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IMV: PET scan volumes continue to grow

AuntMinnie

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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What is the best timing for PET scans after radiotherapy?

AuntMinnie

Men should have prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET scans about eight months after undergoing external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer, a group at the University of California, Los Angeles has reported. The median duration between the first PET scan and the end-date of radiotherapy was 2.3

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How Diagnostic Imaging is Revolutionizing Early Disease Detection

Professional Radiology

Mammography: This technique is used to detect early signs of breast cancer and other abnormalities in breast tissue Low Dose CT for Lung Cancer Screening: This is a non-invasive imaging test that uses low levels of radiation to detect lung abnormalities early, improving the chances of successful treatment. How Does Early Detection Help?

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First specific PET scan for TB could enable more effective treatment

ScienceDaily

Radiotracers are radioactive compounds which give off radiation that can be detected by scanners and turned into a 3D image. The new radiotracer, called FDT, enables PET scans to be used for the first time to accurately pinpoint when and where the disease is still active in a patient's lungs.

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

Imaging Technology

The newly published study involved performing PET scans on 22 people with MS and eight healthy controls. Researchers measured the glial activity load on the PET scans, a new measure developed in Singhal’s lab where lab members looked at the level of smoldering inflammation from microglia in MS patients.

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Meet the Minnies 2024 semifinal candidates

AuntMinnie

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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FAPI-PET shows promise in patients with lung cancer

AuntMinnie

All patients underwent CT and F-18 FDG-PET as clinical routine scans and were individually referred for additional imaging by their treating physicians because of inconclusive findings, the authors noted. F-18 FDG and Ga-68 FAPI-46 images of a 51-year-old woman with adenocarcinoma with lepidic growth pattern in right upper lobe.