Presurgical scanning for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer appears to lower incidence of unnecessary surgeries, according to an analysis published Jan. 21 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. {read more here}

Antimicrobial peptide PET/CT imaging with gallium-68 appears to break through previous roadblocks in differentiating infections and sterile inflammatory processes, according to a study published Jan. 16 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine . {read more here}

[Using PET Scanning] Researchers found that increased inflammation may disrupt neural circuits commonly involved in learning and memory through a glucose metabolism decrease found in the brain’s memory center.  {read more here}

PET with the radiotracer florbetapir (also known as Amyvid) is an exciting new tool that could help determine which individuals are at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. But reading the scans can be a challenge, so Pennsylvania researchers enlisted a software application that helped boost reader agreement. {read more here}