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.

News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

November 2, 2016 — By the time unambiguous signs of memory loss and cognitive decline appear in people with Alzheimer’s ...

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News | PET-CT

November 1, 2016 — Researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated for the first time the use of a dual optical and ...

Time November 01, 2016
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News | Prostate Cancer

October 25, 2016 — Blue Earth Diagnostics Ltd. announced the peer-reviewed publication of results from a Phase 3 ...

Time October 25, 2016
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News | Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

October 17, 2016 — Lantheus Holdings Inc. announced in late September that sub-analysis data from the first Phase 3 ...

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News | PET-MRI

October 13, 2016 — Cubresa Inc. recently announced the successful installation of their compact positron emission ...

Time October 13, 2016
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Blog | Radiology Imaging

We know where imaging has been. We think it’s going to a better place. But exactly when it will get there and what it ...

Time October 12, 2016
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Blog | Radiology Imaging

Ever knock down a silo? You have to be quick. And lucky. Very … very … lucky. Maybe that’s why there are so many silos ...

Time October 05, 2016
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Technology | PET-CT

October 5, 2016 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its Discovery MI ...

Time October 05, 2016
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Feature | Radiation Oncology | By Michael V. Knopp, M.D., Ph.D., Chadwick L. Wright, M.D., Ph.D., Katherine Binzel, Ph.D. and Jun Zhang, Ph.D.

Precision medicine is not only a buzzword, it is a call to action to radically advance our capabilities in the era of ...

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News | PET-CT

October 1, 2016 — To advance clinical care for its customers, Toshiba’s Celesteion PET/CT system delivers a more ...

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Feature | Neuro Imaging

September 9, 2016 — The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) recently launched into its next phase, ADNI3 ...

Time September 09, 2016
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Blog | Radiology Imaging

Radiology cannot stay where it is. Yet threats make it dangerous to move. The adoption of picture archiving and ...

Time September 07, 2016
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Feature | Radiology Imaging | By Kirill Shalyaev, Ph.D.

Advanced imaging and hybrid modalities, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron ...

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News | PET Imaging

September 1, 2016 — The American Society for Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ...

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News | Neuro Imaging

August 30, 2016 — Rockefeller University researchers have used a recently-developed imaging technique that makes tissue ...

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News | PET Imaging

August 19, 2016 — A new non-invasive positron emission tomography (PET) technique can obtain images of neuron ...

Time August 19, 2016
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News | PET Imaging

August 2, 2016 — A cutting-edge method of extracting big data from positron emission tomography (PET) images can provide ...

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Feature | PET Imaging | Dave Fornell

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging technology (also referred to as molecular imaging) that enables ...

Time July 26, 2016
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Blog | Radiology Imaging

Making healthcare more objective and precise promises to increase efficiency and reduce costs — the key ingredients of ...

Time July 20, 2016
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News | Nuclear Imaging

July 19, 2016 - An updated joint American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) imaging guidelines and Society of Nuclear ...

Time July 19, 2016
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