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By Philipp Grätzel von Grätz

The wisdom of water

Occasionally, technological progress opens the door for completely new realms of research. Such is the case at Turku PET Centre in Finland, where the Biograph Vision Quadra™ PET/CT is being used for total-body perfusion imaging — something that was simply not possible before.

By Claudette Lew

Growing theranostics program is now everyday clinical practice in Finland

As a true pioneer in the frontier in cancer treatment, The Comprehensive Cancer Center in Helsinki offers precision therapy personalized to the needs of each individual patient.

Catherine Marcic Joyce

SNMMI 2023 Annual Meeting highlights

The SNMMI 2023 Annual Meeting welcomed nuclear medicine and molecular imaging experts from around the world to participate in a multitude of scientific, educational, and networking opportunities.

By Sameh Fahmy

A patient’s experience: Theranostics offers personalized care for prostate cancer

Enabled by molecular imaging technology, theranostics using a PSMA targeted radioligand therapeutic agent has the potential to enhance and prolong life for prostate cancer patients such as John. “I was able to feel more of myself. It was remarkable,“ he says.

By Sameh Fahmy

A physician’s experience: Theranostics offers personalized care for prostate cancer

Professor Joseph R. Osborne, MD, PhD, chief of Molecular Imaging and therapeutics, and professor of radiology at a leading academic institution’s hospital in New York City, NY, USA, discusses theranostics and its rapidly expanding role in prostate cancer care.

By Reinaldo Lopes

Brazil and Argentina meet expanding patient needs with fast, low-dose PET/CT imaging

Doctors in São Paulo, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, discovered upgrading their PET/CT scanners enabled them to respond effectively to new patient demands and relieve scheduling pressures, and surpassed expectations by exploring new areas of care.

By Takeshi Shimizu, PhD

Image-based selection of Alzheimer’s disease therapy

PET imaging and emerging immunotherapy candidates are beginning to enable image-based therapy personalization for dementia.

Healthcare Trends

By Claudette Lew

Whole-body parametric imaging expands clinical opportunities

A team at Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark validates the clinical potential value of routine whole-body parametric imaging with PET/CT.

By Florian Bayer

Advances in PSMA-based approach for prostate cancer

Nuclear medicine, urology, and biomedical engineering experts discuss a new PSMA-based approach that combines diagnosis and therapeutics for the treatment of prostate cancer.

Healthcare Trends

SNMMI 2022 annual meeting showcases the future of nuclear medicine

Siemens Healthineers hosts booth and a luncheon symposium and launches new product at SNMMI 2022.

By Sameh Fahmy

A champion of PET innovation

An early PET advocate recounts the origins of PET implementation at RPA Hospital in Australia and today uses Biograph Vision Quadra.

Customer Experience

By Claudette Lew

Fortifying the foundation for personalized medicine

PETNET Solutions invests in its network to increase patient access to PET biomarkers and support future biomarker development.

Personalized Medicine

By Linda Brookes

Fully integrated SPECT/CT modernizes facilities to maximize abilities

Nuclear medicine experts on two continents describe how the new fully integrated SPECT/CT serves more patients and signals the beginning of a new era in nuclear imaging.

Customer Experience

By Santina Russo

Soaring to new heights with SPECT/CT

Since its introduction more than two decades ago, SPECT/CT imaging has seen significant technological advances that are expanding the modality’s power and accuracy. SPECT/CT expert Klaus Strobel from Lucerne Cantonal Hospital in Switzerland reveals how the method improves individual patient care and where he sees future clinical applications.

Customer Experience

Meeting of the minds

Biograph Vision Quadra Meet and Greet welcomed nuclear medicine experts from five countries to share their insights and learn from one another.

Customer Experience

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