Technegas is a carbon-based nanoparticle developed in Australia in 1984 and has been in widespread clinical use, including SPECT imaging, since 1986. Although 81m Kr offers the ideal ventilation ...

Pharmacology principles provide key understanding that underpins the clinical and research roles of nuclear medicine practitioners. The scope of practice of the nuclear medicine technologist demands ...

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the SNMMI Technologist Section in 1970, the Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council board of directors is pleased to contribute to this celebratory ...

Before CT came into use, planar radiography and fluoroscopy comprised all non–nuclear medicine uses of ionizing radiation in imaging. In those types of examinations, the radiation dose to the patient ...

Although not as well standardized as gastric emptying (GE) scintigraphy, esophageal transit scintigraphy, if performed in a comprehensive manner including both quantitative and qualitative analysis of ...

Cardiovascular diagnostic imaging plays a crucial role in modern health care, supporting accurate diagnosis, risk stratification, and the management of cardiovascular diseases. However, ensuring that ...

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is an atherosclerotic disease affecting the lower extremities, resulting in skeletal muscle ischemia, intermittent claudication, and, in more severe stages of disease ...

Pharmacology principles provide a key understanding that underpins the clinical and research roles of nuclear medicine practitioners. This article is the second in a series of articles that aims to ...

Technical factors play a critical role in the production of best-quality amyloid PET images for interpretation. This article provides specific instructions and general technical information about PET ...

Image Wisely half-time acquisition 99m Tc-MDP bone scan Decreasing the injected dose of radiopharmaceuticals will decrease not only the radiation dose delivered to the patient but also the dose ...

SUV is a commonly used PET parameter to measure the uptake of various radiopharmaceuticals, mainly 18 F-FDG, in normal tissues and lesions (1–3). SUV is simply the ratio of activity concentration in ...

The emergence of PET and MRI as a hybrid modality has generated widespread interest in the technology and techniques. Although adoption and use are unlikely to be as expansive as for PET and CT hybrid ...