Each October, the Nobel Prizes celebrate a handful of groundbreaking scientific achievements. For George de Hevesy, the 1943 Nobel Laureate in chemistry who discovered radioactive tracers, that place ...

A radioactive tracer is being tested for the first time in Norway at St. Olavs Hospital and NTNU. The goal is to improve the detection of dementia diseases. In late March, the first patients were ...

A patient checks into the hospital with difficulty breathing. Is inflammation to blame? How can physicians visualize areas of inflammation in the respiratory system in order to choose the best course ...

Coronary plaques are blockages that cause narrowing and hardening of the heart's blood vessels, often causing angina (chest pain). When plaques rupture, they can lead to blood clot formation which ...

A new radioactive tracer for positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging will soon be available in the United States, and it’s expected to facilitate substantial growth in such ...

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“Probably the most useful tool for research since the discovery of the microscope” was described in detail last week by Dr. Joseph G. Hamilton of the University of California. The tool he referred to ...

A CONTRACT for the supply of radioactive tracers to approved research institutes in the Bizone of Germany has recently been placed with the Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, by the Joint ...