Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second-most common neurodegenerative disease, is characterized by motor and nonmotor symptoms. PD is often misdiagnosed; inappropriate treatment due to misdiagnosis has ...

Dec. 4, 2002 (Chicago) - A radiopharmaceutical-imaging agent - ioflupane (I123-FP-CIT) - used with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is "98% accurate" for early diagnosis of Parkinson ...

TORONTO, Canada--Researchers from Seoul National University confirmed that single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of stem cell therapy with ...

U-SPECT 7 CT from MILabs (a Rigaku company) offers unmatched preclinical dynamic and whole body Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) performance, integrated with diagnostic micro-CT.

Vancouver, British Columbia – The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meetingmarks the unveiling of the successful application of a new preclinical hybrid molecular imaging ...

Bone scintigraphy with combined single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) has become widely used for the detection of bone metastases. However, calculation of the ...

The FDA is elevating a recall of certain Philips imaging systems, due to a risk of the scanner’s hardware possibly falling onto the patient after the failure of one of its components. The agency ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Advanced imaging came up short overall in patients with heart failure (HF) who required further definition of ischemia or viability, although select patients seemed to see some benefit, ...