Nuclear Imaging

Molecular imaging, also called nuclear 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.

Per reference-standard diagnosis, TNM stage was IIIA (T3N2M0) and Veterans Administration Lung Cancer Study Group stage was LS. Coronal (A) STIR image and (B) DWI from whole-body MRI.

News | Lung Imaging

MRI, Hybrid Imaging Outperform Conventional Tests for Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging

December 10, 2021 — According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), MRI—with or without FDG ...

December 10, 2021

Mirion Technologies, Inc., a global provider of detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring solutions to the medical, nuclear, defense, and research end markets, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Computerized Imaging Reference Systems, Inc. (“CIRS”), a leading provider of medical imaging and radiation therapy phantoms serving the medical industry.

News | Radiation Therapy

Mirion Technologies to Acquire Computerized Imaging Reference Systems

December 10, 2021 — Mirion Technologies, Inc., a global provider of detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring ...

December 10, 2021

Figure 1: Image shows use of fluorine 18 (18F)–fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT imaging process as assay method for computing and interpreting tumor metabolic activity as pipeline using either one or two or more scan sequences. Standardized uptake values (SUVs) are used to reduce variations caused by differences in patient biodistribution and amount of FDG used. Measure SUVx refers to one of several possible SUV measures such as SUVmax, SUVmean, or SUVpeak, where max, mean, and peak refer to value calculated

News | PET-CT

RSNA and RadSite Team Up to Promote Pilot Program for FDG PET/CT Biomarker Profile

December 9, 2021 — The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) is teaming up with RadSite, a leading accreditation ...

December 09, 2021

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Staging F-18 FDG PET/CT images of adenocarcinoma in the RUL 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 UVM

Blog | PET-CT

Digital PET Balances Scan Time and Resolution

Efficiency and effectiveness are inseparable in clinical medicine. Digital PET addresses them both. The key is the ...

October 25, 2018

News | Molecular Imaging

Ascelia Pharma Presents Study Showing Comparable Efficacy of Orviglance Lesion Visualization and Detection to Gadolinium

December 7, 2021 — Orviglance* is a novel manganese-based oral contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

December 07, 2021

After the absorption of an X-ray photon, the water molecule can bend up so far that after only about ten femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second) both hydrogen atoms (grey) are facing each other, with the oxygen atom (red) in the middle. This motion can be studied by absorbing a second X-ray photon. Credit: DESY, Ludger Inhester

News | Molecular Imaging

X-ray Laser Reveals How Radiation Damage Arises

December 7, 2021 — An international research team has used the X-ray laser European XFEL to gain new insights into how ...

December 07, 2021

CIRS specializes in the design, development and commercialization of tissue equivalent medical imaging and radiation therapy phantoms for the radiotherapy and radio-diagnostic markets.

News | Nuclear Imaging

Mirion Technologies Completes Acquisition of Computerized Imaging Reference Systems, Inc.

December 3, 2021 — Mirion Technologies, Inc., a global provider of detection, measurement, analysis and monitoring ...

December 03, 2021

News | Computed Tomography (CT)

Philips Collaborates With Leading Institutes to Bring Its Breakthrough Spectral CT Imaging into the Interventional Suite

November 28, 2021 — Royal Philips, a leader in health technology, unveiled its vision for interventional medicine by ...

November 28, 2021

IBA, a leader in particle accelerator technology, and NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and commercialization of radiopharmaceuticals used for therapeutic applications and medical imaging, today announced a new contract in which NorthStar will purchase a third Rhodotron TT300 HE electron beam accelerator from IBA.

News | Nuclear Imaging

IBA and NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Sign Contract for Rhodotron Electron Beam Accelerator for Commercial Production of Therapeutic Radioisotope Actinium-225 (Ac-225)

November 22, 2021 — IBA, a leader in particle accelerator technology, and NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes LLC, a global ...

November 22, 2021

Videos | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

VIDEO: Advances in Radiopharmaceutical Therapy

Ana Kiess, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology and molecular radiation sciences, Johns Hopkins ...

November 17, 2021

Videos | Radiation Oncology

VIDEO: MRI-Linac and PSMA PET Imaging Technologies Aids Therapy at GenesisCare

Walter Curran, Jr. M.D., FACR, FASCO, GenesisCare global chief medical officer, discusses three technologies that are ...

November 16, 2021

Saltus Biotech, a leader in 8k image technology, introduces a new high-end computer workstation and 8k monitor system for digital pathology for live tissue biopsy movies in real time. Saltus 8k imaging system monitors microscopic movies of live biological tissue specimens in real time.

News | Digital Pathology

Real-time Monitoring for Digital Pathology of Live Biological Tissue Specimens

November 15, 2021 — Saltus Biotech, a leader in 8k image technology, introduces a new high-end computer workstation and ...

November 15, 2021

New ultrafast photon detectors allow for rapid processing of data from positron emission or X-ray scans without the need for tomography to reconstruct images. This image shows a brain phantom (model) scanned by positron emission using the new technology.

News | PET Imaging

Detector Advance Could Lead to Cheaper, Easier Medical Scans

November 1, 2021 — Researchers in the U.S. and Japan have demonstrated the first experimental cross-sectional medical ...

November 01, 2021

18F-FDG PET in patients with long-COVID syndrome. A and B: Transaxial sections of group averaged, spatially normalized 18F-FDG PET scans in patients with long-COVID syndrome (A) and control patients (B). C: The pattern expression score (PES; *adjusted for age and sex, for illustration purposes) of the previously established COVID-19-related spatial covariance pattern was not significantly different between patients with long-COVID syndrome and control patients. Boxplots (grey), as well as individual values

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Molecular Imaging Suggests Long-COVID Symptoms may be Caused by Fatigue

November 1, 2021 — Long-term cognitive problems after a COVID-19 diagnosis may be a result of fatigue rather than ...

November 01, 2021

News | Molecular Imaging

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Expansion Event Unveils Advanced Radioisotope Production Equipment and Breaks Ground on First-in-Kind Therapeutic Radioisotope Production Facility

October 29, 2021 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, a global innovator in the development, production and ...

October 29, 2021

RefleXion is developing biology-guided radiotherapy* (BgRT), which incorporates positron-emission tomography (PET) data to enable tumors to continuously signal their location. The BgRT technology will synchronize these data with the linear accelerator to direct radiotherapy to tumors with sub-second latency. Currently, the RefleXion X1 machine is cleared for the delivery of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT), stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).

News | Radiation Oncology

RefleXion Announces Newly Formed Scientific Advisory Board

October 20, 2021 — RefleXion Medical, a therapeutic oncology company pioneering biology-guided radiotherapy (BgRT) as a ...

October 20, 2021

RAD Technology Medical Systems provides complex, design-built modular facilities for the healthcare industry. #ASTRO #ASTRO21

News | Radiation Therapy

RAD Technology Medical Systems to Exhibit at the ASTRO 2021

October 19, 2021 — RAD Technology Medical Systems (RAD) announced that it will be exhibiting at the 2021 American ...

October 19, 2021

Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and commercialization of innovative PET radiopharmaceuticals, announced presentations on Axumin (fluciclovine F 18) and 18F-fluciclovine at the upcoming American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2021 Annual Meeting

News | PET Imaging

Blue Earth Diagnostics Highlights Presentations on Axumin (Fluciclovine F 18) and 18F-Fluciclovine at ASTRO21

October 19, 2021 — Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and ...

October 19, 2021

(A) CT (B) PET and (C) fused PET/CT of 68Ga-Ga-PSMA-11 PET scan of a patient with distant osseous metastases in the right proximal femur, visible on PET with intermediate PSMA uptake (SUVmax = 7.8) and missed by CT, confirmed later on follow-up CT imaging.

News | PET Imaging

PSMA PET Imaging More Accurate than CT in Detecting Hepatocellular Carcinoma

October 18, 2021 — PSMA (prostate-specific membrane antigen) PET/CT is more accurate than conventional CT in the ...

October 18, 2021

NBTXR3 is a novel, potentially first-in-class oncology product composed of functionalized hafnium oxide nanoparticles that is administered via one-time intratumoral injection and activated by radiotherapy.

News | Radiation Therapy

NANOBIOTIX to Present First Survival Data From Priority Head and Neck Cancer Program at ASTRO21

October 7, 2021 — NANOBIOTIX, a late-stage clinical biotechnology company pioneering physics-based approaches to expand ...

October 07, 2021

Cardiac coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) exam showing different views of the myocardium and the coronary arteries. This was scanned on a Canon Aquilion Prime CT scanner.

Feature | Cardiac Imaging

Trends in Cardiac Imaging Over Past Decade Show Rapid Rise in CT

October 6, 2021 – A new study published in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging on cardiac imaging trends over a decade ...

October 06, 2021