AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Chinese clinicians have provided evidence in a “real-world study” that shows amyloid PET imaging is effective for diagnosing and managing patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published February 8 in Alzheimer’s and Dementia. of patients, noted lead author Ke-Liang Chen, MD, a neurologist at Fudan University. “In

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A group in France has offered an explanation for long COVID brain fog, with the concept based on a visual brain pattern they discovered on patient PET scans, according to a study published October 13 in Medical Hypotheses. “We A) PET scan of a healthy subject. (B) B) PET scan of a long COVID patient.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 10, 2024

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a new reimbursement plan July 10 for diagnostic PET scans that would provide separate payments for radiopharmaceuticals, as well as an extra payment for hospitals when they use domestically produced technetium-99m (Tc-99m).

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AuntMinnie

MAY 31, 2024

PET imaging with nitrogen-13 (N-13) ammonia radiotracer can help predict major adverse cardiac events in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD), according to a study published May 30 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging. Patients underwent the scans between January 2017 and January 2021.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 30, 2024

FDG-PET imaging shows promise for use as a diagnostic criterion for neurosarcoidosis, with a recent case series illustrating the approach was effective when gold-standard approaches were not, according to a group of researchers in Berlin. “To In all three cases, gadolinium-enhanced MRI scans did not show abnormalities. (A.3-B.3)

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 10, 2024

A recently developed PET camera appears to enable imaging during head motion and has revealed brain patterns in patients when they cough, according to a study published January 8 in Scientific Reports. Participants were fitted with masks for cough measurements during two-minute PET scans.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 28, 2023

Molecular imaging enables doctors and clinicians to see inside the body with a non-invasive process, helping to diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease , and neurological diseases. Because of the relatively short half-lives of PET radioisotopes, they must be created within hours of the patient’s scan.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 30, 2024

Martha Koperwhats, Texas Children's Hospital 2. Enrico Perez, Columbia Presbyterian-Cornell University Hospitals BEST RADIOLOGIST TRAINING PROGRAM 1. Increased use of medical imaging by other specialties (turf battles) HOTTEST CLINICAL PROCEDURE 1. Hybrid CT/PET scanning 2. Advanced Imaging Technologies 2.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 31, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 05/31/2023 - 20:52 May 31, 2023 — GE HealthCare announced US FDA 510(k) clearance of Precision DL – a new, revolutionary deep learning-based image processing software included in GE HealthCare’s growing Effortless Recon DL portfolio. Gallen in Switzerland [vii].

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This study defined an EOAD-signature MRI biomarker using data from a well-characterized discovery sample from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and tested the hypothesis that it can be reproducible in a large validation sample of participants with EOAD. What Methods or Approached Did You Use?

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Associates in Medical Imaging

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

As technological capabilities advance across all medical disciplines, so to do the imaging needs that often come with adequate diagnostic capabilities. Offer Versatility and Clarity to Your Doctors and Patients MRI, or Magnetic Resonance Imaging , could be the most versatile imaging technology available to members of the medical community.

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Capitol Imaging Services

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

How Much Does a PET/CT cost? A lot can go through your mind when your physician orders a PET/CT for you. Along with the normal anxiety associated with needing a medical imaging study, worrying about your out-of-pocket expense is a reasonable concern. But, first, let’s understand what a PET/CT is and why it is used.

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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. This theranostic therapy first demonstrated how using diagnostic imaging with a radioactive probe, gallium-68 (Ga-68 dotatate injection), could locate NETs on PET scans.

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Cloudex Radiology

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

PACS – Picture Archiving and Communication System; a system involved in acquiring the medical images, transmission, viewing, storage, and retrieval of same images. The fundamental parts of PACS are – imaging acquisition, display workstations, archive servers. of imaging modalities, storage space, no.

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Future Teleradiology

JANUARY 9, 2020

Also, in cases of chronic illnesses, telehealth has led to the reduction of hospitalizations, costs and read missions. Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is used to transmit and store data. If there is a small community facility it can save costs by outsourcing the imaging and diagnosis.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 20, 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. This theranostic therapy first demonstrated how using diagnostic imaging with a radioactive probe, gallium-68 (Ga-68 dotatate injection), could locate NETs on PET scans.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

The promise of imaging One challenge is that advances in Alzheimer’s care can only help people if they are reaching the right patients at the right time in their patient journey. Reimbursement barriers Unfortunately, until recently, there were significant barriers to receiving amyloid PET imaging in some regions.

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Independent Imaging

APRIL 24, 2020

Diagnostic imaging plays a very important role in modern medicine. A CT (computerized tomography) scan is used to enable doctors to see clear images of the structures and tissues of your body. This type of scan may be ordered for a number of reasons, from detecting a joint problem to assessing a tumor for changes.

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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. In this phase II clinical trial, the researchers sought to evaluate the approach further.

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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. A) Maximum-intensity-projection PET images.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 17, 2024

PET scans show that individuals with mothers with a history of memory impairment had higher levels of brain-amyloid plaque associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), according to a study published June 17 in JAMA Neurology. Data included participant-reported parental history and baseline F-18 florbetapir ( Amyvid ) PET scans.

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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. He was admitted to the hospital. A) F-18 DCFPyL PET/CT uptake in the descending colon on a coronal plane. (B)

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Imaging Technology

MAY 1, 2023

To analyse the CT scan data, the researchers used a technique called radiomics, which can extract information about the patient’s disease from medical images that can’t be easily seen by the human eye. Keith Hewett, 64 from Watford, was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018 and treated with surgery at his local hospital.

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