AuntMinnie

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. If you decide to use Xofigo first, you can then use Pluvicto.

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AuntMinnie

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

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 4, 2024

reduction in average Medicare payment rates compared with 2024, the CMS has estimated there will be a 0% change to reimbursement for radiology, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology. The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) was disappointed in the final MPFS rule.

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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

JUNE 11, 2024

An animal study shows the feasibility of an approach in colon cancer that simultaneously uses alpha- and beta-emitting isotopes to target and kill cancer cells, according to a study presented June 11 at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting. she concluded.

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AuntMinnie

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. It causes radiation injury that may be visible as dry desquamation or moist desquamation, for example.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 25, 2024

PET/CT is poised to become a key tool for imaging the coronary arteries – a clinical imaging exam that can reveal early warning signs of fatal conditions when patients present with symptoms of chest pain, experts say. The game-changer could be the pending U.S. approval of new PET radiotracers, such as F-18 flurpiridaz , he said.

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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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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“Technical innovations in pediatric hybrid F-18 FDG-PET has led to a steady decrease in the amount of applied radiotracer, which is particularly beneficial for children who are more sensitive to radiation,” wrote first author Stephan Waelti, MD, and colleagues. In PET/MRI, all of the radiation exposure derives from injected F-18 FDG.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2024

PET/MRI is a relatively new hybrid method being gradually integrated into clinical practice, with no experience using F-18 FDG-PET/MRI to diagnose FUO and IUO reported in the literature, they noted. This imaging technique has especially high sensitivity, negative predictive value and low radiation exposure,” the group concluded.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 31, 2024

Researchers led by Duygu Sag, PhD, from Dokuz Eylul University Health Campus in Izmir, and Fahri Saatcioglu, PhD, from Blindern in Oslo, Norway, found that a yoga method called Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) reduced psychological distress and burnout and increased wellness in physicians, including radiologists and radiation oncologists.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2025

Quality Performance Measure #436, Radiation Consideration for Adult CT Utilization of Dose Lowering Techniques, has been eliminated and replaced by Measure #494, Excessive Radiation Dose or Inadequate Image Quality for Diagnostic CT in Adults.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 11, 2024

Alpha-emitting astatine-211 (At-211) may open the door to new targeted radioimmunotherapy for treating blood cancer, according to research presented June 10 at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in Toronto. The studies support further clinical investigation.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 9, 2024

In particular, the facility lacks a modern PACS and clinical decision-support tools. The attack affected critical departments, including the radiology department, which encompasses the Diagnostic Imaging department, Radiation Therapy Department, Nuclear Medicine Department, Radiation safety, and Ultrasound diagnostics.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Assessment of Claimant, Clinical, and Financial Characteristics of Teleradiology Medical Malpractice Cases. Effects of low-dose ionizing radiation on genomic instability in interventional radiology workers. Luthria, et al, Journal of Nuclear Medicine , October 26, 2023. To learn more about this paper, click here.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 14, 2024

Nuclear medicine injection extravasations and medical events will be the focus of the Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI)'s public teleconference on June 17. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) rulemaking. That might do away with diagnostic concerns, Flannery noted.

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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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Imaging Technology

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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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 09/14/2023 - 15:17 September 14, 2023 — Mayo Clinic and GE HealthCare announce a strategic healthcare collaboration for research and product development programs aimed to transform the experience of patients and clinicians in the practice of radiology and the delivery of novel therapies.

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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Radiation dosimetry performed for up to three cycles showed delivery of high tumor absorbed radiation doses relative to the dose delivered to the key normal organs, such as kidney and salivary glands. In combination with the positive radiation dosimetry results seen in Phase 1 for Lutetium ( 177 Lu) rhPSMA-10.1

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 5, 2024

announced that it has entered into a patent license agreement with Mayo Clinic for the rights to the PSMA Alpha-PET DoubLET platform technology for the treatment of PSMA-expressing cancers, with an initial focus on prostate. milla1cf Fri, 01/05/2024 - 11:21 January 5, 2024 — Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 9, 2023

No shortage is expected of Mo-99’s daughter decay chain isotope technetium-99m (Tc-99m), which is used in an estimated 40,000 diagnostic nuclear medicine exams each day in the U.S., said the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).

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Imaging Technology

JULY 3, 2023

professor of the Department of Radiation Oncology and the Department of Immunology and Theranostics at City of Hope , and principal investigator of the RefleXion-supported PyL imaging study. professor and chair of City of Hope’s Department of Radiation Oncology. “We

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Imaging Technology

JULY 31, 2024

R)(N)(ARRT) About the Honorees Arianna Apodaca is a radiation therapist at Austin Cyberknife , a cancer treatment center in Austin, Texas. While managing to complete both her degree in radiation therapy and undergo successful treatment, she began speaking publicly about early detection. (R)(MR)(ARRT) • Patrick Wojtylak, M.H.S.A.,

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Imaging Technology

MAY 12, 2023

This research was published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Management of patients with brain metastases usually includes surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Some patients develop treatment-related changes such as radiation necrosis or pseudoprogression.

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Imaging Technology

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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Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

His accidental discovery forever changed medicine and it has been a key tool in diagnosing and treating injuries and diseases for 128 years.” ASRT also noted it represents 157,000 members who perform medical imaging procedures or plan and deliver radiation therapy, and is the largest radiologic science association in the world.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 23, 2023

Results from this multicenter phase II trial, led by the UK NCRI Thyroid Cancer Research Group , were published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. A wide variation in the radiation delivered to different areas of disease was found among patients.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

The findings were published in Clinical Nuclear Medicine. The authors note that PET scans can also be expensive and expose patients to some level of radiation, whereas MRIs do not. Singhal said before the technique can be used routinely in a clinical setting, it must be validated on a larger sample size.

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Imaging Technology

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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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 8, 2024

GE HealthCare expects to integrate MIM Software solutions into its advanced visualization offerings to facilitate AI-based segmentation and contouring as well as dosimetry analysis for patients across their treatment journeys and in the growing fields of radiology, molecular imaging, and radiation oncology.

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JULY 20, 2023

Details of the session, as reported by program planners, are summarized here with information from Reston, VA-based ACR, which represents approximately 40,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and medical physicists. Session presenter is Cleveland Clinic' s Katie W. Hulme, MS, FAAPM.

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APRIL 4, 2023

On behalf of ACR — representing more than 41,000 diagnostic radiologists, interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists, he urged the Subcommittee to provide at least $50.9 billion to the NIH for fiscal year (FY) 2024, an increase of $3.5

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The Radiology Clinic

DECEMBER 8, 2022

One additional consideration when imaging pediatric patients is their exposure to ionizing radiation. While MRI and Ultrasound produce NO ionizing radiation, X-Ray, CT, PET, and Nuclear Medicine studies do and therefore must be scrutinized when recommending and/or performing radiologic examinations.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 5, 2024

and around the world, with many promising drugs in clinical trials. The Ge-68/Ga-68 generator on the other hand, is an easily transportable, small metal box and can be obtained much more cost-efficient, leading to cost reductions in nuclear medicine clinics and practices while increasing flexibility.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 3, 2023

Mr. Merrick concluded, “This is a very exciting and dynamic time for NorthStar and all those involved in nuclear medicine. Ac-225, both used to deliver therapeutic doses of radiation to destroy cancer cells in patients with serious disease, while sparing healthy tissue. NorthStar has n.c.a.

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