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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May 28, 2008 - SNM’s 55th Annual Meeting, “Molecular Imaging: Build on the Past, Define the Future,” will be held June ...

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May 1, 2008 - The use of PET scans for cancer diagnosis, staging, restaging and recurrence monitoring was associated ...

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April 10, 2008 - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology received a record number of abstract ...

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Medrad hopes to thrust new life into molecular imaging with its 510(k) pending FDG-PET power injector system called ...

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April 4, 2008 – Philips entered into a seven-year research partnership with West China Hospital, an affiliate of the ...

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March 27, 2008 - Siemens will launch its first molecular imaging biomarker production facility in Chennai, India. The ...

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March 26, 2008 - Clinicians changed the intended care of more than one in three cancer patients as the result of FDG-PET ...

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March 26, 2008 – Siemens will launch its first molecular imaging biomarker production facility in Chennai, India, aiming ...

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March 24, 2008 - Researchers have developed a three-dimensional scanner that combines positron emission tomography (PET) ...

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March 24, 2008 – Siemens officially released the new Biograph 40 TruePoint PET-CT system and celebrated the first ...

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March 20, 2008 - New awards geared toward young scientists and medical students who are currently working in or ...

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March 13, 2008 - Researchers involved in a large, multi-institutional study using positron emission tomography (PET) ...

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March 5, 2008 – Combining PET and CT for radiation therapy treatment planning in head and neck carcinoma patients ...

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February 25, 2008 – At HIMSS 2008, Dräger unveiled for the U.S., the Infinity Omega two-screen integrated patient ...

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February 14, 2008 – As part of the initiative, National Jewish Medical and Research Center will integrate Siemens ...

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February 12, 2008 - Positron emission tomography (PET) was far more reliable than computed tomography (CT) in detecting ...

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January 22, 2008 - GE Healthcare was rated first in Overall Service Performance among vendors for PET and PET/CT service ...

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January 22, 2008 - The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) is authorized ...

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January 3, 2008 - Siemens Healthcare, Molecular Imaging Division, has delivered the first two newly redesigned mobile ...

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December 12, 2007 - According to research published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT ...

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