Dr. Richard Black

Nuclear Medicine
Is PET an endangered species?
Just as it appeared ready to enter the clinical mainstream, PET imaging has been thrown a series of setbacks that raise questions as to whether it will ever live to up its potential. In this article, PET educator Dr. Richard Black discusses PET's spectacular rise, and also the threats that may bring it back to earth.
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Representative 3D displacement maps of one subject (female, 24 years old) derived from aMRI. The top row shows the coronal, sagittal, and axial slices of a structural aMRI magnitude image for morphological context, while the bottom row shows displacement fields overlaid; greater pulsatility during the cardiac cycle is seen in areas surrounding the brainstem and cerebrospinal filled regions.
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Representative 3D displacement maps of one subject (female, 24 years old) derived from aMRI. The top row shows the coronal, sagittal, and axial slices of a structural aMRI magnitude image for morphological context, while the bottom row shows displacement fields overlaid; greater pulsatility during the cardiac cycle is seen in areas surrounding the brainstem and cerebrospinal filled regions.
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Representative DMI data from a patient with a high-grade glioma. DMI ratio maps pre- and post-treatment show spatial metabolic changes. Deuterium spectra from the tumor and contralateral NABP demonstrate metabolic differences and therapeutic effects.
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