Dear AuntMinnie Member,
The Society of Nuclear Medicine is celebrating its 50th annual meeting in high style in New Orleans. More than 1,480 scientific papers, presentations, and posters will have been delivered by Wednesday's final session, and AuntMinnie.com is on the scene to deliver the latest news to you.
Our featured story is the society's Image of the Year -- a PET/CT scan that was completed in less than five minutes. The research, conducted at the Ahmanson Clinic for Biological Imaging at the UCLA School of Medicine in Los Angeles, examined the efficacy of high-speed whole-body acquisition.
The scientists developed a weight-based FDG protocol for patients weighing from 130 lbs (59 kg) up to 249 lbs (113 kg) that permits diagnostic images to be obtained in as little as a minute on a lutetium oxyorthosilicate, dual-slice PET/CT scanner. The image was chosen because it illustrates how nuclear medicine is meeting the challenge of high-throughput required by present-day healthcare, according to Dr. Henry Wagner, who presented the award. You'll find the full story here.
While you are visiting our Molecular Imaging Community, check out staff editor Shalmali Pal's article on the role of nuclear medicine for preoperative seizure treatment, as well as the expanding use of PET with other modalities, such as ultrasound and MRI.
Finally, you won't want to miss our coverage of new products and initiatives that will shape the field of molecular imaging in the forthcoming year. We'll be featuring stories from the conference throughout the week, so be sure to swing on by for the latest updates.
