Successful identification of patients using surface-rendered faces may be a relatively difficult task for observers, according to a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Based on principles of light-field microscopy, an international team of researchers has created a novel molecular imaging technique that allows three-dimensional scenes of an entire brain’s neural networks in milliseconds flat, officials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced May 19.

When it comes to breast density notification laws, it seems like there’s a new development at the state level every couple of weeks. It was only one month ago that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed her state’s breast density notification bill, making Arizona the 15th state to require that patients are informed if a mammogram reveals they have dense breast tissue.

A gift of $3.5 million has been given in a single donation to establish a molecular imaging facility at the State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook. Provided by Lalit and Kavita Bahl, the gifted facility will include a cyclotron and be named the Bahl Molecular Imaging Laboratory.

When compared to planar technetium-99m imaging, SPECT/CT was more adept at finding the source of acute gastrointestinal bleeds, according to a study presented May 8 during the 2014 annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society held in San Diego.

Idaho Falls, Idaho, producer of nuclear medicine products and services International Isotopes announced May 15 the financial results for the first quarter 2014. Revenue was reported as $1,948,856, up 17 percent from $1,672,789 for the same timeframe last year.

Australia is a hotbed of Alzheimer’s and other neuroimaging and therapeutics research. Melbourne-based Prana Biotechnology is bringing in a new director, Ira Shoulson, MD, to serve on the company’s board.

Richard J. Albin, the pathologist who is often cited for having discovered the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in 1970, makes a case against prostate screening in his new book, coauthored with Ronald Piana, The Great Prostate Hoax: How Big Medicine Hijacked the PSA Test and Caused a Public Health Disaster, as reported by the Washington Post on May 12.