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Nuclear Medicine
Will there be a lack of radiopharmaceuticals?
The shortage of radiopharmaceuticals due to the planned shutdown of some nuclear reactors will now be discussed by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). The European Commission Read more …
Contrast Agents
Research to prolong the retention time in the blood
The University of Urbino and Philips Research will jointly research the encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticle contrast agents inside living blood cells to prolong the retention Read more …
PET scans save colorectal cancer patients’ lives
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers to cause death. A PET scan improves prognosis and changes management of recurrent colorectal cancer in more than half of Read more …
Seasonal mood changes visualised by PET
Seasons change – and so does our mood. When days become shorter and hours of sunlight become fewer some of us suffer from seasonal depression. Brain scans taken at different times Read more …
Finding prostate cancer metastates in lymph nodes early
With the help of an engineered common cold virus spreadings of prostate cancer in the pelvic lymph nodes can be visualised with a PET scanner. It is now possible to treat the Read more …
Diagnostic accuracy of PET and CT in early stage lung cancer
A multi-institutional study recently compared whether positron emission tomography (PET) or computed tomography (CT) performs more efficient in the characterization of solitary Read more …
Demand for PET/CT systems soars
Dr Thomas Beyer: ‘PET/CT is a non-invasive imaging modality that captures anatomical and metabolic data in a single scan’ Read more …
Symposium: Innovations in medical imaging
The Forum Medizintechnik-Pharma – an association that provides a recognised contribution to the development of the co-operative environment in medicine, technology and Read more …
World’s first human brain images scanned with a PET/MRI hybrid system
The next-generation of hybrid imaging technology was presented at this years SNM meeting in Washington, D.C: The first human brain images from a prototype PET/MRI system, which is Read more …
It will identify millions with ‘silent heart disease’
‘If you want to find a needle in a haystack, X-ray is a good tool. Now imagine how much easer that would be if the needle could glow.’
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Molecular imaging
GE was the first to undertake molecular imaging development on a large scale. ‘You have to be a very special company to work in this discipline,’ Reinaldo Garcia, President and Read more …
The 8th International Conference On Nuclear Cardiology
The ICNC meeting attracs a lot of attention since there is a focus on PET and CT.
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PET/CT
PET/CT combines PET’s ability to precisely measure regional myocardial blood flow with the capability of multislice CT imaging.
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PET scanning the heart cuts costs
USA - Using positron emission tomography (PET) scanning rather than other types of imaging as the first tool to diagnose heart-vessel blockages is more accurate, less invasive and Read more …
SPECT-CT versus PET-CT
Interview with Dr Torsten Kuwert, Direcotr and Professor of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Clinic of Nuclear Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University Hospital Erlangen, Germany.
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1st 64-slice combined PET-VCT scanners go to work
During the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, in California this June, GE Healthcare announced the first installations of its new Discovery VCT - described as ‘ Read more …
4th International Multislice CT Symposium
Combining multislice CT equipment with procedures used in nuclear medicine such as PET-CT (positron emission tomography) and SPECT-CT (single photon emission computed tomography) Read more …
