AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. After binding to the receptor, the drug works by entering the cell allowing radiation to cause damage to the tumor cells.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

Even if some private urology, radiation oncology practices, or radiologist groups are building the ability to perform theranostics, experts are cautious about patient management, radiation safety, and the risk of unnecessary imaging. They're also mindful of the multiple dedicated teams required to build a theranostics clinic properly.

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Teams reported new findings about radiation-induced secondary cancers, a new guidance system for radiation therapy, and the consequences of insurance denials, among other topics. Haupt Chair in Radiation Oncology, was honored with ASTRO’s Gold Medal Award. These are some of the highlights.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 21, 2023

“CT-Navigation is an intuitive technology that helps us achieve this by enabling clinicians to select and follow an out-of-plane trajectory for a safer path that avoids critical organs and reaches deep-located targets with impressive accuracy, while reducing procedure time and possibly radiation dose. Volume 55, Number 1). Radioprotection.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 27, 2024

Under the auspices of Alara Imaging , a measure steward entity established by the university, CMS plans to adopt the measure into its hospital and physician pay-for-performance programs beginning in 2025. Administered CT radiation doses are highly variable across patients, radiologists, and hospitals throughout the U.S.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2023

NM-101 is a cloud-based analysis platform that is able to seamlessly integrate into existing workflows at hospitals and imaging centers. The device allows doctors to send neuromelanin MRI images to Terran directly through the hospital picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and receive a full report back in under an hour.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. After binding to the receptor, the drug works by entering the cell allowing radiation to cause damage to the tumor cells.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Bringing lung cancer screening to the Buffalo community in New York state In 2022, Philips teamed up with Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, New York, U.S.) We needed to move screening outside of institutions and hospitals and offer it in the neighborhood where people will get used to seeing it.”

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Imaging Technology

MAY 31, 2023

Additionally, Omni Legend offers a streamlined, simple solution that helps enable technologists to increase efficiency, enhance patient care, and reduce potential radiation exposure to medical staff vii.” CR and CNR demonstrated using clinical data with inserted lesions of known size, location, and contrast. ix Mehranian, A.,

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REBEL EM

APRIL 17, 2023

Clinical evaluation may prove difficult since many PTA and peritonsillar cellulitis symptoms overlap. Moreover, POCUS can be used to augment clinical assessment, and the results may obviate the need for advanced imaging. A repeat search was completed in May 2021 & November 2022. Article: Kim DJ et al.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 11/20/2023 - 12:49 November 20, 2023 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) issued a clinical guideline on partial breast irradiation for patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ ( DCIS ).

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 3, 2024

Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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Imorgon Medical

MAY 31, 2023

Over time, there was a significant decrease in the percentage of patients requiring CT scans, resulting in cost savings and reduced radiation exposure. The study focused on the most common exams conducted at hospitals and imaging centers, including Complete Abdominal, Pelvic, and Thyroid exams. 1 (2022) ( jsonocan.com ) Nordin, A.,

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Imorgon Medical

MAY 31, 2023

Over time, there was a significant decrease in the percentage of patients requiring CT scans, resulting in cost savings and reduced radiation exposure. The study focused on the most common exams conducted at hospitals and imaging centers, including Complete Abdominal, Pelvic, and Thyroid exams. 1 (2022) ( jsonocan.com ) Nordin, A.,

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 2024

Using secure messaging alongside traditional telephone communication between radiologists, radiation oncologists, and other medical specialists can add to workflow burden, according to a study published June 20 in JAMA Network Open. Almost all resident physicians at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, also in St.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 3, 2023

In November 2022, the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) recognized NorthStar for completion of construction and equipment installation for its new Accelerator Production facility for Mo-99. Mo-99 production without the use of uranium.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 15, 2024

A group at University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany assessed the approach in 19 patients referred by their treating physicians because of inconclusive lung cancer findings on CT and F-18 FDG-PET. FAPI-PET either confirmed or ruled out the disease in all cases, the group found. “Our Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. “In

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REBEL EM

JANUARY 25, 2024

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) is a valuable clinical tool in the assessment of acute dyspnea. US, compared with CXR and CT, offers the absence of ionizing radiation and high reproducibility. Article: Arvig MD, Lassen AT, Gæde PH, et al. Emerg Med J. 2023;40(10):700-707.

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