Will Morton[email protected]Molecular ImagingPET/CT develops growing role in tracking COVID-19 infectionPET/CT can assist evaluation of lung inflammation and monitoring of treatment effects in patients with post-COVID-19 lung disease, according to new research that shows significant decreases in the number, size, and metabolic activity of the lung lesion can occur in follow-up scans.June 21, 2022Clinical NewsTeam Hannover collects prestigious Image of the Year awardGerman scientists' work on how PET can reveal poor outcomes in patients after a heart attack was honored with the Image of the Year prize at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting.June 16, 2022Clinical NewsRevealed: Brain PET images show details of patients' facesCould hackers use brain PET scans to recognize patients' faces? Unexpectedly, yes, and at rates high enough to warrant "de-facing" research PET images before sharing data, scientists from a prestigious international facility have reported.June 9, 2022Artificial IntelligenceFrench team finds AI software can help cut PET scan times in halfAn artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can improve image quality in half-count F-18 FDG-PET scans, a finding that paves the way for significant cuts in acquisition time in routine clinical practice, nuclear medicine specialists from France have reported.May 26, 2022Clinical NewsGerman radiologists take to sky to reach stroke patientsRadiologists are reaching stroke patients by helicopter in remote areas of southeast Bavaria, responding and performing critical procedures in less than an hour. They discussed the impact of deploying flying intervention teams on patient care in a study published in JAMA.May 25, 2022Artificial IntelligenceSupport grows for database of wrist fractures to enhance AI researchEfforts to develop artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to help diagnose pediatric wrist fractures need to improve, say Austrian radiologists. They have developed a large annotated public dataset of x-ray images and encouraged its use in an article published on 20 May in Scientific Data.May 23, 2022Clinical NewsSmits: MRI radiomics heralds paradigm shift in brain imagingMRI radiomics looks set to have a tremendous impact on the lives of patients with brain tumors, with advances bringing the concept of virtual biopsies closer to clinical practice, leading researcher Prof. Marion Smits, from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, said in a special lecture at ISMRM 2022.May 23, 2022Clinical NewsPET/CT reveals heart artery inflammation in COVID-19 patientsPET/CT imaging shows that inflammation of the aorta is increased in the early postinfection stage of COVID-19 in patients with severe disease, according to a study from Greece.May 22, 2022Molecular Imaging11.7T MR spectroscopy quantifies brain glucose metabolismFrench researchers have developed a new MR spectroscopy approach to study brain glucose metabolism, a process significantly involved in Alzheimer's disease. They presented their work at the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.May 17, 2022ConferenceCOVID-19 anxiety during pregnancy may affect infant brain developmentBrain MRI scans of babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic support findings that depression and anxiety in pregnant women can affect early brain development, according to a presentation at the annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.May 11, 2022Previous PagePage 13 of 20Next PageTop StoriesCTSafety concerns lead to suspension of CT service at Belgian hospitalTen patients at a general hospital in Dendermonde, East Flanders, became unwell after undergoing CT. An investigation is underway, and the CT service was briefly suspended, according to media reports.MRIMRI shows how brain maintains 'representation' of phantom limbsMRIGadolinium in ... beer?Artificial IntelligenceBeyond the algorithm: Embedding AI into imaging workflowsRadiology EducationUkrainian radiologists train, collaborate throughout war