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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January 3, 2011 – A registered radiopharmaceutical product has received a positive opinion for the mutual recognition of ...

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December 20, 2010 – PET CT fusion software is now available on a Web-based viewer. Medweb’s software can be used with ...

Time December 20, 2010
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Feature | Dave Fornell

Over the past several years, the focus on new technology at the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) ...

Time December 08, 2010
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December 7, 2010 – Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) could be a useful tool for predicting local ...

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December 1, 2010 – One of the world's first whole-body MR/PET systems was introduced at the RSNA 2010 meeting. The ...

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November 30, 2010 - Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging/Molecular Breast Imaging (BSGI/MBI) is gaining momentum as a standard ...

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November 24, 2010 — Software fusion technologies to support magnetic resonance-positron emission tomography (MR-PET) and ...

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November 22, 2010 – A new whole-body, integrated magnetic resonance imaging/positron emission tomography (MRI/PET) ...

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November 17, 2010 — A five-year, $10 million grant supporting a leading-edge molecular imaging center at UCLA has been ...

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November 15, 2010 — The Radiology journal released new data from an National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored ...

Time November 16, 2010
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November 10, 2010 – During RSNA 2010, GE Healthcare will announce the availability of the Discovery NM/CT 670, an ...

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Launching a new cancer center can be a long process, taking several months or even years to see a return on investment ...

Time November 10, 2010
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November 9, 2010 – In an effort to further promote the utility of PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computed ...

Time November 08, 2010
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November 4, 2010 – GE Healthcare has signed an exclusive collaboration agreement with West Physics Consulting to provide ...

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October 27, 2010 – A new digital silicon photomultiplier technology has been developed with applications in both X-ray ...

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October 19, 2010 — CardioGen-82 (Rubidium Rb 82 Generator) when used with positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial ...

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October 19, 2010 – A new high-definition (HD) technology reduces blur created by respiration during positron emission ...

Time October 19, 2010
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October 8, 2010 — The Ivy Model 3000 Series Cardiac Trigger Monitor offers precision image-triggering nuclear medicine ...

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October 5, 2010 — The Society of Nuclear Medicine’s Molecular Imaging Center of Excellence (MICoE) changed its name ...

Time October 05, 2010
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Feature | Nuclear Imaging | April Mann, BA, CNMT, NCT, RT(N)

As production of molybdenum-99 returns to normal with the Canadian Chalk River Laboratories reactor back online and the ...

Time October 05, 2010
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