September 27, 2018 — Advancements in healthcare technology, particularly in the surgery category, have led to an ...
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.
September 26, 2018 — Bruker recently announced the introduction of the new preclinical PET/CT Si78 scanner for whole ...
Robert C. Hendel, M.D., FACC, FAHA, MASNC, director, Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute, explains the impact the ASNC h ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
July 24, 2018 — In celebration of its 25th anniversary, the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (JNC) is highlighting the top ...
July 17, 2018 — A new way to examine stress and inflammation in the heart will help Parkinson’s researchers test new ...
June 21, 2018 — Siemens Healthineers will announce U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of four new system ...
Nuclear imaging technology for both single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography ...
June 5, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Biograph Vision, a new positron emission ...
May 11, 2018 — A team led by Johns Hopkins University Researchers has discovered that protein clumps appear to ...
Cardiac nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been a mature area of imaging for years, but has recently started ...
Prem Soman, M.D., director of nuclear cardiology at the Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh, and ...
August 18, 2017 — The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) has released a joint expert consensus document with ...
July 25, 2017 — Using a new nuclear imaging technique that can diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis much more accurately than ...
Randall Thompson, M.D., outlines three new CPT codes for FFR-CT, a smart phone-based single-lead ECG system and PET ...
July 7, 2017 — Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack, stroke and pulmonary embolism, which are ...