AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

F-18 florbetaben PET scans for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease can be reduced from 20 minutes to five minutes without losing accuracy, according to a recent study. Our findings suggest that shorter scan times are a viable and effective option for brain amyloid PET imaging in clinical settings,” the group wrote.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 10, 2025

The finding is from an analysis of 300 participants who underwent multiple F-18 flortaucipir tau PET scans between 2015 and 2022 and suggests depression could be a modifiable risk factor for the disease, noted lead author Daniel Talmasov, MD, and colleagues.

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AuntMinnie

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The research included 62 cognitively healthy individuals (average age, 50) who underwent a brain PET scan, body MRI, and metabolic assessment. They conducted a study that investigated any links between "modifiable lifestyle-related factors" such as obesity, body fat distribution and metabolic aspects, and Alzheimer's disease.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 10, 2025

Over the same period between the two years, the average number of PET scans performed per installed fixed PET/CT systems increased by 8.2% -- a finding that indicates that much of the increased procedure volumes have been absorbed by existing PET system capacity. Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division.

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Radiology Business

MARCH 24, 2024

“With further tuning and validation, this pipeline may potentially add value in cancer screening, staging, diagnosis and prognosis," experts wrote in Cell Reports Medicine.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 12, 2025

A PET study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has called into question the theory that ultraprocessed foods elicit brain responses akin to addictive drugs. Participants fasted for 12 hours before the first scan. Participants completed a five-day inpatient stay during which their diets were stabilized.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 18, 2025

The OIG also reported the following: Community care staff did not make "timely, sufficient efforts to retrieve the patient's PET scan results." Furthermore, although the healthcare system conducted an "institutional disclosure" to the patient, this documentation didn't include key details.

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Health Imaging

JANUARY 27, 2025

Post-traumatic epilepsy can be disabling, causing recurrent seizures that are unresponsive to preventive medications in up to 30% of patients.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 31, 2023

PET scans for the first time show brain activity that could potentially explai.

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Health Imaging

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The popular AI chatbot got most of the answers it was asked by researchers right, but its reliability is still up in the air.

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Radiology Business

JULY 18, 2023

The agency is looking to lift the longstanding NCD that restricts patients to one amyloid-detecting positron emission tomography exam in their lifetime.

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Atlantis Worldwide

AUGUST 7, 2024

PET Scanning, like all other modalities of imaging equipment, has made strides in improving diagnostic accuracy. The biggest step in that direction for PET has been the development and proliferation of Time-of-Flight technology.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The algorithm allows for faster PET scanning, up to 75% faster without compromising image quality, according to the company. Telix’s leading PSMA-PET imaging kit, Illucix, is used to perform gallium-68 PSMA-11 imaging exams in men with prostate cancer.

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AuntMinnie

JULY 18, 2023

Read more on AuntMinnie.com Related Reading: FDA grants full approval to Alzheimer's disease drug Leqembi CMS rethinks limit on PET scans for Alzheimer’s disease patients FDA doubles MRI scans needed for Aduhelm patients CMS to limit coverage of new drugs for Alzheimer's disease CMS scrubs rule restricting PET tracer coverage

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Radiology Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Providers have reported issues with one Medicare Administrative Contractor covering PET scans, for example, with reimbursement falling significantly below the expense.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A group in France has offered an explanation for long COVID brain fog, with the concept based on a visual brain pattern they discovered on patient PET scans, according to a study published October 13 in Medical Hypotheses. “We A) PET scan of a healthy subject. (B) B) PET scan of a long COVID patient.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 8, 2025

Similar to F-18 FDG-PET, the technique targets glucose metabolism specifically its downstream metabolites, lactate (Lac), glutamate and glutamine (Glx), which function abnormally in Alzheimers disease. Given that PET scans are more expensive and expose patients to small amounts of radiation, DMI is being explored as an alternative.

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Radiology Business

OCTOBER 11, 2023

paying physicians "excessive fees" to oversee PET scans, the DOJ said. The alleged kickback scheme spanned nine years, with Cardiac Imaging Inc.

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ScienceDaily

JUNE 27, 2024

The new radiotracer, called FDT, enables PET scans to be used for the first time to accurately pinpoint when and where the disease is still active in a patient's lungs. The team has developed a new radiotracer, which is taken up by live TB bacteria in the body.

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Radiology Business

JANUARY 29, 2025

The Spain-based company offers a suite of solutions to aid in interpreting MRI, CT, and PET scans, boasting 170 installations across the globe.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Chinese clinicians have provided evidence in a “real-world study” that shows amyloid PET imaging is effective for diagnosing and managing patients with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published February 8 in Alzheimer’s and Dementia. The clinical utility of amyloid PET scans has been systematically studied in many other countries.

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Screening for the drug necessitated a PET scan, and individuals also required a baseline MRI within one year before treatment, with more to follow.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on October 13 that it has lifted its coverage limit of one beta-amyloid PET scan per lifetime for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Medicare coverage decisions for amyloid PET scans will now be made by local Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs).

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 29, 2024

The researchers performed F-18 PBR06 PET scans on 22 patients with MS and eight healthy controls. According to the analysis, glial activity on F-18 PBR06 PET scans was higher in patients with MS than healthy controls in cortical gray matter (+33%) and white matter (+48%). Image courtesy of Clinical Nuclear Medicine.

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AuntMinnie

JUNE 19, 2024

All subjects underwent 90 minute dynamic whole-body PET scans using a dedicated research scanner called PennPET Explorer. Prior to PET scanning, subjects also underwent T1-weighted MRI brain imaging to create templates to segment the PET brain data into 10 regions of interest.

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Professional Radiology

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

CT Scans: Provides cross-sectional images of the body for a more detailed view. PET Scans : Help detect diseases at a cellular level, often used for cancer detection and brain disorders. Ultrasound : Uses sound waves to create images, often used during pregnancy or to check organs. How Does Early Detection Help?

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Radiology Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Florida resident Rick Nassenstein allegedly “played a central role” in a scheme that involved paying physicians “exorbitant” fees to refer patients for PET scans.

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Diagnostic Imaging

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Two experts review SNMMI (Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) guidelines for use of PSMA PET scans in prostate cancer detection, as well as awareness about this new modality within the patient community.

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Imaging Technology

APRIL 24, 2024

The newly published study involved performing PET scans on 22 people with MS and eight healthy controls. Researchers measured the glial activity load on the PET scans, a new measure developed in Singhal’s lab where lab members looked at the level of smoldering inflammation from microglia in MS patients.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

PET scans have revealed specific brain pathology that may drive sleep disturbances in Alzheimer’s disease patients, according to a study published February 8 in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Nonetheless, the results have several implications for clinical practice, they wrote.

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 23, 2025

The accumulation of brain amyloid deposits is a mechanism underlying Alzheimers disease, with amyloid PET scans used to diagnose the disease. To address the knowledge gap, the group identified 182 out of 1,680 participants in an Alzheimers disease study in France and Monaco who had both PET scans and HSV-1 blood tests available.

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Diagnostic Imaging

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Experts highlight the use of PSMA PET scans as a recent and accurate imaging method for prostate cancer screening.

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AuntMinnie

AUGUST 29, 2024

Early brain accumulation of amyloid plaque on PET scans is associated with emerging depressive symptoms in cognitively unimpaired older adults, according to a study published August 29 in JAMA Network Open. The mean follow-up period was 8.6

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Radiology Business

MAY 15, 2023

Lecanemab requires a baseline PET scan and follow-up MRIs after infusions, spelling heavy demand for radiology services, experts wrote in JAMA.

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Medical Xpress: Radiology

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

In a small study, researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found that positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart may identify people who will go on to develop Parkinson's disease or Lewy body dementia among those at-risk for these diseases.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A group in England has established PET imaging as a new approach for studying gait – an excellent indicator of physical, emotional, and mental health, according to a study published February 6 in NeuroImage. F-18 FDG-PET scans allow clinicians to measure the brain's energy demands based on glucose metabolism.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Patients with less tau pathology on PET scans may respond better to treatment with the new Alzheimer’s disease drug donanemab, according to an October 25 news report in the journal Practical Neurology. Research suggests that the accumulation of these proteins is a continuous process that starts decades before the onset of symptoms.

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