Using patient-specific body weight-based protocols during whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT can greatly reduce radiation dosage while maintaining image quality, report authors of a new Academic Radiology study. {read more here}

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee recently proposed changes to its coverage policy for PET oncologic applications. SNMMI is reviewing the draft and plans to submit comments. Please share thoughts on the proposal with Dalton Clark dclark@snmmi.org. Comments are due to the insurer September 6th, 2018.  {read more here}

Extending PET acquisition time during PET/MRI for rectal cancer staging increases identified lymph nodes and has no impact on scan time, reported authors of a recent American Journal of Roentgenology study. {read more here}

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (SNMMI) has urged the FDA to help alleviate the shortage of radiopharmaceutical Gallium-68 (Ga-68) generators in the U.S., according to a SNMMI letter sent to the FDA on Aug. 6.  {read more here}