PET and PET/CT have changed the diagnostic algorithm in oncology. Health care systems worldwide have recently approved reimbursement for PET and PET/CT for staging of non–small cell lung cancer and ...

“As an AI language model, ChatGPT can be useful in developing patient information for nuclear medicine procedures as part of informed consent. With its vast knowledge base and natural language ...

Pharmacology principles provide key understanding that underpins the clinical and research roles of nuclear medicine practitioners. The scope of practice of the nuclear medicine technologist demands ...

PET and SPECT can play an important role in the evaluation of various epileptic syndromes, particularly those with unknown causes, by revealing various underlying abnormalities that may not be fully ...

The emergence of PET and MRI as a hybrid modality has generated widespread interest in the technology and techniques. Although adoption and use are unlikely to be as expansive as for PET and CT hybrid ...

Starting in December 2019, the world faced an unprecedented infectious disease situation unlike anything experienced in modern times (1). The disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by ...

The use of medicinal cannabis has a long history dating back thousands of years. Recent discoveries have shed light on its mechanism of action with the identification of cannabinoid receptors and ...

Imaging of brain β-amyloid plaques with 18 F-labeled tracers for PET will likely be available in clinical practice to assist the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease (AD). With the rapidly growing ...

The development of methods to radiolabel inflammatory cells that migrate to sites of infection was a significant milestone in the evolution of radionuclide techniques for imaging infection. Although a ...

Pharmacology principles provide a key understanding that underpins the clinical and research roles of nuclear medicine practitioners. This article is the second in a series of articles that aims to ...

gallium-67 lymphoma normal and abnormal uptake Gallium is a Group IIIb transition metal. Gallium-67 is widely used in nuclear medicine as a tumor-imaging agent by gamma-emission scintigraphy. Nearly ...

Obesity, with its alarming increase among adults and children, represents a significant health problem with serious medical, social, psychologic, and economic reverberations. The burden of this ...