diagnostic Radiology with interests in Interventional Radiology or Nuclear Medicine. She is passionate about research and innovation in medicine and hopes to teach/mentor students in the future. Arch Intern Med. 2000;160(6):797-805. doi: 10.1001/archinte.160.6.797