A recent study reported in the May issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicinedemonstrates that Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT scans are superior to In-111 pentetreotide scans, the current imaging standard in the United States for detecting neuroendocrine tumors (NETS), and could significantly impact treatment management. {read more here}

A nationwide study is underway that could improve the standard of care for Alzheimer’s Disease.  The focus is on brain images – that may be able to help doctors determine if someone has Alzheimer’s.  An image of the brain taken by a nuclear PET scan could show doctors the evidence they look for when diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease. {read more here}

Combined PET/MRI outperforms multidetector CT and PET alone in evaluating colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRLMs), according to study results published online April 19 in the journal  Radiology. {read more here}

“This new sequence does a much better job of segmenting out the different tissues in the body so we can get accurate attenuation correction maps and account for the effects of cardiac motion, which is the other source of artifacts,” said study co-author Dr. Marc Dweck, British Heart Foundation senior lecturer at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine. “With low-radiation scans of less than 5 mSv, we can get very interesting information about disease activity within the heart.” {read more here}