October 2, 2015 — Siemens’ PETNET Solutions has received Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval from the U...
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.
The whole body of a rat can be imaged for blood clots with one PET scan (which is overlaid here on an MRI image) using the FBP8 probe. Arrow points to a blood clot. Image courtesy of Peter Caravan, Ph.D.
News | PET Imaging | September 23, 2015
September 23, 2015 — New research...
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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
Blog | PET Imaging | November 07, 2018
Precision can have an enormous impact on patients.
News | Prostate Cancer | August 21, 2015
August 21, 2015 — A molecular imaging biomarker is able to detect fast-growing primary prostate cancer and...
News | Neuro Imaging | July 31, 2015
July 31, 2015 — Researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are on the hunt for...
News | Molecular Imaging | June 29, 2015
June 29, 2015 - The Global Nuclear Medicine Diagnostics Market report from Mordor Intelligence revealed that North...
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Podcast | PET Imaging | November 07, 2018
PET is getting ready to venture outside oncology, cardiology and mainstream neurology.
News | Molecular Imaging | June 24, 2015
June 24, 2015 - Siemens' PETNET Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Healthcare, announced it will...
News | Molecular Imaging | June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - A first-in-human study shows how a powerful new drug finds and attaches itself to the...
News | June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Neuroinflammation caused by a reactive immune system could be tripping off the neurodegeneration...
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Each digital photon counter in the Vereos PET/CT detector contains thousands of solid-state sensors that digitally count individual photons.
Blog | PET-CT | October 17, 2018
Analog is approximate. Digital is specific. Therein lies the fundamental difference between digital PET and its...
News | June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Siemens' PETNET Solutions Inc. has entered into a nationwide agreement with U.K.-based Blue Earth...
Feature | June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015 - Post-treatment surveillance with...
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Digital PET/CT, achieved using Vereos from Philips Healthcare, can spot even a small lesion (arrow). Image courtesy of Brian Gordon, M.D.
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...
News | June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015 - At the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), June 6-...
News | June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015 - In May, Group of Companies European Medical Center (GEMC) became the first private clinic in Russia...
FASTlab 2 with FDG Duo cassette image courtesy of GE Healthcare
Technology | June 08, 2015
June 8, 2015 - GE Healthcare announced that it has created a solution to make...
News | June 08, 2015
June 8, 2015 - Steinberg Diagnostic Medical Imaging (SDMI) of Las Vegas has bolstered its capabilities by installing...
News | June 03, 2015
June 3, 2015 - Mirada Medical and Nautilus Medical have announced their agreement to provide the portable Mirada...
News | May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015 — The novel Ga-68-PSMA-ligand...
News | May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015 — Ipsen announced the signature of an agreement to acquire OctreoPharm Sciences, a private German life...
News | May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015 — Cancer Targeted Technology (CTT), announced that it was awarded a NIH two-year, $2 million Small...
