Over the next five years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be rolling out $30 million in funding for research gleaning new information and treatments for frontotemporal degeneration, the culprit in many cases of early onset dementia, the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration announced this week.

Intraoperative cytoscopic imaging being developed at Stanford University School of Medicine uses antibodies and fluorescence to home in on a protein target called CD47 to improve surgical accuracy, the institution announced Wednesday. 

Specially equipped ambulances that feature a mobile CT scanner and telemedicine capability designed to evaluate and treat stroke patients more quickly are poised to transform care and were given the top spot in the Cleveland Clinic’s latest annual ranking of medical innovations.

With all of the recent expansion of sentinel lymph node mapping for melanoma and breast cancers and now in all solid tumors, some experts are wondering about the value of this technique for ovarian cancer. A study published ahead of print Oct. 20 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine makes the case.

Surgery for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) could be improved by an emerging imaging technique called endomicroscopy, which can detect cellular changes indicating pre-cancerous or cancerous growths. The system can also be used to monitor patients for recurrent disease after GERD anti-reflux surgery.

Producers of cyclotron and PET generator technologies ABT Molecular Imaging announced Oct. 20 that the company would be expanding into global markets with a $15 million boost in financing.

A pan-Canadian study of breast cancer screening has suggested large-scale mammography screening programs can substantially reduce breast cancer mortality, according to results published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

In a study that could help shed light on the complexities of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), the brains of patients with severe CFS were found to have structural abnormalities when analyzed with a combination of different imaging techniques.