Science news articles about 'nuclear imaging'

CHARLESTON, S.C., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Nuclear imaging is being used to study a microbe that has devastated an estimated 30 percent of the world's coral reefs, scientists in South Carolina say.

... different imaging techniques can be used for detection of molecular probes, including nuclear imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound and optical imaging, although nuclear imaging techniques, ...

A global shortage of medical isotopes* used in over 80% of routine diagnostic nuclear imaging procedures such as heart imaging, bone scans and some cancer detection procedures, will cause delays and ...

The Chalk River nuclear reactor in Ontario doesn’t sell a watt of electricity. Never has. ... third shut down for a month of repair work. Nuclear imaging is used on tens of thousands of patients every day ...

... develop gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to researchers at SNM's 55th Annual Meeting. The nuclear imaging technique, known as scintigraphy, was also shown to be more effective in detecting ...

... significant i.e. how much blockage prevents the blood from flowing. This can be done by cardiac nuclear imaging, stress echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging or invasive flow measurements. ...

... (CT) scans; and 12 percent had a head CT. Between 1 percent and 6 percent of patients had three other nuclear imaging tests and chest CT. Physicians tend to focus on the ...