In the era of high-sensitivity troponin, minor elevations are often attributed to noncardiac etiologies. However, in patients who present with characteristic symptoms, any troponin elevation is ...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology April 2025, jnmt.124.269436; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.124.269436 ...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology April 2025, jnmt.124.269395; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.124.269395 ...

A 65-y-old woman with multiple cardiovascular risk factors presented with atypical chest pain, prompting a 1-d pharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion test using 99m Tc sestamibi. Initial ...

Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology April 2025, jnmt.125.269911; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.125.269911 ...

The development of an educational program and credentialing structure to support and recognize an advanced level of the practice of nuclear medicine technology is now underway. This work parallels the ...

PET imaging relies on the nature of the positron and positron decay. The positron was first conceived by P.A.M. Dirac in the late 1920s, in his theory combining quantum mechanics and special ...

Shortly before the time of this writing, Michael Ter-Pogossian, PhD, passed away at the age of 71. He was considered by many to be the father of PET and is best known for experiments beginning in the ...

This is the second article of a two-part series on patient education. This article builds on the first one by discussing some of the unique considerations in providing patient education in the nuclear ...