'Devices that simultaneously take a PET scan and a CT scan can eliminate unnecessary surgery for lung cancer, although they do little to save lives, researchers in Denmark reported on Wednesday. 'Our study is the first to test PET-CT in a randomized ...'

'Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have demonstrated a new, highly detailed x-ray imaging technique that could be developed into a method for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. The technique has ...'

'Berkeley Lab scientists stunned the world in 2006 when they proved they could accelerate electrons to very high energies (1 GeV, or a billion electron volts) in a distance of centimeters rather than hundreds of meters. Using the same concepts, those ...'

'The gold standard treatment for early-stage non small-cell lung cancer is surgical resection. Yet operative risk is prohibitive for many patients with this condition. Over half of patients who are given a diagnosis of lung cancer are 70 years of age or ...'

'Three-dimensional, real-time X-ray images of patients could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a pair of Russian institutes. In a paper to be published in an upcoming ...'

'So-called virtual colonoscopies -- done using souped-up x-rays -- detect tumors and precancerous lesions almost as well as standard colonoscopies using a camera threaded through the colon, Italian researchers reported on Tuesday. The virtual ...'

'A prototype breast imaging system combining positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technologies could greatly improve breast cancer imaging capabilities, according to researchers at SNM's 56th Annual Meeting. Although ...'

'Three intercontinental deals today illustrate the pressure on medical isotope supplies in the face of problems at two of the world's leading production reactors. The extended shutdown of the NRU reactor at Chalk River in Canada means a short supply of ...'

'DOTmed is reporting from the 56th Society of Nuclear Medicine annual meeting, the world's largest conference dedicated to molecular imaging and nuclear medicine. DOTmed was on scene Sunday as the Canadian Minister of Health, Leona Aglukkaq, held a ...'

'India has joined the exclusive club of nations with superconducting cyclotron capability. On Saturday, Salt Lake-based Variable Cyclotron Centre director Bikash Sinha announced the successful completion of the Rs 100 crore project only the fifth in ...'