Publication of MIRD Monograph: Radiobiology and Dosimetry for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy with Alpha-Particle Emitters was supported by the SNMMI MIRD Committee to provide clinicians with information ...

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application ...

Dopamine transporter (DAT) imaging is a valuable tool to aid in the diagnosis of Parkinson disease and other Parkinsonian syndromes. DAT imaging is special among clinical nuclear medicine scans in ...

An ectopic kidney is often found inadvertently during CT, ultrasonography, MRI, or urologic physical examination. Ectopic kidneys usually occur in the pelvis. A pelvic ectopic kidney may be ...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology December 2006, 34 (4) 220-223; Iterative techniques have been shown to provide more accurate reconstructions than does FBP, even in cases of sparse or incomplete ...

Patient voids just before the acquisition begins. Technician ensures patient comfort and proper positioning, using additional supports to secure the position, as necessary. Dual-head γ-camera equipped ...

II. GOALS The goal of breast-specific γ-imaging performed with a high-resolution, small-field-of-view, breast-optimized γ-camera after intravenous administration of 99m Tc-sestamibi is to detect ...

In recent years, there has been an influx of new tracers into the field of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging. Most of those that have been Food and Drug Administration–approved for clinical ...

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 ...

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 heart’s innervation relies on a delicate balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, each using distinct neurotransmitters to regulate heart rate, contractility, and ...

Nuclear medicine (NM) has been playing an increasingly important role in the diagnosis, staging, prognosis, therapy, treatment planning, and restaging of various malignant neoplasms (1). Low-dose 18 F ...