Bone Scan Disease Nuclear Medicine 
AuntMinnie
OCTOBER 25, 2023
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.
Independent Imaging
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Nuclear medicine is a form of specialty medicine that uses radioactive tracers to evaluate bodily functions and to diagnose and treat a wide range of health conditions. Nuclear scans produce images of the body’s anatomy that cannot be obtained as clearly or fully with other imaging techniques.
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UCSF Biomedical Imaging
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
An article in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine reports findings of a multi-center retrospective study that compares bone scan with PSMA PET for initial staging of prostate cancer.
AuntMinnie
AUGUST 12, 2024
SPECT/CT imaging can help manage patients undergoing radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) with Pluvicto for advanced prostate cancer, according to a study published August 8 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Yet whether SPECT/CT can be used to determine disease progression or response has yet to be delineated, they noted.
Capitol Imaging Services
JUNE 2, 2022
There are several types of imaging tests that physicians use to detect cancer in patients: X-Ray, Computed Tomography (CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Ultrasound (US), Nuclear Medicine, and Positron Emission Tomography (PET). Staging and Restaging If cancer is found, it is important to determine how much the cancer has spread.
AuntMinnie
JULY 1, 2024
The primary outcome was the correct identification of the prostate cancer tumor stage, which is crucial for surgeons to determine the extent of the disease -- whether it has spread beyond the prostate gland, for instance. Out of 150 men who participated, 134 ultimately underwent radical prostatectomies (the mean age was 62 years old).
AuntMinnie
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
Moreover, the approach could help detect disease that other effective prostate cancer PET radiotracers may miss, said Heying Duan, MD, a nuclear medicine research scientist at Stanford University, during a November 26 scientific session. You've hear a lot about PSMA. approved Ga-68 PSMA-PET and experimental Ga-68 RM2.
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