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3D PET images show oxygen/CO2 transport in lungs

A 3D algorithm can utilize PET/CT images to map the movement of oxygen and CO₂ in the lungs, potentially facilitating better treatment for patients with serious lung diseases, according to a recent article published online in Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology (10 November 2015). {read more here}

Patient-specific, weight-based imaging protocols for FDG-PET/CT can significantly reduce CT radiation dose without compromising diagnostic image quality, according to a study from American University of Beirut in Lebanon. {read more here}

A simple and non-invasive imaging method can effectively replace the current practice in determining appropriateness of breast cancer treatment, thereby reducing the need for invasive tissue sampling, new research has found. The results suggest that the method might lead to more optimal treatment of individual patients. “The new method might substitute invasive tissue sampling in the near future,” said one of the researchers Jens Sorensen from Uppsala University in Sweden. The aim of the current study was to develop a simpler and non-invasive technique, based on whole-body PET/CT (positron emission tomography/computerised tomography) imaging, and compare the results of image analysis to the invasive measurements in the same patients. {read more here}

Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that pediatric epilepsy patients imaged prior to neurosurgery with a new protocol have a greater chance of being seizure-free following the operation than those imaged using an older protocol. {read more here}

3D PET images show oxygen/CO2 transport in lungs

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