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PET/MRI performs better than standard imaging for diagnosing cancer that has spread to the peritoneum from primary tumors in the abdominal cavity. ....
Should PET/CT be used in pregnant women with suspected cancer? Experts recommend against it, but some would consider it in carefully selected cases. ....
June 14, 2021 PET imaging with a gallium-68 (Ga-68)-labeled fibroblast activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) shows promise as an effective way to identify and monitor pulmonary fibrosis, according to animal study findings presented at the virtual 2021 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting. The technique could add molecular imaging to the lung disease toolbox and perhaps reduce the number of biopsies, said study lead author Carolina de Aguiar Ferreira, PhD, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in a statement released June 12 by the SNMMI. Further validation of [PET/CT with gallium-68] for the detection and monitoring of pulmonary fibrosis would make this molecular imaging tool the first technique for early, direct, and noninvasive detection of disease, she said. It would also provide an opportunity for molecular imaging to reduce the frequency of lung biopsies, which carry their own inherent risks. ....
Researchers from the University of Minnesota compared more than five years of data on the effects of three different dietary modifications prior to FDG-PET/CT scans in patients suspected of cardiac sarcoidosis. They found that a 72-hour daytime ketogenic diet resulted in increased myocardium suppression and diagnosis rates. Two of these dietary modification strategies are mainly applied and recommended by current guidelines and the third one, which performs better, has not been used in the clinical setting despite preclinical evidence to support its use, stated radiologist Dr. Can Ozutemiz, who led the study. Cardiac sarcoidosis is a rare disease characterized by the formulation of granulomas in the tissue of the heart, and it can cause arrhythmias and heart failure. FDG-PET/CT has emerged as a promising alternative to invasive biopsies for diagnosing the condition, yet for physicians to be able to differentiate between normal physiologic myocardial activity and abnorma ....
In a direct comparison with gallium-68 (Ga-68) prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT, MR imaging with a ferumoxtran-10 nanoparticle contrast agent (nano-MRI) identified significantly more suspected serious lymph nodes, as well as nodes that were significantly smaller. At the same time, the two approaches were fairly complementary, as they both discovered some lymph nodes the other modality missed. Although there is no reference standard in this study, the main results mentioned above provide insight into the complementary performance of both modalities by identifying aspects where they agree and disagree, wrote the authors led by Dr. Melline Schilham from Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Such results allow the definition of future areas of research that need to be addressed in order to define the optimal imaging strategy for prostate cancer patients. ....