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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The finding is from a preliminary analysis of 23 patients enrolled in an ongoing clinical trial, noted Giorgio Brembilla, MD, PhD, of the IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute in Milan, Italy. The combination of PSMA-PET and MRI could improve the detection of clinically significant cancer in clinically high-risk patients, he concluded.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The study was published February 13 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Thus, with further development in larger trials, Ga-68 FZ-NR-1 could play a significant clinical role, they suggested.

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JUNE 21, 2024

and European experts have proposed a joint practice guideline for use in nuclear medicine on diagnostics and therapy (theranostics) of meningiomas, as published June 20 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. the group wrote. or European medical agencies, they added.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

We highlight some of the recent accomplishments in research and clinical trials by members of the department who apply nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat illnesses including cancer.

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MAY 17, 2024

The world’s top nuclear medicine societies have issued international guidelines on the role of PET/CT in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer, with the document released May 14 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

Most Influential Radiology Researcher Erik Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik Middlebrooks, MD. One of this year's nominations for Most Influential Radiology Researcher is Erik Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.

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JUNE 3, 2024

Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

With strong demand for medical imaging in many differing clinical contexts, hospitals are managing growing routine imaging demands while balancing teaching practices, ambulatory services, primary care, and subspecialty services. billion healthcare facility. Another, a new hospital complex is underway at University of Utah Health.

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MARCH 15, 2024

PET/CT imaging using gallium-68 (Ga-68) Fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) radiotracer over F-18 FDG appears promising in women with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), according to a study published March 14 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

The article was published October 10 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Overall, these developments have led to an increase in the use of SSTR-directed PET imaging and therapy in routine clinical practice and its integration into clinical trials,” the authors wrote.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Middlebrooks, MD, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL Erik H. Middlebrooks, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. Given the extensive array of sequences and techniques employed in clinical imaging, we must address the inherent challenges associated with each," he noted. Middlebrooks, MD.

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JULY 12, 2024

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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OCTOBER 6, 2024

PET/CT imaging with F-18 fluroestradiol (FES) can play a significant role helping clinicians make treatment decisions in patients with recurrent or metastatic breast cancer, according to a study published October 3 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 24, 2025

Positron provides PET and PET-CT imaging systems and clinical services to nuclear medicine healthcare providers throughout North America. Offering both anatomic and functional imaging, NeuSight PET-CT supports a wide range of molecular imaging applications, according to the company.

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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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JULY 5, 2024

Researchers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland say they have produced the first cinematically rendered image from a patient based on a standard clinical F-18 FDG-PET/MRI scan. The article was published on July 1 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and featured as the journal's Image of the Month.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

We highlight some of the recent accomplishments in research and clinical trials by members of the department who apply nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat illnesses including cancer.

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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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APRIL 29, 2024

In a study published April 17 in Clinical Nuclear Medicine , the group at Brigham tested a new TSPO radiotracer they developed for visualizing such activity called F-18 PBR06. Image courtesy of Clinical Nuclear Medicine. The full article is available here.

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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. It is among the most prestigious formal recognitions available to long-time SNMMI members.

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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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JUNE 28, 2024

New imaging and treatment strategies are emerging to prolong the lives of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), according to a presentation at the recent Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting. Now there’s Pluvicto, she said.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

In a comparative imaging trial, fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI)-PET/CT outperformed FDG-PET/CT in detecting primary tumors in patients with head and neck cancer, according to a study published January 25 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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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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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Medical students prefer musculoskeletal, body, and breast imaging early in their clinical education, according to research published October 19 in Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology. 0.048 Nuclear Medicine 5.1% 0.037 Pediatric radiology 28.8% 0.001 Body imaging 30.2% 0.034 Neuroradiology 19.5%

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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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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

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A new PET/CT radiotracer that detects insulinomas could eliminate the need for other diagnostic procedures in a vast majority of patients, according to a study published October 17 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. International) and courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. DEED, Attribution 4.0

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 8, 2024

An emerging PET/CT radiotracer may be more predictive of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in interstitial lung patients than F-18 FDG PET/CT, according to research presented June 8 at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting (SNMMI). Comparative analysis involved PET/CT parameters of both tracers.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 18, 2024

PET/CT imaging with F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) is emerging as a sensitive tool for detecting early atherosclerosis, according to a presentation at the recent Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting. The patients ranged in age from 21 to 75 years old.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2024

A new PET radiotracer has the potential for visualizing responses in liver cancer patients undergoing immunotherapy, according to a study published December 12 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Nuclei were stained with 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

the RSNA Mahmood's primary research for the past 30 years has been in molecular imaging and its application to guide precision medicine. At MGH in Boston, he currently serves as chief of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, overseeing the service for multiple hospitals and facilities in the region. Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

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. The finding is from a phase I/II clinical trial in the U.S. HU = Houndsfield unit; SUVbw = body-weight SUV.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Also, two-thirds of the studies focused on staff in diagnostic radiography, with the rest covering radiation therapy, medical sonography, and nuclear medicine. A [workplace violence] policy should be developed in every clinical workplace," the authors concluded.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

PET/MRI scans have revealed immune system reactions after COVID-19 vaccines in children with cancer, according to a study published October 26 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The mean SUV max increased by a factor of three, from 0.87 before before vaccination to 2.61 after

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JANUARY 16, 2024

“We show that triggering of seizures with direct electric stimulation for ictal SPECT imaging is convenient, spares resources, and can be clinically useful,” the group wrote. The article was published January 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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