Nelly Tan, MD, and Sean P. Zivin, MD, have been selected by the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) as the recipients of resident travel grants, sponsored by Fujifilm Medical Systems.
To succeed in the future, radiology practices need to transition to a new model characterized by an information mindset with a greatly enhanced radiology product, according to a special report published in the April issue of
Radiology.
While overall imaging costs are increasing faster than overall Medicare cancer care costs, 18F-FDG PET or PET/CT account for approximately 1.5 percent of Medicare cancer care expenditures, according to an economic analysis published online in a December supplement to the
Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Flurpiridaz F 18 injection, a myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) PET agent, appears to be safe and superior to SPECT with respect to image quality, diagnostic certainty and sensitivity for detection of coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a Phase II late-breaking clinical trial presented May 17 at the International Conference of Non-Invasive Cardiovascular Imaging (ICNC) in Amsterdam.