article thumbnail

Life Molecular Imaging, Sofie add Neuraceq availability out of Ohio

AuntMinnie

for the detection of beta-amyloid plaques in the brains of adult patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease and other causes of cognitive decline, according to the vendor. With this expansion, LMI continues driving commercial sales of Neuraceq around the U.S.

article thumbnail

Expanding smoking time frame increases pool of those eligible for LCS

AuntMinnie

Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT (LDCT) has been shown to reduce mortality rates from the disease. The findings were published August 19 in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Disease 115
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Anderson wins SNMMI's Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer award

AuntMinnie

Her research also contributed to FDA approval of Lu-177 DOTATATE for treating neuroendocrine tumors; recently, she and collaborators developed a PET imaging agent for vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease, which has been approved for human studies by the FDA as an Investigational New Drug (IND).

article thumbnail

NIH: Occupational radiation dose to RTs needs careful monitoring

AuntMinnie

"[The study supports] the need to update and revise current estimates of cumulative organ-absorbed doses [among radiologic technologists] for more precise assessment of occupational radiation exposure and disease risks," Milder and colleagues noted.

Radiation 111
article thumbnail

Thirona Announce Partnerships to Enhance AI-based Lung Image Analysis

Imaging Technology

The company, founded in 2014 by female scientist now Therona CEO Eva van Rikxoort , partners with research institutions and medical companies in their innovation programs aimed to enable breakthroughs in precision medicine for personalized treatment of pulmonary diseases. says Eva van Rikxoort, CEO and Founder of Thirona.

Imaging 98
article thumbnail

REBEL Core Cast 95.0 – Herpetic Keratitis

REBEL EM

Herpetic Eye Disease Study. Herpes simplex keratitis: A treatment guideline – 2014. Epidemiology: Most frequent cause of corneal blindness in the United States Most common source of infectious blindness in the Western world. Link Wilhelmus KR et al. A controlled trial of topical corticosteroids for herpes simplex stromal keratitis.

Disease 52
article thumbnail

Soft tissue changes on follow-up CT suggest PDAC recurrence postsurgery

AuntMinnie

To clarify the question, in 2023 the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) PDAC Disease Focused Panel (DFP) published a consensus statement regarding postoperative imaging surveillance after PDAC resection, outlining which postoperative CT findings after PDAC surgery indicated possible local disease recurrence rather than postsurgical changes.

Disease 59