Pharmacology principles provide key understanding that underpins the clinical and research roles of nuclear medicine practitioners. The scope of practice of the nuclear medicine technologist demands ...

In 1966, Griffith et al. used “a standard breakfast of ordinary food” labeled with chromium-51 to report the first use of gastric emptying scintigraphy (GES). As the procedure was refined over the ...

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is an atherosclerotic disease affecting the lower extremities, resulting in skeletal muscle ischemia, intermittent claudication, and, in more severe stages of disease ...

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the principles of PET/CT imaging and describe the artifacts associated with it. PET/CT is a new imaging modality that integrates functional (PET) and ...

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Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology January 2026, jnmt.125.270154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.125.270154 ...

Blood volume studies using the indicator dilution technique and radioactive tracers have been performed in nuclear medicine departments for over 50 y. A nuclear medicine study is the gold standard for ...

Soon after their introduction in the late 1980s, slip ring scanners and helical (spiral) CT were rapidly adopted and soon became the de facto standard of care for body CT. However, a significant ...

The purpose of this article is to provide the reader with a better understanding of radiation hormesis, the investigational research that supports or does not support the theory, and the relationship ...

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Recently, the use of 18 F-FDG PET has progressed rapidly as a standard diagnostic imaging tool in many types of cancer. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the patterns and prevalence of muscle ...

Gastrosplenic fistula is a rare complication arising mainly secondary to involvement of the stomach or spleen by lymphoma. A delayed diagnosis is associated with high morbidity and mortality. We ...