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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

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With 100% of precincts now reporting, we’re finally ready to declare this year’s winners in our annual awards program recognizing excellence in radiology. The voters also zeroed in on the ongoing shortage of radiologists as the Biggest Threat to Radiology. Most Influential Radiology Researcher Minnies 2024 Winner: Erik H.

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Italian research team shows the way on sustainability

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It can detect progressive disease in cases missed by other modalities, demonstrating its potential to guide treatment decisions effectively," they noted. The analysis might help to establish a model for balancing clinical and environmental priorities in radiology departments globally. DL2 had the shortest mean scan time (0.27 0.04

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Pneumonia on CT? Consider additional imaging so as not to miss cancer

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Suspicion of malignancy may be prompted by avid uptake of the radiopharmaceutical FDG on PET/CT imaging, according to study results delivered on November 27 at the RSNA meeting. Accurate diagnosis of organizing pneumonia is confounded by the co-existence of [the condition] with lung malignancies," Kim said.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

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With therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals coming to market quickly and available to smaller institutions around the U.S., My vision of a theranostic center includes a flagship facility that has a PET/CT scanner, a SPECT/CT scanner, and then multiple rooms for infusions of radiopharmaceuticals," Siegel explained.

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Life Molecular Imaging, Sofie add Neuraceq availability out of Ohio

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Life Molecular Imaging (LMI) and Sofie Biosciences have begun offering the Neuraceq ( florbetaben F-18) PET radiotracer produced at Sofie's radiopharmaceutical manufacturing site in Cleveland, Ohio. With this expansion, LMI continues driving commercial sales of Neuraceq around the U.S.

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Anderson wins SNMMI's Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer award

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Her research also contributed to FDA approval of Lu-177 DOTATATE for treating neuroendocrine tumors; recently, she and collaborators developed a PET imaging agent for vaso-occlusive crisis in sickle cell disease, which has been approved for human studies by the FDA as an Investigational New Drug (IND).

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AI helps predict kidney function decline in Lu-177 patients

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An open-source AI tool can help predict renal function decline in prostate cancer patients undergoing lutetium-177 (Lu-177) radiopharmaceutical therapy, according to a study published February 25 in Radiology. The full study is available here.