About six million people come into an emergency department every year with chest pain, but not all of them are having a heart attack and many are not even at risk or are at very low risk for having one. Now, a new research study presented at the American College Cardiology Scientific Sessions from the…
Using advanced PET/MRI technology, researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have detected arterial inflammation in regions that have yet to develop atherosclerotic plaques. The results from the PESA-CNIC-Santander study are published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Because In the new report; the research team used this innovative technology…
On behalf of its Medical Imaging Sector, MEDEC, Canada’s Medical Technology Companies, is calling on the Ontario government to develop a comprehensive strategy for the deployment of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning technology across the Province. MEDEC has submitted recommendations to the Ontario government in a Task Force Report on Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scanning…
To directly compare the utility for therapeutic outcome prediction of dynamic first-pass contrast-enhanced (CE)-perfusion area-detector computed tomography (ADCT), MR imaging assessed with the same mathematical method and 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography combined with CT (PET/CT) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Thoracic radiation therapy patients treated with chemoradiotherapy Based on the evidence of a meta-analysis…
In recent years, new imaging studies have emerged in the diagnosis and monitoring of metastatic urological tumors.We review 41 patients with suspected urothelial or renal tumor recurrence, analyzing the diagnostic performance of PET-CT performed between 2013 and 2016. We collected 17 urothelial and 24 renal tumors, with a median follow-up of 30 months. 29.3% of urothelial…
A first-in-human study featured in the February issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine reports that the novel positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) tracer 18F-GP1 showed excellent image quality and a high detection rate for the diagnosis of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE). Well-tolerated in patients, 18F-GP1 PET/CT also identified blood clots in distal veins of the leg…
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 is more effectively tailor to his or her personal response. Metastatic melanoma is one of the deadliest skin cancers, so determination of a treatment’s effectiveness is essential but can be tricky.…
For patients contemplating spinal fusion surgery to alleviate pain, bone health is an important consideration. If a patient is find to have low bone density prior to surgery, it could affect the treatment plan before, during and after the procedure. A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City found that a…
Patients who receive cardiac positron emission testing (PET) imaging instead of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan experienced a significant increase in the detection of severe obstructive coronary artery disease, according to researchers at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt Lake City. Functional information Both, PET and SPECT scans are nuclear imaging…
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 Nuclear Medicine; reports that 68Ga-FAPI positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) provides high-contrast images with quality equal to or better than that of the standard 18F-FDG imaging.…
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 Nuclear Medicine, reports that 68Ga-FAPI positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) provides high-contrast images with quality equal to or better than that of the standard 18F-FDG imaging.…
echinococcosis (AE) is a potentially life-threatening parasitic zoonosis caused by the larval stages of the fox tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Transmission of E. multilocularis is document in regions of all continents of the Northern Hemisphere including traditional hotspots of transmission in Central Europe. Human settlements An increase in the incidence of human patients with AE has…