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Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Names Helen Nadel, MD, FRCPC, of Stanford, as President, Announces New Officers at SNMMI 2023 Annual Meeting

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The Society introduced a new slate of officers, and recognized new Fellows, during its SNMMI 2023 Annual Meeting , held June 24-27 in Chicago, IL. The potential impact of nuclear medicine in the care of patients dealing with cancer, heart disease, brain disease, and other challenges is enormous,” she said. “We

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Radiology suffers in missile attack on Kyiv pediatric hospital

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X-ray and ultrasound machines were badly damaged in a rocket attack on Ukraine's largest children's hospital on July 8, according to radiologist Stanislav Rebenkov, MD. Rebenkov has been head of radiology at Ohmatdyt Children's Hospital since 2020. Broken glass and damaged equipment are found throughout the hospital.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 5 -- Advice from center administrators

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As nuclear medicine therapies gain stature compared to nuclear medicine in diagnostic imaging, hospital administrators may be eyeing the potential of adding theranostics services. A shortage of nuclear medicine technologists means a theranostics center may need to limit its patient volume.

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Research Showing Genomics- and Image-Guided Subtyping Refines Characterization of Alzheimer’s Disease Presented at SNMMI 2023

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By combining molecular imaging information with genomics, we have created a diagnostic technique that could be truly personalized for each patient. This has potential for broad diagnostic utility across many disease types, not only Alzheimer’s disease,” Dutta added. Thursday, June 29, 2023 - 12:45

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GE HealthCare and University Hospitals Enter 10-Year Strategic Collaboration to Contemporize Its Imaging Fleet and Implement Enterprise Digital Solutions to Help Improve Patient Care and Optimize Processes

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The agreement includes hundreds of new systems, including AI-enabled technologies , across nuclear medicine , X-Ray , vascular and cardiovascular ultrasound , regional CT , fluoroscopy, surgery, and bone densitometry for which GE HealthCare will be the sole provider. and Canada. “GE

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. This drug relies on a gallium Ga-68, too, as a diagnostic imaging agent.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 2 -- Moving into communities

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Thomas Hope, MD, a radiologist and nuclear medicine physician at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), said that approval of lutetium-177 (Lu-177) prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radioligand has driven a marked interest and excitement about theranostics and radioligand therapies (RLT). Hope added. Hope added.