Prototype sensor with scintillating fibre inserted partially into an artificial vein. (Courtesy: Josh Knowland) Cancerous cells have a higher metabolic activity than normal healthy cells, and ...

Researchers in the U.S. and U.K. have developed what they say is a more accurate way to scan for tuberculosis (TB) using positron emission tomography (PET) to detect the causative Mycobacterium ...

A new radiotracer has been developed to diagnose prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide and is especially difficult to diagnose. While prostate cancer is ...

A new radiotracer developed at the University of Alberta and soon to be tested in human clinical trials in Europe could make medical imaging of breast cancer tumors quicker and more accurate, and ...

Reston, VA—A new PET radiotracer enables same-day imaging of the important gastrointestinal cancer biomarker known as Claudin18.2 (CLDN18.2). Uptake of the radiotracer, 68 Ga-NC-BCH, was found to ...

Researchers have developed a radiotracer that can detect fructose metabolism, paving the way for a clinically viable tool for the earlier detection of multiple conditions. Fructolysis, the action of ...

Figure 1. Representative whole body planar images of 99m Tc-p5+14 of healthy subjects and, with SPECT/CT images, of a patient with ATTRv cardiac amyloidosis at 1 h post injection showing no uptake in ...

Researchers have few tools for understanding what happens in the brain at the earliest stages of neuroinflammatory disorders such as Alzheimer’s or Huntington’s disease. A new signaling molecule that ...

Olfactory health - how well we are able to smell -- is a reliable marker of the health of the brain, but current 'smell identification tests' do not offer a complete picture of the situation. Using a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA approved a novel PET radiotracer for evaluation of possible MI and ischemia. The approval is based on ...