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 13, 2010 - Changes in staffing in the emergency department impact the availability of diagnostic modalities or ...

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January 13, 2010 – Research validates the efficacy of the recent reclassification of the T category in the International ...

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January 13, 2010 - Compared to computed tomography (CT), mammography and other commonly used tests, positron emission ...

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January 6, 2010 - The American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM) is holding its annual meeting Jan. 27-28, 2010, in ...

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December 29, 2009 - Imaging is at the heart of diagnostic procedures and is the focus of the "ESC Textbook of ...

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December 28, 2009 - The Medical College of Wisconsin will license a novel molecular imaging technology designed to ...

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January 4, 2010 - Patients demonstrated significant improvements in motor skills and brain function in a large-scale ...

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December 22, 2009 – The Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas has taken delivery of the Naviscan PEM (positron ...

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December 17, 2009 - Positron emission tomography (PET) scans used with an agent called 64Cu-TP3805 may significantly ...

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December 15, 2009 - The New FDA guidelines on current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs) for the production of ...

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Bracco Diagnostics and Acist Medical Systems featured the EmpowerCTA contrast injector, updated with integrated, pre ...

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November 18, 2009 – The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) recently announced it will increase the ...

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November 12, 2009 - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) will expand coverage of FDG-PET for the initial ...

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November 12, 2009 - Positron Corp. predicts an industry wide demand for cardiac PET imaging, as a result of the Centers ...

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With the combined impact of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA), the credit crisis, the economic slowdown, and the ...

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November 5, 2009 - ACRIN seeks sites for the clinical trial: “A Multicenter Trial of FDG-PET/CT Staging of Head and Neck ...

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The MarkeTech Group (TMTG) conducted a poll of its imagePRO opt-in panel of more than 600 U.S.-hospital based imaging ...

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The MarkeTech Group (TMTG) conducted a poll of its imagePRO opt-in panel of more than 600 U.S.-hospital based imaging ...

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The MarkeTech Group (TMTG) conducted a poll of its imagePRO opt-in panel of more than 600 U.S.-hospital based imaging ...

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November 3, 2009 - Philips unveiled major advancements in its Brilliance CT Big Bore platform inlcuding its RapidView 4D ...

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