Medical Imaging News
Alzheimer's May Have Different Trajectory for W...
Sex differences in amyloid burden alone have not been reported in older adults. This may suggest that male-female differences appear downstream, after amyloid beta starts to accumulate, Sperling and colleagues...
Alzheimer's May Have Different Trajectory for W...
Sex differences in amyloid burden alone have not been reported in older adults. This may suggest that male-female differences appear downstream, after amyloid beta starts to accumulate, Sperling and colleagues...
PET tracer offers dual diagnosis
Researchers have reported on a new utility of the PET tracer florbetapir. They found that the tracer can distinguish frontotemporal dementia (FTD) from Alzheimer’s disease and the cognitively normal elderly. ...
PET tracer offers dual diagnosis
Researchers have reported on a new utility of the PET tracer florbetapir. They found that the tracer can distinguish frontotemporal dementia (FTD) from Alzheimer’s disease and the cognitively normal elderly. ...
Baseline and Interim PET Scans May Predict Long...
Higher tumor volume at baseline and worse responses to chemotherapy after four cycles — measured with PET scans — can predict poorer overall and event-free survival among patients with peripheral ...
Baseline and Interim PET Scans May Predict Long...
Higher tumor volume at baseline and worse responses to chemotherapy after four cycles — measured with PET scans — can predict poorer overall and event-free survival among patients with peripheral ...
FET-PET adds 'relevant' info to pediatric cance...
Thanks to its high specificity, fluoroethyl-tyrosine (FET)-PET can help confirm the success of surgical procedures performed on pediatric patients with brain and spinal cord tumors to ensure that no residual...
FET-PET adds 'relevant' info to pediatric cance...
Thanks to its high specificity, fluoroethyl-tyrosine (FET)-PET can help confirm the success of surgical procedures performed on pediatric patients with brain and spinal cord tumors to ensure that no residual...
[PET validates] Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for A...
Researchers have the first PET scan-documented case of improvement in brain metabolism in Alzheimer's disease in a patient treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). {read more here}
[PET validates] Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for A...
Researchers have the first PET scan-documented case of improvement in brain metabolism in Alzheimer's disease in a patient treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). {read more here}
New PET tracer could aid melanoma detection
A new PET tracer designed to target melanin pigment could improve the detection of both primary and metastatic melanoma, according to a study published in the January issue of the...
New PET tracer could aid melanoma detection
A new PET tracer designed to target melanin pigment could improve the detection of both primary and metastatic melanoma, according to a study published in the January issue of the...