In 1966, Griffith et al. used “a standard breakfast of ordinary food” labeled with chromium-51 to report the first use of gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES). As the procedure was refined over the ...

The challenges of hybridizing PET and MRI as a simultaneous modality have been largely overcome in recent times. PET hybridized with MRI has seen the emergence of PET/MRI systems in the clinical ...

PET/MRI PET MRI applications Having learned how to establish a PET/MRI facility (1), acquired an understanding of the science and technology (2), and gained insight into protocols and sequences in PET ...

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC) is a pivotal preoperative treatment for oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC), but its efficacy varies among patients. This study aims to predict the efficacy of NC in ...

18F-FDG PET/CT quantification of whole-body tumor burden in lymphoma is not routinely performed because of the lack of fast methods. Although the semiautomatic method is fast, it is not fast enough to ...

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), founded in 1954 and headquartered in Reston, Va., is a nonprofit scientific and professional organization that promotes the science, ...

Calcific diskitis (CD) is a rare condition characterized by inflammation and calcification of an intervertebral disk, typically causing localized back pain. We present the case of a 65-y-old woman ...

PET/CT radiotracer infiltration is not uncommon and is often outside the imaging field of view. Infiltration can negatively affect image quality, image quantification, and patient management. Until ...

The 2024 update of the North American consensus guidelines for pediatric administered radiopharmaceutical activities (NAGL) is presented. Under the auspices of the Image Gently Alliance, a working ...

K. H. Lee Reston, VA: Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2015, 374 pages, $96 Basic Science of Nuclear Medicine: The Bare Bone Essentials is a concise manual on nuclear physics, ...

This study aimed to evaluate the measurement and prognostic ability of the SUVmax of whole-body tumors (SUVmaxwb) in non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, comparing high-definition (HD) PET ...