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IMV: PET scan volumes continue to grow

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In 2023 compared with 2022, the total volume of positron emission tomography (PET) scans increased 10.2% year over year, according to the newly published IMV 2024 PET Market Summary Report. In 2023, the average number of PET scans per fixed PET site (versus mobile PET) increased 6.7%

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PET Scans Reveal ‘smoldering’ Inflammation in patients with Multiple sclerosis

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The findings were published in Clinical Nuclear Medicine. The newly published study involved performing PET scans on 22 people with MS and eight healthy controls. Those being treated with low-efficacy treatments had more abnormalities on their PET scans, suggesting more microglial cell activation.

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CMS proposes new coverage for PET imaging agents

AuntMinnie

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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PET reveals ‘smoldering’ brain inflammation in patients treated for MS

AuntMinnie

The finding suggests that PET imaging of translocator protein (TSPO) in the brain can serve as a biomarker for evaluating patients whose disease progresses despite treatment, noted lead author Tarun Singhal, MD, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and colleagues. Image courtesy of Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

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New CMS plan adds Medicare coverage of PET imaging agents

AuntMinnie

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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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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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. The nuclear radiologist, nuclear medicine technologist, and radiation safety team are all present to administer an infusion.

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Researchers offer hypothesis for long COVID brain fog

AuntMinnie

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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