AuntMinnie

JUNE 7, 2024

TORONTO -- AuntMinnie.com spoke with prostate cancer imaging expert Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, of the City of Hope in Duarte, CA, at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting about new developments in PET/CT imaging in patients on Lu-177 PSMA-617 therapy. last year for Alzheimer's disease.

Disease 264

Disease Nuclear Medicine PET Scan Imaging 264

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

PET imaging using a newly developed radiotracer has identified different patterns of brain tau pathology over time in early-onset versus late-onset Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to a study published February 1 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Disease 325

Disease Nuclear Medicine PET Scan IT 325

AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Currently, the CMS bundles Medicare payments for PET radiotracers for diagnosing disease as part of the packaged cost of imaging procedures in hospital outpatient settings. The new plan would likely increase patient access to these important imaging studies.

Nuclear Medicine 305

Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Imaging Medicare 305

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

An AI algorithm designed for brain PET imaging found a glioblastoma in a patient that had gone undetected by physicians, according to a case reported February 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Nuclear Medicine 276

Nuclear Medicine PET Scan Imaging MRI 276

AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

PET brain scans show persistent brain inflammation in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), despite being treated with high-efficacy disease-modifying therapies, according to a recent study by researchers in Boston. Image courtesy of Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

PET Scan 306

PET Scan Nuclear Medicine Disease Clinic 306

AuntMinnie

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.

Nuclear Medicine 336

Nuclear Medicine Diagnose Clinic Imaging 336

AuntMinnie

JUNE 9, 2024

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has bestowed its Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer award on Carolyn Anderson, PhD, of the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU). Image courtesy of SNMMI. Additionally, she is an associate editor for the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Nuclear Medicine 246

Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Disease Imaging 246

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on October 13 that it has lifted its coverage limit of one beta-amyloid PET scan per lifetime for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. That statement is encouraging, noted the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA).

Nuclear Medicine 290

Nuclear Medicine PET Scan Medicare Disease 290

AuntMinnie

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.

Nuclear Medicine 264

Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Radiation Radiation Oncology 264

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This is just the third year that RSNA has offered a dedicated track on nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, with eight scientific sessions covering research in prostate cancer imaging, breast cancer, cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging, and more. There will be also 30 educational courses and 14 poster sessions.

Bone Scintigraphy 290

Bone Scintigraphy Imaging Nuclear Medicine MRI 290

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Instead, the AuntMinniecommunity gravitated more toward articles describing how advanced image analysis -- including AI-based assessment of body composition on CT scans -- can track treatment results and predict patient outcomes. Those who specialized -- particularly in CT, MRI, neuroimaging, and nuclear medicine/PET -- earned more.

MRI 279

MRI Medicare Radiology Technologist Radiologist 279

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2024

His research interests include using structural and functional MRI -- particularly ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI -- to map brain microstructure and develop neurosurgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. Perry Pickhardt, MD.

Nuclear Medicine 358

Nuclear Medicine Education Radiology Technologist Radiation Science 358

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A PET radiotracer for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease may also be used to measure vascular brain changes in patients during PET/MRI scans, according to a study published December 7 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

MRI 325

MRI Nuclear Medicine PET Scan Disease 325

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.

Nuclear Medicine 279

Nuclear Medicine Radiation Disease Medical 279

AuntMinnie

MARCH 26, 2024

Theranostics pairs diagnostic biomarkers that can be visualized on nuclear medicine imaging with therapeutic agents that share a specific target in diseased cells or tissues. Traditional treatments didn't slow the disease in these patients, noted UT’s Vroman.

Nuclear Medicine 306

Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Radiation Health Science 306

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.

Nuclear Medicine 331

Nuclear Medicine Patient Care Diagnostic Clinic 331

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.

Nuclear Medicine 260

Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan Disease Radiopharmaceuticals 260

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. PET/CT and MR images of a 72-year-old woman. (A)

Nuclear Medicine 306

Nuclear Medicine Imaging MRI Diagnostic 306

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.

Nuclear Medicine 290

Nuclear Medicine Disease Imaging Modalities Clinic 290

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. FAPI-PET either confirmed or ruled out the disease in all cases, the group found.

Nuclear Medicine 306

Nuclear Medicine PET Scan Hospital Clinic 306

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. Thus, in this study, the group synthesized F-18 AlF-NOTA-BCP137 and first evaluated it using micro-PET/CT imaging in mice with tumors.

Nuclear Medicine 290

Nuclear Medicine Disease Imaging Clinic 290

Imaging Technology

JUNE 27, 2023

Urbain, MD, PhD, FASNC , professor of radiology/nuclear medicine and medicine, vice chair of theranostics, and director of nuclear medicine at Roswell Park Cancer Center at the University of Buffalo , Buffalo, New York. and ‘How can we ensure diversity in all parts of the nuclear medicine family?’

Nuclear Medicine 115

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Hospital Radiology 115

AuntMinnie

JUNE 8, 2024

TORONTO -- AuntMinnie.com spoke with cardiac PET imaging expert Krishna Patel, MD, from Mount Sinai in New York City, at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting.

Nuclear Medicine 278

Nuclear Medicine Disease Diagnose Imaging 278

AuntMinnie

JUNE 8, 2024

An emerging radioligand therapy could be particularly effective for controlling advanced sarcoma compared to other cancers, according to research presented June 8 in a Young Investigator Award session at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) meeting in Toronto. Image courtesy of SNMMI.

Nuclear Medicine 246

Nuclear Medicine Disease Radiation Hospital 246

AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Middlebrooks' research interest consists of using ultrahigh-field, 7-tesla MRI to plot brain microstructure and develop surgical treatment of brain tumors, epilepsy, and neurodegenerative and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. AI Project, and a member of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

Radiologist 360

Radiologist Education Clinic Radiology 360

AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Higher Medicaid-to-Medicare reimbursement ratios (MMRR) are linked to increased likelihood of Medicaid patients receiving CT, MR, ultrasound, and x-ray imaging, researchers have reported. Hence, the potentially beneficial aspects of increased Medicaid reimbursement, although not [necessarily] specific to imaging, are broad-based."

Medicare 203

Medicare X-ray Nuclear Medicine Imaging 203

AuntMinnie

APRIL 4, 2024

Even if some private urology, radiation oncology practices, or radiologist groups are building the ability to perform theranostics, experts are cautious about patient management, radiation safety, and the risk of unnecessary imaging. They're also mindful of the multiple dedicated teams required to build a theranostics clinic properly.

Nuclear Medicine 222

Nuclear Medicine Radiation Oncology Nursing Radiation 222

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).

Nuclear Medicine 264

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Modalities Diagnose Disease 264

AuntMinnie

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. Several studies have demonstrated that vaccine-related lymphadenopathy may confound disease assessment in oncology patients, the researchers added.

MRI 299

MRI Nuclear Medicine Disease Diagnose 299

AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Up to 80% of women with the disease who respond to first-line chemotherapy relapse within 18 months, the authors explained. Two experienced nuclear medicine physicians evaluated the images and calculated total lesion glycolysis and metabolic tumor volume parameters in regions of interest based on tumor uptake of F-18 FDG radiotracer.

Nuclear Medicine 127

Nuclear Medicine Disease Imaging Hospital 127

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

more than 6 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease, a debilitating and far-reaching disease that accounts for 60% to 80% of dementia cases, and by 2050, this number is projected to rise to nearly 13 million, according to Alzheimer’s Disease International. The disease affects memory, thinking, and behavior. In the U.S.,

Disease 130

Disease Imaging Medicare PET Scan 130

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. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of mortality in the U.S.

Nuclear Medicine 321

Nuclear Medicine Radiopharmaceuticals Disease Radiation 321

AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 25, 2023

“Skin biopsy is the gold standard for diagnosing calciphylaxis, but it can worsen lesions and confer poorer disease prognosis,” the researchers wrote, in a study published October 23 in JAAD International. All but one patient had renal disease and most had several other comorbidities, the authors wrote.

Bone Scan 297

Bone Scan Diagnose Nuclear Medicine Disease 297

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. Image courtesy of Heying Duan, MD, Stanford University.

Nuclear Medicine 279

Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan MRI Disease 279

AuntMinnie

JANUARY 26, 2025

and European nuclear medicine organizations have released joint guidelines on the use of fibroblast activation protein (FAP)-PET imaging in cancer patients. The guidelines were published in the January issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Nuclear Medicine 130

Nuclear Medicine Imaging Clinic Disease 130

AuntMinnie

JUNE 14, 2024

A recently developed PET radiotracer identified sources of pain in patients with complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and led to effective treatments, according to a study presented June 10 at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.

Nuclear Medicine 306

Nuclear Medicine MRI Clinic Disease 306

AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

PET/CT imaging with a new radiotracer (F-18 PSMA-1007) is superior to MRI prior to surgery in men with intermediate-risk and high-risk prostate cancer, according to a study published on July 1 in JAMA Oncology. Out of 150 men who participated, 134 ultimately underwent radical prostatectomies (the mean age was 62 years old).

MRI 264

MRI PET Scan Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan 264