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ACR offers code change proposals at AMA CPT Editorial Panel meeting

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At the meeting, radiology CPT advisors also met with other specialty organizations to discuss potential code proposals, reviewed more than 60 proposals submitted to the AMA and commented on 22 proposals that included imaging that could potentially affect radiologists.

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

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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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The rise of theranostics: Part 2 -- Moving into communities

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Even if some private urology, radiation oncology practices, or radiologist groups are building the ability to perform theranostics, experts are cautious about patient management, radiation safety, and the risk of unnecessary imaging. However, few freestanding theranostics centers exist today. Hope added.

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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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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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Midstate Radiology Associates, LLC. Announces Acquisition of NHRA and Whitney Imaging centers in Hamden, CT

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These services include: CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, 3D Mammography & Women’s Imaging, Hereditary Cancer Risk and X-Ray. In July 2021, Midstate Radiology Associates, LLC. also acquired Radiology Group PC. and with the acquisition of NHRA, Whitney Imaging and Whitney Imaging West, Midstate Radiology Associates, LLC.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

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Increased Metabolic Activity of the Thymus and Lymph Nodes in Pediatric Oncology Patients After Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination. Luthria, et al, Journal of Nuclear Medicine , October 26, 2023. Quantifying Regional Radiation-Induced Lung Injury in Patients Using Hyperpolarized 129Xe Gas Exchange Magnetic Resonance Imaging.