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Nuclear Medicine

Collaboration with Algeria to Expand Cancer Treatment Services

Varian Medical Systems has entered into an agreement with the Algerian Government’s Ministry of Health that will include the provisioning of six cancer treatment centers with USD 51 million of the latest technology for radiotherapy and radiosurgery.  More...
05 Feb 2014

Using Sugar-Based Tracers to Improve Detecting Heart Disease with PET

An international research team of investigators is evaluating a new sugar-based tracer to help in cardiovascular imaging detection of inflamed high-risk, susceptible artery plaques before they rupture.  More...
30 Jan 2014

IMRT Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer May Be Superior to Standard Radiation

Patients with head and neck cancer who are treated with a sophisticated form of radiation therapy may experience fewer side effects and are less likely to die from their disease than patients who receive traditional radiation therapy.  More...
28 Jan 2014

Radiotherapy Advances Result in More Targeted Treatments, Less Harm to Healthy Tissue

New targeted radiation therapy that is less destructive to healthy cells could soon be up and running due to a team of French researchers, working with German and American scientists.   More...
27 Jan 2014
Image: The DV24.0 Continuum Pak allows productivity enhancements of up to 30% compared to earlier versions, increasing efficiency by reducing the number of mouse clicks for technologists (Photo courtesy of GE Healthcare).

Advances in Imaging Software Reduce Patient Wait Times and Helps Hospital Staff Increase Efficiency

Magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine, radiography and fluoroscopy software has been developed to improve clinical capabilities, customization, lower costs, and streamline operational results.   More...
27 Jan 2014
Image: Researchers have developed a specific single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) radiopharmaceutical for malignant melanoma (Photo courtesy of Wellcome Images).

Metastasized Melanoma Patients Can Benefit from SPECT Imaging

New research has revealed the potential of newly developed radiopharmaceutical agents that contain benzamide for imaging of metastases and as a targeted systemic therapy.   More...
22 Jan 2014
Image: Schematic of polarization process: Polarizing Agent (powder) (left), Molecule (red), Microwave (top), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (bottom), Hyperpolarization of the targeted molecule (left) (Photo courtesy of the University of Lyon, France).

Powder Developed to Enhance NMR Signals for Faster, Better Structure Determination and Early Cancer MRI Diagnosis

Dynamic nuclear polarization combined with nuclear magnetic resonance allows, due to polarizing agents, the enhancement of nuclear magnetic resonance signals from a wide range of molecules resulting in the substantial reduction of acquisition time. More...
22 Jan 2014
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The Nuclear Medicine channel of MedImaging brings the latest in research and clinical radiotherapy, proton therapy, PET-CT, SPECT, SQUID, radiopharmacology, scintillography, trends and safety concerns.