Dear AuntMinnie Member,
One of the highlights of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) annual meeting is always the selection of the Image of the Year honor. This prestigious award signifies the major advances taking place every year in this important subspecialty.
This year, the Image of the Year award went to a group from the German Cancer Research Center and Heidelberg University Hospital, who used a combination of PET/CT and an intraoperative fluorescence-guided modality to imaging prostate cancer lesions that are positive for prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). Check out our coverage of the award by clicking here.
In other news from SNMMI 2017, click here for an article on how researchers at Emory University are using fluciclovine-PET and 3D ultrasound images to better detect and biopsy suspected recurrent prostate cancer. And researchers from Australia used PET/CT with a gallium-68 radiotracer that also homed in on PSMA-expressing tumors; they found that it changed treatment plans in more than half of patients -- read about that by clicking here.
You'll find more coverage of SNMMI 2017 in our Molecular Imaging Community, at molecular.auntminnie.com.
Not so FAST for kids
The focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) exam has been touted as a quick, radiation-free modality for evaluating patients quickly in the emergency room for intra-abdominal injuries. But is it appropriate for kids, one of the patient populations most sensitive to the effects of radiation?
Maybe not, according to researchers from the University of California, Davis, who analyzed the use of FAST exams in more than 1,000 pediatric patients being treated in the emergency room for blunt torso trauma. They found outcomes to be similar between kids who received FAST exams and those who didn't. Read more by clicking here, or visit our Ultrasound Community at ultrasound.auntminnie.com.
Community breast MRI
Finally, visit our Women's Imaging Community to learn about a new study in which researchers examined just how well community imaging centers are doing in performing breast MRI scans. Research studies have demonstrated the utility of breast MRI for women at intermediate and high risk of breast cancer, but most of those studies were performed at academic centers.
How does the technology perform in the real world? Find out by clicking here, or visit the community at women.auntminnie.com.
