PET Imaging

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging technology (also referred to as molecular imaging) that enables visualization of metabolic processes in the body. The basics of PET imaging is that the technique detects pairs of gamma rays emitted indirectly by a positron-emitting radionuclide (also called radiopharmaceuticals, radionuclides or radiotracer). The tracer is injected into a vein on a biologically active molecule, usually a sugar that is used for cellular energy. PET systems have sensitive detector panels to capture gamma ray emissions from inside the body and use software to plot to triangulate the source of the emissions, creating 3-D computed tomography images of the tracer concentrations within the body.

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Siemens Healthineers debuts Symbia Intevo Bold at the 2017 annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

May 22, 2017 — Lantheus Holdings Inc., parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., and GE Healthcare announced the ...

Time May 22, 2017
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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

May 15, 2017 — Blue Earth Diagnostics announced that the Trial Steering Committee recommended further recruitment be ...

Time May 15, 2017
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Feature | Lung Imaging | Alison Grimes

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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Lola Koktysh

The continuum of personalized care, covering individualized prevention and therapy, translates into multiple changes to ...

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News | PET-CT

May 2, 2017 — In a first-ever molecular drug-imaging study in children, researchers in The Netherlands used whole-body ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

April 28, 2017 — Researchers at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) have led the ...

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Videos | Nuclear Imaging

David Wolinsky, M.D., director of nuclear cardiology at Cleveland Clinic Florida and past-president of the American ...

Time April 28, 2017
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April 24, 2017 — Cancer Targeted Technology recently announced it is focusing on small molecules that target pivotal ...

Time April 24, 2017
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Feature | Radiology Imaging | By Greg Freiherr

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Time April 11, 2017
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News | PET Imaging

April 5, 2017 — Researchers have used positron emission tomography (PET) to successfully identify genetic cell mutations ...

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News | PET-MRI

March 31, 2017 — Northwestern Memorial Hospital is now home to the Chicago area's first combined magnetic resonance (MRI ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

March 29, 2017 — Advanced Accelerator Applications S.A. announced that its product NETSPOT (gallium Ga-68 dotatate) has ...

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News | Lung Imaging

March 28, 2017 — Results from a prospective clinical trial showed a blood test looking at specific biomarkers was able ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

March 16, 2017 — The featured clinical investigation article of the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine ...

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News | Lung Imaging

March 13, 2017 — FDG positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) is a valuable imaging tool for treatment ...

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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

March 9, 2017 — Piramal Imaging SA and Isologic Innovative Radiopharmaceuticals recently announced that Health Canada ...

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News | PET Imaging

March 3, 2017 — In the featured article of the March 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers ...

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News | Prostate Cancer

February 2, 2017 — In the featured article from the February 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers ...

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News | PET Imaging

January 25, 2017 — In work published this week in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), a team led by Jacob ...

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