Search Tag: PET/CT
2025 14 Oct
Quantitative PET/CT now drives inclusion, stratification and response endpoints across multicentre trials, yet validation remains fragmented. Sites repeat phantom work to satisfy differing sponsor and accreditation demands, adding cost and delay while yielding limited gains in data quality. A converging international approach focuses on the metrics...Read more
2025 15 Jun
Cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) is a complex syndrome marked by irreversible muscle loss, with or without fat depletion, that cannot be remedied by nutrition alone. Affecting up to 70% of patients with cancer, CAC significantly worsens outcomes by accelerating disease progression, reducing tolerance to treatment and increasing mortality. Despite...Read more
2025 01 Mar
The session on nuclear medicine at the European Congress of Radiology showcased cutting-edge advancements in AI, radiomics, emerging imaging technologies and radioprotection. Experts highlighted how these innovations are transforming diagnostics, treatment precision and safety in nuclear medicine. AI and Radiomics: Transforming Nuclear...Read more
2024 20 Oct
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN) are a rare and heterogeneous malignancy group that predominantly affects the gastrointestinal system and pancreas. The management of these tumours is complex due to their variable biological behaviour and growth rates, necessitating a precise and tailored approach to diagnosis and treatment. Among diagnostic tools,...Read more
2024 26 Jun
Medical imaging has significantly improved the surgical management of primary hyperthyroidism (PHPT). Accurate localisation of the parathyroid adenoma (PTA) through cross-sectional imaging enables minimally invasive parathyroidectomy (MIP) to be performed on an outpatient basis, avoiding the need for more invasive in-house bilateral cervical exploration...Read more
2024 19 Mar
We are pleased to announce that the number of comprehensive treatment centres in Europe relying on United Imaging Healthcare’s advanced digital imaging technology continues to grow. UIH is expanding in Europe with the addition of a new high-end digital PET/CT at the Osijek Clinical Hospital Centre in Croatia. Following a partnership with...Read more
2024 19 Mar
We are pleased to announce that the number of comprehensive treatment centres in Europe relying on United Imaging Healthcare’s advanced digital imaging technology continues to grow. UIH is expanding in Europe with the addition of a new high-end digital PET/CT at the Osijek Clinical Hospital Centre in Croatia. Following a partnership with...Read more
2023 18 Oct
United Imaging Healthcare Europe proudly announces that world-renowned St. Orsola University Hospital (Policlinico di Sant’Orsola) has recently decided to integrate the cutting-edge High-Resolution Digital PET/CT - uMI Vista into their comprehensive Medical Oncology Unit. Founded in 1592 as the first hospital in the city of Bolonia, St. Orsola...Read more
2023 07 Sep
Located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology is a leading centre for cancer research and treatment with over 85 years of distinguished tradition. A beacon of modern oncological care, the centre comprises 13 highly specialised departments, each dedicated to providing the highest level of...Read more
2023 07 Sep
Located in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, the Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology is a leading centre for cancer research and treatment with over 85 years of distinguished tradition. A beacon of modern oncological care, the centre comprises 13 highly specialised departments, each dedicated to providing the highest level of...Read more
2020 15 Dec
Artificial intelligence (AI) has advanced from a debate into a large collection of different technologies with applicability in everyday life, meant to bring a difference in people’s life, from the way we interact between us, take decisions, buy products, set goals or monitor health. The healthcare sector makes no exception. We all...Read more
2019 01 Mar
Hybrid imaging and the global trends surrounding the discipline enjoyed special focus at this year’s European Congress of Radiology in Vienna. Hybrid imaging is defined as the fusion of two or more imaging technologies into a single new form of imaging. The discussion this year concerned this new form of imaging as synergistic and...Read more
2017 09 May
The first study of its kind has been conducted by researchers in The Netherlands in which whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans were used to determine whether bevacizumab (Avastin) treatment of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is likely to be effective in children suffering from brain cancer. The study is...Read more