Medical Imaging News

18F-Fluoride PET: How Good for Evaluating Biopr...

It is possible to monitor bioprosthetic valve degeneration noninvasively with PET-CT scanning, researchers found.  18F-fluoride uptake on PET-CT correlated with deterioration in all the conventional echocardiographic measures of valve function...

18F-Fluoride PET: How Good for Evaluating Biopr...

It is possible to monitor bioprosthetic valve degeneration noninvasively with PET-CT scanning, researchers found.  18F-fluoride uptake on PET-CT correlated with deterioration in all the conventional echocardiographic measures of valve function...

Later PET/CT follow-up helps for oropharyngeal ...

Using PET/CT for follow-up at a later interval than what's recommended by existing guidelines can potentially adjust the management of patients who have been treated for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma...

Later PET/CT follow-up helps for oropharyngeal ...

Using PET/CT for follow-up at a later interval than what's recommended by existing guidelines can potentially adjust the management of patients who have been treated for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma...

New [PET] 'tracers' improve diagnosis of cancer...

Researchers have identified two new nuclear medicine tracers that make it easier to diagnose and potentially treat cancer. A proof-of-concept investigation, published in the March issue of The Journal of...

New [PET] 'tracers' improve diagnosis of cancer...

Researchers have identified two new nuclear medicine tracers that make it easier to diagnose and potentially treat cancer. A proof-of-concept investigation, published in the March issue of The Journal of...

PET Monitoring Can Be Used to Tailor Hodgkin’s ...

Monitoring Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients with positron-emission tomography (PET) scans during chemotherapy can help identify those who respond early to a more intense chemotherapy regimen and switch them to a softer,...

PET Monitoring Can Be Used to Tailor Hodgkin’s ...

Monitoring Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients with positron-emission tomography (PET) scans during chemotherapy can help identify those who respond early to a more intense chemotherapy regimen and switch them to a softer,...

Nuclear medicine imaging [PET/CT] monitors effe...

Nuclear medicine imaging with PET/CT can monitor the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatment for metastatic melanoma and predict outcome. In this way, a patient's therapy can be more effectively tailored to...

Nuclear medicine imaging [PET/CT] monitors effe...

Nuclear medicine imaging with PET/CT can monitor the effectiveness of immunotherapy treatment for metastatic melanoma and predict outcome. In this way, a patient's therapy can be more effectively tailored to...

PET and fMRI shed light on alcohol's effects on...

Data from a combination of FDG-PET and functional MRI (fMRI) scans revealed the extent to which alcohol intake can alter patterns of energy use and neuronal activity in the brain,...

PET and fMRI shed light on alcohol's effects on...

Data from a combination of FDG-PET and functional MRI (fMRI) scans revealed the extent to which alcohol intake can alter patterns of energy use and neuronal activity in the brain,...