New type of PET -Scanning may detect even small clots in stroke cases : Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 July 2017 9:35 AM ISTWashington D.C. [USA] : Blood clots in veins and arteries can lead to heart attack, stroke and pulmonary embolism and now a team of scientists has...
Glowing tumor technology helps surgeons remove hidden cancer cells Anjali Nimesh Nimesh29 July 2017 10:00 AM ISTPHILADELPHIA - Surgeons were able to identify and remove a greater number of cancerous nodules from lung cancer patients when combining intraoperative...
Novel PET tracer clearly identifies and tracks bacterial infection in lungs Anjali Nimesh Nimesh9 Jan 2018 7:28 PM ISTResearchers at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, have demonstrated that a new radiotracer, 2-18F-fluorodeoxysorbitol (18F-FDS), can identify and...
PET Imaging more effective than SPECT Scans in detecting severe CAD Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 March 2018 7:15 PM ISTPET and SPECT scans are nuclear imaging techniques that provide metabolic and functional information of the heart. PET scans provide better image...
New PET imaging agent to guide therapy in neurological diseases Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 April 2018 7:20 PM ISTSwiss and German researchers have developed a new imaging agent that helps and assesses treatments for people with various neurological diseases like...
PET tracer to predict treatment outcomese in depression Anjali Nimesh Nimesh8 April 2018 7:10 PM ISTMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating condition that affects more than 14 million Americans. There is no marker is currently available in...
New faster, cheaper and more accurate blood test developed to detect Alzheimer’s disease Hina Zahid27 Jun 2019 7:20 PM ISTDoctors may one day be able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most common cause of severe dementia, and monitor a patient’s response to...
PGI doctors identify new isotope that dramatically reduces cost of PET scanning Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli23 Nov 2018 8:10 PM ISTProf Baljinder and colleagues at the department of nuclear medicine at the PGI have developed a nuclear agent that dramatically reduces the cost of...
Single dual time-point PET scan identifies dual Alzheimer's biomarkers Anjali Nimesh Nimesh14 Jun 2017 12:20 PM ISTMore people die of Alzheimer's disease than prostate and breast cancer combined. Identifying the disease before major symptoms arise is critical to...
