Nuclear imaging provides non-invasive and near-quantitative insight into the biodistribution of radiolabelled compounds, and it does so with exceptional sensitivity and practically unlimited ...

Physicians rely on nuclear medicine scans, like SPECT scans, to watch the heart pump, track blood flow and detect diseases hidden deep inside the body. But today's scanners depend on expensive ...

Lowering the dose: PET images reconstructed with CT-free techniques (left two columns) and with the use of CT images (centre column). The right two columns show difference images between attenuation ...

Since the donation of a SPECT camera by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a busy hospital in Brazil’s city of Niteroi has doubled its capacity to perform heart scans, expanding access to ...

Many people have experienced a scan in the nuclear medicine department of a hospital or clinic. It may seem a straightforward procedure for the patient, but the technology involved is a complex ...

Figure 1. CT and fused SPECT-CT images L to R of representative healthy control, pulmonary fibrosis participant & hypersensitivity pneumonitis participant. Los Angeles -- A new SPECT/CT imaging ...

For accuracy's sake, medical professionals should use the same software for comparing and analyzing diagnostic heart images taken from different time periods and laboratories, a team of researchers ...