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.
PET images taken on Philips’ Vereos PET/CT at Methodist Hospital in Omaha, Neb., show a lung lesion. Caveat: Because results may vary, “results from case studies are not predictive of results in other cases,” Philips cautioned. Images courtesy of Omaha’s Methodist Hospital
Sponsored Content | Blog | PET Imaging | November 07, 2018
Precision can have an enormous impact on patients.
From diagnosis to patient monitoring (see “How Digital PET/CT Can...
Feature | PET Imaging | November 07, 2018 | By Greg Freiherr
Positron emission tomography (PET) is getting ready to venture outside oncology, cardiology and mainstream neurology....
Sponsored Content | Podcast | PET Imaging | November 07, 2018
PET is getting ready to venture outside oncology, cardiology and mainstream neurology. High on the list of new clinical...
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News | PET-CT | February 06, 2019
Technological advancements in positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) offer both clinicians and...
A PET/CT head and neck cancer scan.
Feature | Nuclear Imaging | November 05, 2018 | By Sabyasachi Ghosh
“Experimental validation implemented in real-life situations and not theoretical claims exaggerating small advantages...
Staging F18FDG PET/CT images of adenocarcinoma in the RUL (right upper lobe) of the lung illustrates the value of Vereos. The primary lesion in the right upper lobe appears in the upper row (PET image is left, CT image is right). A 3 mm synchronous primary or metastatic lesion in the RUL is apparent in the lower row. The precision afforded by Vereos' images provided the basis for the patient to undergo RUL lobectomy instead of thermal ablation of the primary lesion. (Images courtesy of Dr. Jay Kikut and UVMC)
Sponsored Content | Blog | PET-CT | October 25, 2018
Efficiency and effectiveness are inseparable in clinical medicine. Digital PET addresses them both. The key is the...
Hepatic 18F-FDG, 18F-FAC, and 18F-DFA accumulation are affected in a mouse model of autoimmune hepatitis. (A) Histochemical and immunohistochemical analyses of liver sections from vehicle- and ConA-treated mice. Scale bars represent 50 microns. Transverse PET/CT images (B) and quantification (C) of vehicle- and ConA-treated mice injected with 18F-FDG, 18F-FAC, and 18FDFA. Livers are outlined in a white dotted line. Quantification represents radiotracer accumulation in the liver normalized to a background organ. Image courtesy of Salas J.R., Chen B.Y., Wong A., et al.
News | PET Imaging | October 24, 2018
October 24, 2018 — While liver biopsies are powerful and reliable, they are also invasive, painful, limited and subject...
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Staging F18FDG PET/CT images of adenocarcinoma in the RUL (right upper lobe) of the lung illustrates the value of Vereos. The primary lesion in the right upper lobe appears in the upper row (PET image is left, CT image is right). A 3 mm synchronous primary or metastatic lesion in the RUL is apparent in the lower row. The precision afforded by Vereos' images provided the basis for the patient to undergo RUL lobectomy instead of thermal ablation of the primary lesion. (Images courtesy of Dr. Jay Kikut and UVMC)
Blog | PET-CT | October 25, 2018
Efficiency and effectiveness are inseparable in clinical medicine. Digital PET addresses them both. The key is the...
Videos | Interventional Radiology | October 19, 2018
Scott Schwartz, M.D., interventional radiologist and program director for IR residencies and the vascular and...
Each digital photon counter in the Vereos PET/CT detector contains thousands of solid-state sensors that digitally count individual photons.
Sponsored Content | Blog | PET-CT | October 17, 2018
Analog is approximate. Digital is specific. Therein lies the fundamental difference between digital PET and its analog...
News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers | October 12, 2018
October 12, 2018 — The Council on Radionuclides and Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. (CORAR) — the voice of the radionuclide,...
News | PET-MRI | October 10, 2018
October 10, 2018 — The Center for Quantitative Cancer Imaging at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of...
Digital PET/CT, achieved using Vereos from Philips Healthcare, can spot even a small lesion (arrow). Image courtesy of Brian Gordon, M.D.
Sponsored Content | Blog | PET-CT | October 08, 2018
PET/CT can be indispensible as a diagnostic and prognostic tool; in the assessment of patient response to therapy and...
News | Nuclear Imaging | September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018 — Advancements in healthcare technology, particularly in the surgery category, have led to an...
Technology | PET-CT | September 26, 2018
September 26, 2018 — Bruker recently announced the introduction of the new preclinical PET/CT Si78 scanner for whole-...
News | Women's Health | September 11, 2018
Shimadzu Corp. has entered the medical near-infrared camera market with the release of the Lightvision near-infrared...
The Siemens Biograph Vision PET-CT system was released in mid-2018.
Feature | Nuclear Imaging | September 07, 2018 | By Dave Fornell
Nuclear imaging technology for both single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission...
News | PET Imaging | September 05, 2018
September 5, 2018 — Eli Lilly and Co. and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc. announced a Phase 3 study of positron emission...
News | SPECT Imaging | August 27, 2018
August 27, 2018 — In the largest known brain imaging study, scientists from five institutions evaluated 62,454 brain...
Researchers are using the tracer, which is injected into a patient, then seen with a PET scan, to see if it is possible to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy in living patients. In this image, warmer colors indicate a higher concentration of the tracer, which binds to abnormal proteins in the brain. Credit UCLA Health.
News | PET Imaging | August 24, 2018
August 24, 2018 — In a small study of military personnel who had suffered head trauma and had reported memory and mood...
News | PET Imaging | August 09, 2018
August 9, 2018 — In metastatic breast cancer, prognosis and treatment is largely influenced by estrogen receptor (ER)...
News | PET Imaging | August 03, 2018
August 3, 2018 — Researchers have discovered a new nuclear medicine test that could improve care of patients with type...
