Positron emission tomography/computed tomography is a hybrid nuclear medicine imaging technique that helps radiologists spot abnormal metabolic activity. PET/CT is commonly used to diagnose cancers, heart diseases and certain brain disorders, among other conditions.
The system was built with patients in mind, and its compact design has the potential to expand access to the modality where it may have previously been lacking.
The San Francisco-based company says the updates will accelerate radiology workflows by removing administrative burdens and freeing up radiologists to spend more time reviewing imaging exams instead.
The method targets cancer stem cells, which are highly tumorigenic and known to play a significant role in relapse, cancer spread and treatment resistance.
An AI-aided way has emerged to confidently select dementia patients who are likely to benefit from amyloid-PET imaging while appropriately de-selecting patients for whom the costly exam would probably be unhelpful.
A study out of China found most patients biopsied for prostate lesions did not have clinically significant cancer, calling the clinical ranking systems into question.