Technetium-99m, a critical nuclear imaging radioisotope, is in short supply and could cause delays or cancellations of over 40,000 medical imaging studies daily in the United States. The global ...

China approved on Thursday an innovative nuclear medicine imaging agent developed by a research team led by Professor Wang Fan at Peking University. The agent is the world's first radioactive drug ...

A novel nuclear medicine imaging protocol can take the place of two separate imaging scans for the evaluation of brain changes linked to cognitive impairment, cutting costs and radiation exposure for ...

Patients requiring the use of Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County’s nuclear medicine scanner have a new machine for their ...

This screening test measures how well blood flows through your heart. It may be used to diagnose coronary artery disease or to assess damage caused by a heart attack. Share on Pinterest JazzIRT/Getty ...

Often confused with radiology and radiotherapy, nuclear medicine uses radioactive substances to precisely diagnose and treat ...

According to SSM Health, nuclear medicine allows physicians to visualize the body on both the molecular and cellular levels. It involves tracking small amounts of radioactive materials as they work ...

For years, nuclear imaging – through X rays and more – has helped industries inspect inside equipment without causing damage. However, industrial nuclear imaging has not kept pace with the rapid ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) scans can detect cancer earlier than other imaging tests. But some types of cancer are harder to detect on a PET scan. In particular, they may miss cancers that ...

New research has been published ahead-of-print by The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM). JNM is published by the Society of ...