Medical Imaging News

Deep learning analyzes PET for signs of dementia

A deep-learning algorithm that analyzed FDG-PET was able to differentiate between normal cognition and dementia. Such models could someday help radiologists diagnose Alzheimer's disease, especially if they don't see the...

Deep learning analyzes PET for signs of dementia

A deep-learning algorithm that analyzed FDG-PET was able to differentiate between normal cognition and dementia. Such models could someday help radiologists diagnose Alzheimer's disease, especially if they don't see the...

Pre-procedure [PET] imaging may predict success...

A statistical method for integrating functional MRI (fMRI) and PET scans may prove capable of predicting success of surgery to reduce seizures in epilepsy patients. {read more here}

Pre-procedure [PET] imaging may predict success...

A statistical method for integrating functional MRI (fMRI) and PET scans may prove capable of predicting success of surgery to reduce seizures in epilepsy patients. {read more here}

Tau deposition doesn’t predict cognitive status...

The more tau accumulation in the brain, the greater the likelihood that neuroimaging will reveal similarly elevated levels of brain beta amyloid. However, the buildup of these proteins does not...

Tau deposition doesn’t predict cognitive status...

The more tau accumulation in the brain, the greater the likelihood that neuroimaging will reveal similarly elevated levels of brain beta amyloid. However, the buildup of these proteins does not...

PET tracer gauges effectiveness of promising Al...

In the December featured basic science article in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Belgian researchers report on the first large-scale longitudinal imaging study to evaluate BACE1 inhibition with micro-PET in...

PET tracer gauges effectiveness of promising Al...

In the December featured basic science article in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, Belgian researchers report on the first large-scale longitudinal imaging study to evaluate BACE1 inhibition with micro-PET in...

AI technique turns PET scans into MR images

South Korean researchers have used a budding machine-learning technique to generate high-quality structural MR images from amyloid PET scans of dementia patients’ brains. They were then able to quantify cortical...

AI technique turns PET scans into MR images

South Korean researchers have used a budding machine-learning technique to generate high-quality structural MR images from amyloid PET scans of dementia patients’ brains. They were then able to quantify cortical...

PET identifies which prostate cancer patients c...

For prostate cancer patients who have rising levels of PSA (a cancer indicator) even after radical prostatectomy, early treatment makes a difference. In a study featured in the December issue...

PET identifies which prostate cancer patients c...

For prostate cancer patients who have rising levels of PSA (a cancer indicator) even after radical prostatectomy, early treatment makes a difference. In a study featured in the December issue...