Molecular Imaging

Nuclear imaging, also called molecular imaging, includes positron emission computed tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging. This section includes radiopharmaceuticals and tracers, PET-CT, SPECT-CT, and PET-MRI. Molecular imaging includes the field of nuclear medicine, which uses very small amounts of radioactive materials, or radiopharmaceuticals, to diagnose and treat disease.

A supply problem with Pluvicto [177Lu-vipivotide tetraxetan; Novartis], the radiopharmaceutical used to treat metastatic prostate cancer, has led to shortages resulting in a delay of 3 months or longer for new patients
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
Pluvicto Supply Shortage Update: What SNMMI is Doing

March 16, 2023 — A supply problem with Pluvicto [177Lu-vipivotide tetraxetan; Novartis], the radiopharmaceutical used to ...

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Reveal Pharmaceuticals doses first subjects in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of RVP‑001
News | Contrast Media
New Gadolinium-Free MRI Contrast Agent Advances Safer Patient Care

March 9, 2023 — Contrast agents used in MRI scans to improve the clarity of imaging for diagnostic accuracy, accumulate ...

Time March 09, 2023
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100-foot crane lifting Rhodotron TTE-300 HE Electron Beam Accelerator at NorthStar Medical Radioisotope's new Ac-225 Production facility in Beloit, Wisconsin (Photo: Business Wire)
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Receives Electron Beam Accelerator for First-of-its-Kind, Commercial-scale U.S. Production of Important Therapeutic Radioisotope Actinium-225 (Ac-225)

March 3, 2023 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and ...

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Novel manganese-based macrocyclic Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) agent could offer an alternative to gadolinium-based agents
News | Contrast Media
GE HealthCare Announces Completion of Phase I Subject Recruitment in Early Clinical Development Program for a First-of-its-Kind Macrocyclic Manganese-Based MRI Contrast Agent

March 2, 2023 — GE HealthCare announced at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, Austria, the completion ...

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The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) have issued a new procedure standard/practice guideline for somatostatin receptor (SSTR) PET imaging for patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs).
News | PET Imaging
Procedure Standard/practice Guideline Published for SSTR PET Imaging of Neuroendocrine Tumors

February 23, 2023 — The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the European Association of ...

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Patients underwent BNCT using TAE Life Sciences’ Neutron Beam System as part of Neuboron Medical Group’s NeuPex System at Xiamen Humanity Hospital in China
News | Radiation Therapy
TAE Life Sciences Announces First Cancer Patient Treatments Using Accelerator-Based Biologically Targeted Radiation Therapy (BNCT)

February 16, 2023 — TAE Life Sciences (TLS), a biological-targeted radiation therapy company developing next-generation ...

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First dosage administered at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania following FDA approval
News | Contrast Media
Guerbet Announces Commercial Launch and First Patient Dosing of Elucirem (Gadopiclenol) Injection

February 16, 2023 — Guerbet, a global leader in medical imaging with more than 30 years of experience in MRI, announced ...

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Requiring half the gadolinium dosage compared to other macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) in approved indications in the U.S., gadopiclenol also has the highest relaxivity compared to approved GBCAs1-7
News | Contrast Media
First Nationwide Use of Bracco's VUEWAY (gadopiclenol) Solution for Injection for MRI

February 15, 2023 — Bracco Imaging, an innovative world leader delivering end-to-end products and solutions through a ...

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18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET image showing multiple areas of uptake in the prostate gland in a man with newly diagnosed prostate cancer Photo courtesy of Blue Earth Diagnostics
News | Prostate Cancer
Blue Earth Diagnostics Highlights Upcoming Presentation of Additional Results from Investigational Phase 3 LIGHTHOUSE Study

February 9, 2023 — Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and ...

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Summary of the pilot study and preliminary PET imaging findings. Image created by R Wetherill, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
News | PET Imaging
PET Imaging Shows Greater Lung Inflammation in e-cigarette Users than Cigarette Smokers

January 31, 2023 — Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users have greater lung inflammation than cigarette smokers and ...

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Summary of imaging findings from the SEER-Medicare linked database for patients with non-small cell lung cancer prior to receiving subsequent radiation therapy. Image created by Emily Sterbis, MD, Interventional Radiology Resident at the University of Colorado
News | Lung Imaging
Nearly Half of Medicare Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer not Staged According to National Guidelines

January 23, 2023 — A study published in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine reports that approximately ...

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Proprietary electron accelerator technology achieves “two beams on target” milestone, validating proof of concept for large-scale U.S. Mo-99 production without the use of uranium
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Sets New Industry Precedent in Advancing Non-uranium based Commercial Production of Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99)

January 11, 2023 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and ...

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This figure highlights 3 patients with a final diagnosis of low-grade uptake (Perugini grade-1). Endomyocardial biopsy results were available for the patient depicted in Panel B demonstrating ATTR-CA as the underlying pathology.
News | Molecular Imaging
Nuclear Medicine Bone Scan Study Identifies Prevalence and Outcomes of Cardiac Amyloidosis

January 5, 2023 — A new study has determined that approximately three percent of all bone scan patients have markers of ...

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Simulations by Rice University engineers have revealed details about the molecular interactions between gadolinium contrast agents used in MRI scans and their liquid environment. In this model, green gadolinium is surrounded by blue chelate ions, themselves surrounded by water (gray oxygen and red hydrogen atoms). Thiago Pinheiro dos Santos/Rice University
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Rice Refines Analysis of MRI Contrast Agents

November 21, 2022 — You can keep your best guesses. Engineers at Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering ...

Time November 21, 2022
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NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes’ Radiopharmaceutical CDMO in Beloit, Wis. (artist rendering). Upon completion, NorthStar will be first and only U.S. company housing commercial-scale, multi-radioisotope production and radiopharmaceutical development services on the same campus, enabling collaborating companies to realize logistical, regulatory and cost benefits. (Photo: Business Wire)
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Expands Business Platform with New, Patient-focused, Radiopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) Services Unit

November 15, 2022 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and ...

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The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology has issued an alert about possible supply disruptions
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
Alert: Mo-99/Tc-99m Supply Disruptions Possible

Nov. 4, 2022 — On October 28, the Nuclear Medicine Europe Emergency Response Team issued a statement about mechanical ...

Time November 05, 2022
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The center will be equipped with a Cyclone KIUBE offering the highest production capacity with a PET cyclotron.
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
ElsMed, Novatec and IBA Sign Contract to Install Radiopharmaceutical Production Center in Georgia

October 6, 2022 — IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), a world leader in particle accelerator technology and the ...

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IBA Rhodotron TT300-HE electron beam accelerator (Photo: Business Wire)
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and IBA Sign Agreement for Two Additional Rhodotron Electron Beam Accelerators for Commercial Production of Radioisotopes

September 22, 2022 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and ...

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As the world, particularly the imaging community, is aware, disruptions in a pharmaceutical supply chain have impacted the global availability, and shortage of, iohexol iodinated contrast media (ICM), a common agent used in a multitude of CT and X-ray exams.
Feature | Contrast Media | By Christine Book
Contrast Media Supply Shortage: How and What Now?

The theme “Everyday progress” seems appropriate for the imaging community in 2022. What a year it’s been. Supply ...

Time September 14, 2022
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Patients with detectable PSA (0.2-2.0 ng/mL) post-prostatectomy considered for salvage radiotherapy undergoing 18F-DCFPyl PSMA PET/CT staging. Image created by M.Ng et al, GenesisCare, Melbourne, Australia.
News | Prostate Cancer
New Research Shows PSMA PET/CT Imaging Changes Management for Close to 50% of Prostate Cancer Patients

September 8, 2022 — In prostate cancer patients experiencing recurrence following a radical prostatectomy, imaging with ...

Time September 08, 2022
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