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 ...

Zaid Al-faham, John N. Rydberg and Ching-Yee Oliver Wong ...

The combined supine–prone imaging protocol for SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging offers significant advantages over supine imaging alone. By comparing supine and prone images, one can distinguish ...

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.

Data acquisition is substantially different in PET than it is in planar nuclear medicine and SPECT. There is an entirely different set of definitions and considerations. The objective of this paper is ...

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, ...

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 use of medicinal cannabis has a long history dating back thousands of years. Recent discoveries have shed light on its mechanism of action with the identification of cannabinoid receptors and ...

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

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 ...

Pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the kidneys. The estimated annual incidence of pyelonephritis is 10.5 million to 25.9 million cases globally (1–3). It is more commonly seen in children, ...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology August 2024, jnmt.123.267185; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.123.267185 ...