A new study has revealed that young baseball pitchers who throw more than 100 pitches per week are at risk for acromial apophysiolysis, a newly identified overuse injury characterized by incomplete fusion and tenderness at the acromion, which forms the bone at the top of the shoulder.

While CT and MR are still the mainstays of detecting ischemic stroke, several SPECT and PET imaging techniques have been developed and are on the way to add comprehensive clinical information in the case of cerebrovascular disease. With this in mind, hybrid imaging such as PET/MR could provide a best-possible map of variables involved in stroke, according to a review published Oct. 9 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

A workshop for intraoperative imaging including discussion about the most novel techniques in the discipline was recently conducted during the Congress of the World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) in Seoul, Korea. The workshop featured presentations on intraoperative and real-time use of laser light and light-emitting agents, CCD cameras and ultraminiaturized microscopes, the WMIS announced yesterday.

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published the 2015 edition of its Electrical Standards & Products Guide (ESPG), a comprehensive listing of NEMA electrical standards as well as an extensive directory of manufacturers and their products.

A pair of editorials published online this week in JAMA Internal Medicine took another look at the evidence and issues facing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) as it prepares to make a final decision on coverage for low-dose CT screening for lung cancer. Coming from both sides of the issue, the articles offer a set of closing arguments, in a sense, to the ongoing coverage debate.

A new and tiny camera steals from the sight of the powerful, all-seeing mantis shrimp in order to detect cancers that we currently cannot. The new and rather simple system relies on polarized light, which these shrimps can see in spades, to create a whole new dimension of cancer imaging, according to this report from Smithsonian.

A searchable database of 100,000 SPECT neuroimaging studies that incorporates scans from 111 different countries and subjects ranging from nine months to 101 years old was introduced today by Amen Clinics, a network of psychiatric clinics based in Costa Mesa, Calif. The intention of the database is to promote open collaboration and interdisciplinary study of psychiatric and related disorders.

Saturday marked the final day of the 2014 Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Week and, to celebrate, the World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS) announced highlights of the recent 7th World Molecular Imaging Congress held in Seoul, Korea.