Disease Medical Imaging PET Scan 
Professional Radiology
FEBRUARY 18, 2025
The way physicians identify illness is changing due to advances in medical imaging, which make early diagnosis quicker, more precise, and less invasive. These technologies, ranging from high-resolution MRIs to state-of-the-art CT scans, can give doctors the ability to spot possible health problems before symptoms even show up.
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. Medicare coverage decisions for amyloid PET scans will now be made by local Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs).
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AuntMinnie
DECEMBER 18, 2023
PET scans typically used for diagnosing prostate cancer may have value in detecting inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a case series published December 8 in Clinical and Experimental Gastroenterology.
AuntMinnie
JANUARY 22, 2024
The technology could allow clinicians to detect multiple biomarkers at once and improve the spatial resolution of brain imaging for applications in cancer as well as neurodegenerative disease, according to principal investigator Lars Furenlid, PhD, a professor of medical imaging at the University of Arizona.
AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
In brief, the deep learning-based AI model (called “JuST_BrainPET”) is designed to automatically segment metabolic tumor volume (MTV) from surrounding healthy tissue on brain PET imaging, a key step in medical imaging analysis, the researchers explained. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
AuntMinnie
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has raised concerns ove. Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: ACR urges full coverage for amyloid PET scans CMS proposal covers PET scans for Alzheimer’s disease MITA praises FDA for Leqembi approval FIND Act reintroduced in U.S.
TRA Medical Imaging
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
TRA Medical Imaging is proud to offer PSMA PET, a cutting-edge imaging method that enables us to detect prostate cancer with greater precision than conventional imaging techniques. Race: African American men have a higher incidence of prostate cancer and are more likely to develop aggressive forms of the disease.
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