The diagnostic reference level (DRL) is a patient-exposure optimization tool used to evaluate and provide guidance for radiation doses in medical imaging. In the past few decades, there has been a ...

Retinoblastoma is the most common pediatric intraocular malignancy and rarely presents with distant metastases. We present the case of a 6-y-old boy with unilateral retinoblastoma who developed ...

Theranostics refers to the combination of therapy and diagnostics in a single clinical entity or approach. Theranostics is particularly adaptable to radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) based on the ...

On June 1, 2016, the Food and Drug Administration approved NETSPOT (Advanced Accelerator Applications [AAA]), a kit for the preparation of 68 Ga-DOTATATE injection. This radioactive drug is indicated ...

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) has fundamentally reshaped prostate cancer imaging and therapy, delivering an unprecedented combination of high lesion conspicuity, broad clinical ...

In 1966, Griffith et al. used “a standard breakfast of ordinary food” labeled with chromium-51 to report the first use of gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES). As the procedure was refined over the ...

Diffuse 99mTc-sestimibi uptake in the lungs is a sign of serious pathology and merits further work-up. We present a case in which diffuse lung uptake was incidentally found on a parathyroid scan.

Academic integrity has been challenged by artificial intelligence algorithms in teaching institutions, including those providing nuclear medicine training. The GPT 3.5–powered ChatGPT chatbot released ...

The approval of disease-modifying antiamyloid therapies has expanded the clinical role of amyloid PET beyond diagnostic confirmation to include baseline characterization and longitudinal monitoring of ...

Increasing demand for medical imaging and theranostics, an aging population, and clinical burnout are key factors in the current workforce shortage experienced in radiology across the globe (1).

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI), founded in 1954 and headquartered in Reston, Va., is a nonprofit scientific and professional organization that promotes the science, ...