Using a chemical marker that binds to abnormal tau proteins, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), for the first time have imaged the brain pathology associated with sports-related concussions in patients who are still alive.

A majority of American neurologists in a recent survey said they would use a newly approved amyloid detection brain scan to evaluate their patients for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) if the scan was covered by health insurance, according to the survey results published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M., has reportedly demonstrated the production and separation of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) from uranium sulfate solution using a separation flow sheet designed by Argonne National Laboratory.

SPECT-MPI imaging with a dedicated cardiac camera may reduce the duration of the acquisition and radiation dose to patients, according to a simulation study. Using reframed list-mode raw data, researchers determined that 1 million counts produced images on par with 8 million counts.

The change in total lesion glycolysis measured prior to and after two cycles of chemotherapy provided a better prediction of response to chemotherapy than other PET measures, including change in standardized uptake value, according to a study published online Jan. 17 in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

New methods for PET/CT imaging are being developed for imaging cancer patients without overexposing them to radiation while also guaranteeing excellent image quality.

Timely and accurate diagnosis and treatment of infection in post-transplant organ patients is critical to patient survival and the prevention of organ rejection. 

 Nuclear cardiology is on the dawn of a new technology—IQ•SPECT promises to reduce acquisition time, add hybrid or fusion imaging with CT and maximize efficiency in SPECT/CT scanning.