From the early use of radioiodine to the expanding reach of prostate-specific membrane antigen and somatostatin receptor ...

Theranostic programs are expanding rapidly, creating a growing need to understand how institutions implement ...

The recent reinvigoration of theranostics comes with advances in computing technology, radiochemistry, and instrumentation ...

Technologists are increasingly responsible for complex theranostic procedures, yet formal training and standardized protocols ...

Gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES) is frequently performed in nuclear medicine to evaluate gastric motility (1). GES is accomplished by radiolabeling the solid or liquid component of a meal and then ...

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 has made an impact on the operation of healthcare organizations. HIPAA includes five titles and these regulations are complex.

Cross-use of technology between nuclear medicine and radiology technologists is expanding. The growth of PET/CT and the increasing use of intravenous contrast agents during these procedures bring the ...

The gastric emptying study provides a comprehensive assessment of gastric function and motility using a standardized meal-and-imaging protocol. Evaluation of dyspepsia (pain in the upper abdomen, ...

The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) is an international scientific and professional organization founded in 1954 to promote the science, technology, and practical application of nuclear medicine.

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 ...

Iterative reconstruction algorithms that model Poisson statistics have become the standard for routine clinical PET imaging. Maximum-likelihood expectation maximization (MLEM) is the foundational ...

Diuretic renal scintigraphy plays a critical diagnostic role by providing a physiologic means for differentiating between obstructive and nonobstructive hydronephrosis and by assessing the function of ...