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Italian research team shows the way on sustainability

AuntMinnie

Additionally, modalities like MRI, CT, bone scans, and PET-CT are significant contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, with radiology accounting for approximately 1% of global healthcare-related emissions. DL2 had the shortest mean scan time (0.27 0.04 Within DL3, a bone scan required 0.35 0.01

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FES-PET effective for staging breast cancer in phase II trial

AuntMinnie

In a clinical trial conducted at the Hoag Family Cancer Institute in Irvine, CA, researchers tested the technique versus CT bone scans or FDG-PET/CT and found that it detected an equivalent number of cases. F-18 fluoroestradiol (Cerianna, GE HealthCare ) is a PET radiotracer approved in the U.S.

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Risk of knee osteoarthritis may depend on muscle mass

AuntMinnie

In an analysis of x-rays and bone scans, a group from Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, found that weight-bearing recreational activity was significantly associated with increased odds of knee osteoarthritis in individuals with low levels of lower-limb muscle mass. “We

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FDA Accepts Telix NDA for New Prostate Cancer Imaging Agent

Imaging Technology

has replaced conventional imaging methods (bone scan, CT scan) as the standard of care after initial diagnosis and biochemical recurrence[5]. million men living with prostate cancer in America have undergone a PSMA-PET imaging scan[6],[7]. Despite this major medical advancement, only a relatively small fraction of the 3.4

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Companies Partner to Offer Artificial Intelligence-Based Bone Density Screening

Imaging Technology

This partnership is in line with our commitment to advancing preventive healthcare through AI-enabled technologies." Osteoporosis screening guidelines updated: Do you need a bone scan? Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation. Bone health and osteoporosis: A report of the Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation.

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AuntMinnie 2007: Gadolinium: A 'necessary factor' in the development of NSF?

AuntMinnie

But grappling with NSF after the fact may be the least troubling issue as healthcare experts scramble to figure out why some patients develop NSF -- and what they can do to prevent NSF from occurring in the first place. Short of a kidney transplant, NSF is difficult to manage. Giles, U.K. Omniscan binds least strongly."

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Inflammatory Breast Carcinoma

Global Radiology CME

Bone scan shows diffuse uptake in the markedly enlarged right breast secondary to increased blood pool activity and impaired washout. Bone scan showed diffuse uptake in the markedly enlarged right breast secondary to increased blood pool activity and impaired washout. Mammogram CC view. Breast Cancer. 2012;19(4):289-294.