Parkinson's & Movement disorders

Scientific discovery may change treatment of Parkinson's disease

When monitoring Parkinson's disease, SPECT imaging of the brain is used for acquiring information on the dopamine activity. A new study conducted in Turku, Finland, shows that the dopamine activity observed in SPECT imaging ...

Other

Opti-SPECT/PET/CT: Five different imaging systems now combined

Taking their pick, biomedical researchers can now conduct five different imaging studies in one scan with a state-of-the-art preclinical molecular imaging system that scientists unveiled during the Society of Nuclear Medicine ...

Cardiology

PET/MR is superior for verifying coronary arterial disease

Ischemic heart disease, a narrowing of the arteries supplying blood to the heart, is a leading cause of death throughout the world. A hybrid molecular imaging technique called positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Molecular imaging gets to the root of rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis causes chronic pain for almost half of adults by the time they retire, but a new molecular imaging technique can visualize inflammation in the joints, giving doctors a clear read on chronic pain and possible ...

Oncology & Cancer

Molecular imaging enlists prostate enzyme to detect metastases

No matter where they have hidden, metastatic prostate cancer cells still express some of the same signaling as normal prostate cells; in some cases even more so, as with the PSMA enzyme. Harnessing this enzyme could mean ...

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