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. Baseline scan (A), segmentation results (B), and follow-up scan (C) from patient with molecular glioblastoma.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2023

A PET radiotracer for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease may also be used to measure vascular brain changes in patients during PET/MRI scans, according to a study published December 7 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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MedImaging Nuclear Medicine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Researchers have found biomarkers that enable doctors to reliably distinguish the two conditions—albeit only with data from a particular imaging technique called positron emission tomography (PET).

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 7, 2024

TORONTO -- AuntMinnie.com spoke with prostate cancer imaging expert Phillip Kuo, MD, PhD, of the City of Hope in Duarte, CA, at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting about new developments in PET/CT imaging in patients on Lu-177 PSMA-617 therapy. last year for Alzheimer's disease.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 19, 2024

PET imaging shows different brain activity in people taking methadone or buprenorphine for opioid use disorder (OUD), according to a presentation at the recent Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging annual meeting. They tracked serum levels of methadone or buprenorphine for the OUD subjects.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

PET imaging using a newly developed radiotracer has identified different patterns of brain tau pathology over time in early-onset versus late-onset Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to a study published February 1 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. in 15 patients with negative amyloid PET scans; 1.18 in

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MedImaging Nuclear Medicine

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A new PET scan has shown promise in reliably detecting benign tumors in the pancreas that cannot be detected by various imaging techniques such as CT, MRI, and PET scans.

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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. Image courtesy of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. “In

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 02/09/2024 - 09:17 February 9, 2024 — A novel PET imaging technique can noninvasively detect active inflammation in the body before clinical symptoms arise, according to research published in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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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

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“The results obtained with a portable PET scanner in this comparison in humans require follow-up but lend confidence to the feasibility of more flexible and portable brain imaging with PET,” noted first author Elizabeth Bartlett, PhD, of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. A link to the full study can be found here.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 11, 2023

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imagine (SNMMI) has called fo.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 6, 2024

Dynamic PET scans acquired in half the time of normal scans appear clinically feasible for patients with lung lesions, according to nuclear medicine researchers in Shenzhen, China. The article was published March 5 in EJNMMI Physics.

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Capitol Imaging Services

AUGUST 30, 2023

Computerized tomography (or a CT scan) combines images from different angles to create cross-section pictures of the body with more information than typical X-ray technology. Positron Emission Tomography (a PET scan) uses nuclear medicine to detect metabolic signals emitted by cancer cells.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 24, 2023

mtaschetta-millane Sat, 06/24/2023 - 15:00 June 24, 2023 — A newly developed technology called “augmented whole-body scanning via magnifying PET” ( AWSM-PET ) has been shown to enhance the image resolution and system sensitivity of clinical whole-body PET/CT imaging.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Patients with less tau pathology on PET scans may respond better to treatment with the new Alzheimer’s disease drug donanemab, according to an October 25 news report in the journal Practical Neurology. Research suggests that the accumulation of these proteins is a continuous process that starts decades before the onset of symptoms.

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AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

It's only been a few years since a dedicated track in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging was established at the meeting, and the practice already dominates it. AI studies in nuclear medicine appear to be picking up steam as well. The system detected significantly more amyloid plaque than conventional PET scans.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 31, 2023

Flavio Forrer , MD, PhD, Chairman of Nuclear Medicine in the Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at Kantonsspital St. v] Up to 53% reduction of PET scan time on Omni Legend 32 cm compared to Discovery MI 25 cm, as demonstrated in phantom testing. [vi] Gallen in Switzerland [vii]. ix Mehranian, A.,

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 23, 2024

An international survey of treatment centers has revealed significant differences in several aspects of Lu-177 PSMA-617 prostate cancer therapy, including patient imaging protocols, according to a study published January 18 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. In addition, different PET radiotracers are used.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 16, 2024

Scans processed with the algorithm can also provide additional details by using an overlay of an MRI or CT image of the same region, the company said. More than 500,000 PET scans are performed per year in India, with demand for nuclear medicine growing, Claritas noted.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2024

tesla MRI AI body composition analysis Cardiac PET Cryo/thermoablation CT colonography Genicular artery embolization Hyperpolarized xenon-129 MRI PET/MRI Photon-counting CT Radiomics Theranostics Whole-body MRI screening Image of the Year 3D PET/MR image. PET scans predict patient response to Pluvicto.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 15, 2023

For pharmaceutical companies and researchers, using this tracer to better understand the mechanism of action - i.e. the effect of immunotherapies on a patient’s immune response to their cancer - could, potentially, enable them to better select patients to participate in clinical trials and bring new immunotherapies to market. Fruhwirth, G.

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Vesta Teleradiology

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Brain Tumor Spotted on PET Imaging An AI algorithm named “JuST_BrainPET” identified a glioblastoma in a patient that had been missed by physicians. This finding, reported in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, underscores the potential of AI-based decision support in diagnostic and treatment planning.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 19, 2024

Reimbursement barriers Unfortunately, until recently, there were significant barriers to receiving amyloid PET imaging in some regions. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), for example, did not cover amyloid PET scans outside of clinical trials for Medicare beneficiaries and only covered one scan per patient’s lifetime.

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MedImaging Nuclear Medicine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Scientists have discovered that PET scans of the heart might be able to identify those at risk of developing Parkinson’s disease or Lewy body dementia.

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Midstate Radiology Associates

JUNE 5, 2024

PET Scan: These scans create 3D images that offer greater insight into whether a thickened pleura or peritoneum is malignant mesothelioma or a benign condition. This nuclear medicine scan uses a radioactive substance to further determine if the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes and other parts of the body.

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Cloudex Radiology

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

PACS works as a host that integrates the radiological images acquired from different radiological imaging modalities (X-Ray, Ultrasound, CT, MRI , PET Scan, Nuclear Medicine, etc…) with a network of information system (RIS and or HIS), EMR, different work stations and image storage/archival system.

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Open Medscience

AUGUST 11, 2024

Radiopharmaceuticals in diagnostics provide critical insights into disease processes, improving accuracy, patient care, and treatment outcomes significantly. The post The Transformative Power of Radiopharmaceuticals in Diagnostics appeared first on Open MedScience.

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Open Medscience

MAY 14, 2024

Positron Emission Tomography Imaging has advanced with cutting-edge technologies, enhancing diagnostic accuracy and expanding clinical applications dramatically. The post Breakthroughs in Positron Emission Tomography Imaging appeared first on Open MedScience.

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

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

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 24, 2023

mtaschetta-millane Sat, 06/24/2023 - 17:00 June 24, 2023 — A new ultra-high resolution (UHR) brain PET scanner may have the ability to characterize previously indistinguishable brain regions that are known to be involved in Alzheimer’s disease , depressive disorders, visual attention disorders, tinnitus, and other conditions.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 8, 2024

Several presenters at the Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's (SNMMI) 2024 meeting in Toronto shared new findings in women's studies. Both groups would undergo standard of care imaging, or CT and bone scan, or FDG PET/CT, or FES PET/CT. Women's theranostics appears to already be on the horizon.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 1, 2024

Radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians analyzed the images, with their reads ultimately compared to laboratory results from biopsies. Out of 150 men who participated, 134 ultimately underwent radical prostatectomies (the mean age was 62 years old).

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Intelerad

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This standard has revolutionized the radiology industry, encompassing many imaging modalities such as X-rays, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, nuclear medicine, PET scans, etc.

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