Combining CT angiography (CTA) and SPECT MPI is useful for the evaluation of coronary artery disease (CAD) and shows more diagnostic benefit than just one of the modalities or consecutive use of the two technologies, according to a study published Jan. 1 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Breast-specific imaging systems are by far the most sensitive and specific molecular modalities for the visualization of breast tumors, according to a review published Jan. 16 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

New copper-64 and gallium-68 chelating platforms are being developed by Macrocyclics, a subsidiary of AREVA Med, the company announced Jan. 10. Four new formulas would expand the company’s PET imaging portfolio.

A PET/CT study followed 40 sufferers of heart attacks and just as many matched controls imaged with conventional coronary angiography and sodium fluoride PET/CT to gauge vulnerable plaques and see potential risk of heart attack.

Some patients may require special accommodations before undergoing an MRI, but most technologists haven’t quite had to deal with the super-sized challenge of imaging a full-grown grizzly bear.

Three MRI machines that were sent to Afghanistan in 2011 in the hopes of scanning soldiers for mild traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) have been shut down and dismantled, as reported by USA Today on Jan. 18. 

About a third of prostate cancer patients who met strict criteria for active surveillance (AS) had adverse pathology at radical prostatectomy (RP), according a study published in the February issue of the Journal of Urology. The authors suggested that inclusion criteria for active surveillance should include PSA density and cancer extent on biopsy.

A $122 million boon for U.S. Alzheimer’s research funding was signed by President Obama on Jan. 16.