Imaging Technology

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Under the new policy, CMS will unpackage and pay separately for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals with per-day costs exceeding $630, removing financial barriers that have long hindered patient access to essential nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 11, 2024

milla1cf Tue, 06/11/2024 - 18:49 June 11, 2024 — The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized six new SNMMI Fellows during a plenary session at the society’s 2024 Annual Meeting, held June 8-11 in Toronto. It is among the most prestigious formal recognitions available to long-time SNMMI members.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 15, 2024

The document was published jointly March 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology , Clinical Infectious Diseases , the Heart Rhythm Journal , and JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. The recommendations emphasize the complementary nature of these advanced nuclear medicine exams. The full recommendations can be found here.

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Open Medscience

JANUARY 4, 2024

Nuclear medicine has transformed healthcare over a century, innovating in diagnostics and treatments significantly. The post History of Nuclear Medicine: A Century of Innovation and Impact appeared first on Open Medscience.

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UCSF Biomedical Imaging

OCTOBER 8, 2024

We highlight some of the recent accomplishments in research and clinical trials by members of the department who apply nuclear medicine to diagnose and treat illnesses including cancer.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Nuclear medicine technologists experienced the largest average compensation gains, up 20.2% ASRT's survey confirmed that all major disciplines in medical imaging and radiation therapy in the U.S. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists saw an increase of 12.5% have seen wage and salary increases since 2022.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 6, 2023

The generated report included indication, findings laid out numerically, TNM stage, impression and follow-up recommendations.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 31, 2024

Claritas HealthTech has spun off its nuclear medicine division into a separate company named Claritas NucMed Technologies. and will focus on the global commercialization, delivery, and deployment of its nuclear medicine suite of software solutions for PET and SPECT, the company said.

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Radiology Business

MAY 21, 2024

The FIND Act is supported by several industry stakeholders including ACR and the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging.

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Health Imaging

APRIL 11, 2023

“If testing is successful in humans, this would represent an excellent new treatment option for patients with this disease.”

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AuntMinnie

MAY 17, 2024

The world’s top nuclear medicine societies have issued international guidelines on the role of PET/CT in patients with invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer, with the document released May 14 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. The full article is available here.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JUNE 27, 2023

Nadel was announced as president of SNMMI for the 2023-2024 term at the 2023 SNMMI annual meeting taking place in Chicago.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JUNE 9, 2024

shared her perspective on a number of topics affecting nuclear medicine, ranging from isotope availability and reimbursement challenges for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals to increasing patient interest in PET imaging. In a recent interview, Cathy Cutler, Ph.D.,

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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.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2025

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the Alzheimers Association have released new appropriate use criteria for brain PET imaging of amyloid and tau pathology related to cognitive impairment and Alzheimers disease. There are three PET radiotracers labeled with F-18 approved by the U.S.

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Health Imaging

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging President, Cathy Cutler, explains the long road to jump-starting a new U.S. domestic supply of imaging isotopes.

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Open Medscience

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Nuclear Medicine Healthcare advances precision diagnosis, innovative therapies, and prioritises patient and professional safety. The post Nuclear Medicine Healthcare: Transforming Diagnosis, Therapy, and Safety appeared first on Open MedScience.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2024

Physicians, health care providers, and medical staff caring for patients who use cannabis should be familiar with the effects of the drug on gut motility and thus nuclear medicine imaging, a recent report advises. The Effects of Cannabis on Bowel Motility and Beyond.” The full article is available here.

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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.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 21, 2024

and European experts have proposed a joint practice guideline for use in nuclear medicine on diagnostics and therapy (theranostics) of meningiomas, as published June 20 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. the group wrote.

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Ben White

JULY 3, 2023

In a world where AI, non-radiologist physicians, and midlevel providers may play an increasing role in imaging interpretation in the future, radiologists will also likely need to perform at that higher level to maintain their edge/prove their value. But the outside world doesn’t really know that. The outside world likes labels.

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MedImaging Industry News

MARCH 22, 2024

A new AI system automatically and reliably detects cardiac amyloidosis during scintigraphy imaging, a nuclear medicine procedure used to identify cancer, thyroid, kidney, and heart diseases.

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Health Imaging

MARCH 6, 2024

Edibles can reduce gut motility and complicate gastric emptying, a new Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology study finds.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 5, 2024

Researchers at the University of Zurich in Switzerland say they have produced the first cinematically rendered image from a patient based on a standard clinical F-18 FDG-PET/MRI scan. The article was published on July 1 in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and featured as the journal's Image of the Month.

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MedImaging Nuclear Medicine

MARCH 30, 2023

New research findings have highlighted the role of nuclear medicine brain imaging in assessing the biological changes that cause chemotherapy-related.

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Diagnostic Imaging

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Medical experts address challenges and propose solutions for inter-readability concerns in nuclear medicine, particularly focusing on strategies to overcome the scarcity of specialized readers.

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Diagnostic Imaging

JUNE 28, 2024

While radiologists interpreted approximately 99 percent of all non-cardiac CT, MRI and nuclear medicine studies in hospital and emergency department settings for Medicare beneficiaries, new research shows significantly less radiologist review of cardiac imaging and office-based imaging.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 6, 2025

Rates of PET prostate cancer imaging increased rapidly after its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a study published January 3 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. for patients with favorable intermediate risk, 8.2%

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

Almost a third of imaging exam interpretations are performed by nonradiologists, according to a Harvey L. of all imaging studies for Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries in 2022, but that the remaining 27.9% The team conducted a study that included data from 123 million 2022 Medicare Part B imaging claims. Nuclear medicine 11.8%

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 7, 2024

Nuclear medicine technologists are being advised that not just any meal works for patients before gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES), a common imaging procedure to evaluate how ingested food moves through the stomach. Cooking allows the protein in the egg whites to bind with the Tc-99m-SC so that it can be tracked by imaging.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (SNMMI) is praising the U.S. NETs are diagnosed and treated with nuclear medicine imaging. Senate for including neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) in the fiscal year 2025 Senate Defense Appropriations report.

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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.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The delayed restart of a nuclear research reactor in the Netherlands is expected to cause supply shortages of the imaging agent technetium-99 m (Tc-99m) into November, according to reports. “We According to estimates, Tc-99m is used in 40,000 diagnostic imaging scans in the U.S. per day, a majority in nuclear cardiology. “As

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 10, 2024

Anderson , PhD, a trailblazer in nuclear medicine, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award. The award was announced by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) during its 2024 Annual Meeting, June 8-11 in Toronto.

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Diagnostic Imaging

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Twice-a-day consumption of reconstituted grape powder provides significant long-term benefit in preserving cerebral metabolism for people with mild cognitive decline, according to research presented at the recent Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) conference.

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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.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

Although medical imaging has frequently been considered a major culprit behind the growth of healthcare spending in the U.S., In fact, imaging's part fell from 10.5% the sum of payments from health plans and patients to health care providers for imaging and related services) on imaging increased 35.9% billion to $66.2

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