Turn it off! Idle machines waste energy
March 4, 2023 -- Radiology departments can help to reduce the impact of climate change by turning off unused imaging scanners and workstations during off hours, Swiss investigators have reported at ECR 2023. Read More
Positron emission mammography receives attention at ECR 2023
March 4, 2023 -- New research findings presented at an ECR session held on 2 March have revealed that positron emission mammography allows for more accurate evaluation of breast cancer's response to chemotherapy, as well as residual tissue. Read More
FDG-PET/CT reveals sites of COVID-19 brain infection
March 3, 2023 -- FDG-PET/CT imaging shows metabolic neurologic changes due to COVID-19 in patients before the onset of anatomical abnormalities and can detect more active infection sites than MRI, according to research presented on 2 March at ECR 2023 in Vienna. Read More
ECR: PSMA-RADS 1.0 validated in prostate cancer patients
March 2, 2023 -- Researchers in Germany have validated a system called PSMA-RADS 1.0 for clinicians to interpret PET/CT scans in patients with prostate cancer, according to a presentation on 1 March at ECR 2023 in Vienna. Read More
New global guidelines issued for PET imaging of neuroendocrine tumors
February 27, 2023 -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine have released a practice guideline for somatostatin receptor PET imaging of patients with neuroendocrine tumors. Read More
Meet the 9 winners of the EuroMinnies 2023 awards
February 16, 2023 -- Today we can reveal the list of award winners for the 2023 EuroMinnies, following a rigorous process spanning more than three months and two rounds of voting. The eight recipients of the individual and industry awards come from a wide range of European nations. Read More
Can PET help redefine 'consciousness' in coma patients?
February 13, 2023 -- PET imaging can help reveal mechanisms underlying human consciousness and may play a pivotal role in improving the prognostication and treatment of severely brain-injured patients, Belgian authors have reported. Read More
PET tracer can aid visualization in tumor angiogenesis
February 8, 2023 -- Preliminary results are encouraging from a Swiss clinical trial of a novel PET/CT radiotracer being investigated for visualizing tumors in patients with esophageal cancer. Read More
PET tracer uptake related to COVID vaccines found in lymphoma cases
February 7, 2023 -- More than half of patients on rituximab treatment for lymphoma show F-18 FDG radiotracer uptake in lymph nodes on PET/CT imaging following a second shot of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study. Read More
PET/MRI proves effective for lymphoma management
February 6, 2023 -- PET/MRI is becoming an increasingly viable and practical alternative to PET/CT in the routine management of lymphoma patients, a group of Australian investigators have found. Read More
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