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Bone scans may be viable for diagnosing calciphylaxis

AuntMinnie

Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) methyl diphosphonate (MDP) bone scans are a potentially viable noninvasive option for diagnosing calciphylaxis, according to a team at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, MA. The team assessed the potential diagnostic utility of bone scans in calciphylaxis based on a review of the literature.

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AI may help diagnose cardiac amyloidosis on whole-body scintigraphy

AuntMinnie

An artificial intelligence (AI) model trained on whole-body scintigraphy image.

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Do Bone Scans Over Stage Prostate Cancer? What a Multicenter Study Reveals

Diagnostic Imaging

Fifty-seven percent of patients with prostate cancer diagnosed with osseous metastases on bone scans had negative findings on PSMA PET imaging, according to findings from an international multicenter comparative study.

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PSMA-PET tracer performs well in clinical trial

AuntMinnie

PET/CT imaging with a new gallium-68-based prostate cancer radiotracer shows promise for detecting recurrent metastatic disease, according to a study published February 20 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Imaging agents with low uptake in at-risk organs and higher tumor uptake are needed, they noted.

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Deep Learning-assisted Lesion Segmentation in PET/CT Imaging: A Feasibility Study for Salvage Radiation Therapy in Prostate Cancer

Imaging Technology

mtaschetta-millane Tue, 07/02/2024 - 09:53 July 2, 2024 — A new editorial paper was published in Oncoscience ( Volume 11 ) on May 20, 2024, entitled, “ Deep learning-assisted lesion segmentation in PET/CT imaging: A feasibility study for salvage radiation therapy in prostate cancer.” In this new editorial, researchers Richard L.J.

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Good Radiologists Are Like Car Salespeople- Make Them An Offer They Can’t Refuse!

RadsResident

As I was on the phone with a colleague trying to convince the referrer of why I think a patient has Paget’s disease instead of metastases, I described the cortical thickening of the iliopectineal line and the lack of activity on the bone scan at the site and elsewhere throughout the body. And allow me to tell you why.

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): A Leading Imaging Modality Because of its Diagnostic Versatility

Associates in Medical Imaging

As technological capabilities advance across all medical disciplines, so to do the imaging needs that often come with adequate diagnostic capabilities. Offer Versatility and Clarity to Your Doctors and Patients MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging , could be the most versatile imaging technology available to members of the medical community.