Sri Lanka has produced Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), the radioactive isotope essential for PET scan cancer diagnosis, domestically for the first time, under a public-private partnership between the Sri ...

Positron emission tomography (PET) scans can detect cancer earlier than other imaging tests by showing areas that use a lot of glucose. However, false-positive results can happen due to infections, ...

fDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27708, USA gDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, ...

Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (BAC) is a peripheral, well-differentiated neoplasm typically arising beyond a recognizable bronchus. It has a tendency to spread to the peripheral air spaces using the ...

Researchers developed a new PET imaging agent designed to detect xCT, a protein linked to treatment resistance in non–small cell lung cancer. In preclinical studies, the radiotracer accurately ...

One of the early promises of PET was that it would be quantitative (1), as opposed to imaging modalities such as x-ray CT, MRI, or SPECT, in which quantification is more of a challenge than in PET. By ...

34 The clinical utility of contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the management of patients with heart ...

Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart that may occur because of infections, immune system activation, or exposure to drugs. The diagnosis of myocarditis has changed due to the ...

Atherosclerosis is a systemic disease of the arterial vessel wall. Although the mortality due to cardiovascular events is decreasing, the prevalence of atherosclerosis and its comorbidities, and the ...