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APRIL 15, 2024

FAPI-PET imaging could emerge as a new tool for assessing patients with single pulmonary tumors, especially in those with negative results on other scans, according to a study published April 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. “In

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI)-PET/CT appears superior to standard FDG-PET/CT for detecting gastrointestinal cancer, with higher radiotracer uptake seen in most tumors, according to a study published October 26 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

The finding suggests that PET imaging of translocator protein (TSPO) in the brain can serve as a biomarker for evaluating patients whose disease progresses despite treatment, noted lead author Tarun Singhal, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and colleagues. Image courtesy of Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologist Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD, has been named president of the board of directors of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the group announced at its 2024 annual meeting in Chicago. Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD. Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD.

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APRIL 4, 2024

They're also mindful of the multiple dedicated teams required to build a theranostics clinic properly. Hope, vice chair of clinical operations and strategy in the UCSF department of radiology, established the radioligand therapy group at the university. Theranostics is becoming a treatment option for a larger volume of cancer patients.

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JUNE 11, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 06/11/2024 - 18:49 June 11, 2024 — The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized six new SNMMI Fellows during a plenary session at the society’s 2024 Annual Meeting, held June 8-11 in Toronto. Also recognized were: Donna Cross , PhD, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah Frederick D.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

FAPI-PET imaging may become a powerful diagnostic tool for detecting pancreatic cancer, according to a study published November 16 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In this study, the researchers analyzed data on 62 patients with suspected pancreatic cancer.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 11, 2024

“This is a potentially practice-changing trial,” said Oliver Sartor, MD, a medical oncologist and director of radiopharmaceutical trials at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. He presented the abstract on behalf of first author Ken Herrmann, MD, chair of nuclear medicine at the University Hospital Essen in Essen, Germany.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 5, 2024

F-18 FAPI-PET/CT is superior to F-18 FDG-PET/CT for diagnosing and staging patients with pancreatic cancer, according to a study published January 4 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In the future, F-18 FAPI-04 PET/CT may play a greater role in the actual clinical management of PDAC,” the group wrote.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Pluvicto (lutetium-177 [Lu-177] prostate-specific membrane antigen [PSMA]-617) appears to perform as effectively in prostate cancer patients in “real-world” settings as it did in clinical trials prior to its approval, according to clinicians at the Johns Hopkins Theranostics Center in Baltimore, MD.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 16, 2024

The researchers leveraged what they described as an untapped opportunity that allowed them to perform SPECT just seconds after triggering seizures, with the imaging visualizing brain regions associated with language difficulties in three patients, noted lead author Sabry Barlatey, MD, PhD, of University Hospital of Bern, and colleagues. “We

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 3, 2024

In a retrospective study, a team at the University Hospital Salzburg in Austria studied baseline F-18 FDG-PET/CT imaging parameters in patients with melanoma and found they were associated with the development of metastatic brain tumors. “In A 49-year-old patient with primary clinical stage III melanoma underwent F-18 FDG-PET.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Given that relapse and mortality rates are high in these patients, the finding suggests that the technique could help clinicians choose initial treatment strategies, noted lead author Daniela Travaglio Morales, MD, of La Paz University Hospital in Madrid, and colleagues.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image.

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MAY 8, 2024

Three clinical issues that may arise with theranostics treatments will require special provisions, including spot imaging, according to insights shared during the 124th annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) in Boston. However, using lemon juice to assess toxicity will be more practical for most clinics.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules. Although the 2025 MPFS calls for an overall 2.9% payment cut for 2025 and provide an inflation-adjusted update.” for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) exams.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2024

In a study that included 104 patients, PET/MRI provided high sensitivity and specificity for determining underlying causes, especially in patients with elevated C-reactive protein, a blood biomarker of inflammation, according to lead author Tomas Rohan, MD, of University Hospital Brno in Brno, Czechia. “To

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Clinical use of imaging equipment accounts for more than 50% of greenhouse gas emissions in the radiology department, with MRI and CT equipment major contributors, researchers have reported. Clinical use of imaging equipment across all modalities made up 54% of departmental greenhouse gas emissions (2.5 kt CO 2 e) and CT for 24% (1.1

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In a review of studies that included 409 patients, the technique was superior to standard-of-care FDG-PET/CT and could potentially serve as an alternative to invasive tissue sampling procedures, nuclear medicine researchers suggested.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Blue Earth Therapeutics is highlighting early clinical results from a German trial investigating the use of a lutetium-177 (Lu-177)-labeled prostate specific antigen (PSMA) radiopharmaceutical. and its findings were published in December in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Blue Earth said.

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AuntMinnie

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The Oregon Heart Center offers a range of cardiac care, including ultrasound, nuclear medicine and x-ray imaging.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

milla1cf Wed, 02/21/2024 - 18:58 February 21, 2024 — Blue Earth Therapeutics , a Bracco company and emerging leader in the development of innovative next generation therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, is pleased to share the publication of promising early clinical data with 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

To quantify these developments, the group analyzed administered doses in 243 children and adolescents who underwent 466 clinical F-18 FDG-PET/CT or PET/MRI scans of the body at their hospital between January 2000 and May 2021. The full study is available here.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) is awarding its two 2024 ARRS Scholarships to Ian Mark, MD, of Mayo Clinic Minnesota and Evan Calabrese, MD, PhD, of Duke University Medical Center. Mark completed his diagnostic radiology residency at Mayo Clinic, where he was chief resident. Ian Mark, MD. Image courtesy of the ARRS.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

30, 2025 Earlier this month, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the Alzheimers Association released updated appropriate use criteria (AUC) for amyloid and tau PET imaging in patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimers disease and other dementias. tim.hodson Thu, 01/30/2025 - 10:20 Jan.30,

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“We hypothesize that the hypometabolism pattern observed in long COVID patients with brain fog using F-18 FDG-PET might primarily be a signature of astrocyte-related glutamatergic dysregulation,” wrote lead study author Eric Guedj, MD, PhD, of Marseille University Hospital.

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JUNE 29, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 06/29/2023 - 21:10 June 29, 2023 — Blue Earth Therapeutics , a Bracco company and emerging leader in the development of innovative next generation therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, today announced highlights from early clinical and preclinical studies of 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1

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JUNE 26, 2023

Mahmood was presented the award by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) at its 2023 Annual Meeting. Award recipients will have initiated, developed, and successfully implemented unique and significant transformative value within the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

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JULY 31, 2024

Wayne Stenzel is a senior MRI technologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Patrick Wojtylak is a radiologic technologist at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Patrick’s efforts have led to an impressive level of quality and consistency in nuclear imaging across the enterprise.

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MAY 24, 2023

Now, researchers have investigated the potential of using these types of AI tools in the field of clinical radiology. Support a patient-centered model in clinical radiology without straining existing resources. Ghorashi, BS, George Washington University School of Medicine, Radiology Interest Group President.

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JUNE 29, 2023

Genomics- and imaging-guided individualized subtyping is vital for Alzheimer’s disease because different subtypes may also have distinct rates and profiles of cognitive decline, potentially affecting clinical trial outcomes and treatment response,” said Dutta. “By

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine , this new research demonstrates how imaging with PSMA PET/CT can potentially reduce the number of prostate biopsies and associated complications in the elderly while providing accurate staging data. Thirty-four percent of patients in the study had no pre-imaging biopsy.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for example, did not cover amyloid PET scans outside of clinical trials for Medicare beneficiaries and only covered one scan per patient’s lifetime. Stakeholders will continue to work with the agency so that hospital outpatient facilities are adequately reimbursed in the future.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

24, 2025 The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) have issued a new procedure standard/practice guideline for the use of fibroblast activation protein (FAP) PET. tim.hodson Tue, 01/28/2025 - 12:06 Jan.

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JUNE 26, 2023

christine.book Mon, 06/26/2023 - 12:46 June 26, 2023 — PET imaging with 68Ga-FAPI offers a feasible, reliable, and reproducible method for evaluating disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research presented at the 2023 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting. percent for 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT.

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MAY 31, 2023

Flavio Forrer , MD, PhD, Chairman of Nuclear Medicine in the Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Kantonsspital St. CR and CNR demonstrated using clinical data with inserted lesions of known size, location, and contrast. Gallen in Switzerland [vii].

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JUNE 11, 2024

She will also raise awareness of nuclear medicine’s value to clinical colleagues and patients and will be laser-focused on breaking down barriers to radiopharmaceutical availability, reimbursement, affordability, and funding. An active SNMMI member, Jacene has been involved in many aspects of the organization.

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