Understanding Optic Nerve Imaging towards Glaucoma
Optic Nerve Imaging in Glaucoma The ten cranial nerves exit from the human brain including the brainstem and relay information to other parts of the body. One of these cranial nerves is…
What is Myocardial perfusion imaging of the heart
Technetium-99m Myocardial Perfusion Scan The most commonly used medical radioisotope in diagnostic procedures is the metastable nuclear isomer of technetium-99 and is known as technetium-99m (Tc-99m).This radioisotope was discovered in…
Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Towards Precision Cancer Treatment
Targeting cancer with therapeutic bullets Targeted Radionuclide Therapy is a new approach in the treatment of cancer and this blog article will provide a general overview of the current status.…
A Bright Future for Robotic Surgery
How a robot could be your next surgeon Robotic surgery are types of minimally invasive surgical procedures that allow doctors to perform complex operations with greater precision and control compared…
Targeting Tumours with Proton Beam Therapy
Proton Beam Therapy – A Radiotherapy Revolution In Memory of Bozidar Erakovic (1928-2012) In July 2018, Simon Hardacre was the first person in the UK to receive high energy proton beam therapy…
Medical X-Ray Imaging using Computed Tomography
How can you determine what’s in a closed box? This was a question proposed in 1967 when the British electrical engineer Sir Godfrey Hounsfield (1919-2004) was out walking in the countryside. Initially,…
EXPLORER PET-CT Scanner: A Total Body Experience
EXPLORER Total Body PET Scanner The EXPLORER Whole Body Scanner and its capabilities reminded me about the ‘Fantastic Voyage’. The Fantastic Voyage was a 1966 American science fiction film about a submarine…
Radionuclide Generators
The nuclear reactor which produces molybdenum-99 has a half-life of 66 hours and decays to technetium-99m. Drytec™ is a technetium-99m generator: each eluate of the generator should not contain more…
Radiopharmaceuticals used in Nuclear Medicine
An Overview of radiopharmaceuticals in clinical use Radiopharmaceuticals primarily consist of a radioisotope which is incorporated into a pharmaceutical with the ability to evaluate a disease state inside the human…
Radiometals for Diagnostic Imaging and Theranostics
The first radiometal molybdenum-99/technetium-99m generator was developed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1959, subsequently, in 1964, technetium-99m radiotracers were being established at the Argonne National Laboratory. Currently, 85% of radiopharmaceuticals use technetium-99m based…
