Health
Why radiologists should make their practice more personal
When it comes to visibility, radiologists, in many cases, are out of sight.
Nov 22, 2016
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News tagged with nuclear medicine imaging
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
SNMMI Image of the Year: Novel PET imaging shows tau buildup link to neurodegeneration
Positron emission tomography (PET) with three different radiotracers can now measure amyloid plaques, tau tangles and metabolic activity in the brains of living Alzheimer's patients. This multimodal study shows significant ...
Jun 15, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
PET/CT imaging of prostate cancer proves accurate biopsy guide
Prostate cancer is the leading cancer among men, second only to skin cancer. With surgical removal at the frontline of defense, oncologists are considering prostate-specific molecular imaging at the point of initial biopsy ...
Jun 15, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Blood test predicts success of neuroendocrine cancer therapy
Malignant neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are relatively rare, notoriously difficult to treat, and associated with poor long-term survival. According to research presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear ...
Jun 13, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
SNMMI image of the year: Theranostic drug unites imaging and therapy for prostate cancer
A novel molecular imaging technology not only detects prostate cancer that has spread throughout the body, but also provides a potent and minimally invasive method of radiotherapy, reveal researchers at the 2015 Society of ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Cardiology
Amyloid scan of the heart predicts major cardiac events
Amyloid build-up is commonly talked about in relation to Alzheimer's disease, but amyloidosis can be found throughout the body. An excessive accumulation of these insoluble proteins could cause a heart attack or even death. ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Cloud-based neuroimaging analysis could aid Alzheimer's diagnosis
Alzheimer's disease remains a chronic, incurable neurodegenerative disease and a worldwide health concern. Equally as important as developing comprehensive diagnostic tests is finding a means of normalizing all the ensuing ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Hybrid scanner combines five molecular imaging technologies
Scientists are taking medical imaging research and drug discovery to a new level by developing a molecular imaging system that combines several advanced technologies for all-in-one imaging of both tissue models and live subjects, ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
PET/CT captures hidden source of neuroendocrine cancer
The origin of cancer is often obscured by metastases—tumors that have already spread to other tissues. This is especially the case for neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), a malignancy of nerve cells scattered throughout various ...
Jun 8, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Theranostic PET takes on both ovarian and prostate cancer
A first-in-human study revealed at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) shows how a powerful new drug finds and attaches itself to the ovarian and prostate cancer cells ...
Jun 8, 2015
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