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| Source: J Nuc Med 2012;53:754-64 |
SPECT/CT is a powerful diagnostic tool that has improved interpretation of classic radioiodine scintigraphy, and current management protocols and guidelines in thyroid cancer should be reassessed in light of this new technology, according to an article published in the May issue of the
Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
The FDA has granted clearances for GE Healthcare's Brivo NM615, a single-head nuclear medicine gamma camera with SPECT capability.
Total nuclear medicine procedures have been relatively flat, and trending slightly downward, from 2007 to 2010, according to a report from IMV Medical Information Division.
Methodist Hospital Research Institute (MHRI) in Houston is partnering with Philips Healthcare to build a multi-modality suite capable of imaging highly infectious patients in a contained, quarantine-like environment.
The synthetic amino acid analog radiotracer
anti-1-amino-3-
18F-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (
anti-3-
18F-FACBC) with PET/CT is more sensitive than
111In-capromab pendetide in the detection of recurrent prostate carcinoma.
For nearly 40 years, residents have had to decide between one of two tracks for nuclear medicine training, a fragmented and outdated system that, thanks to shifts toward healthcare reform and molecular imaging, must be reconciled, according to a joint Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) and American College of Radiology (ACR) task force article published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Combining two imaging agents with dual isotope SPECT/CT provides diabetic patients an excellent infection screening method that has already spared a number of patients from aggressive amputation of infected feet, according to an ongoing study presented at SNM's 58th annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
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