PET Imaging Newsroom

From: Health Imaging: A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison successfully used PET imaging to visualize heart damage commonly seen in those with Parkinson’s disease. The technique will help develop therapies. Lead author Jeanette Metzger, with UW-Madison, and colleagues utilized three different ...

From: ScienceDaily: Yale researchers have tested a new method for directly measuring synaptic loss in individuals with Alzheimer's disease. The method, which uses PET imaging technology to scan for a specific protein in the brain linked to synapses, has the potential ...

From: Health Imaging: A novel PET imaging method may improve evaluation of joint inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients by targeting translocator protein (TSPO) expression in joint lining tissue, according to research published The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The first of its kind ...

From: Modern Medicine Network: There is new hope of reduced treatment toxicity in the management of advanced Hodgkin lymphoma (HL). It may be possible to use positron emission tomography (PET) to inform treatment de-escalation in a significant number of patients ...

From: MedicalXpress: In the battle against metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, studies have demonstrated a high response rate to radionuclide therapy targeting prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) with the radionuclide lutetium-177 (177Lu). At the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society of ...

From: Radiology Business: Scientists have developed a novel PET radiotracer that outpaces current methods of imaging for cardiovascular bacterial infections, according to research presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in ...

From: Health Care Business: It’s well known that positron emission tomography (PET) imaging provides physiologic, molecular and functional information on tumors and various organs. One way to improve biopsy results is to leverage the physiologic (metabolic or immunologic) information provided by PET ...

From: Aunt Minnie: The ability to detect cancerous gastrointestinal and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) soon might get a boost from a radiolabeled PET tracer that is better able to bind to tumors, according to a study published in the June ...

From: Radiology Business: Research presented June 1 at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago may help extend survival rates in patients with esophageal cancer by utilizing positron emission tomography (PET), according to a news release from ...