Sentences with phrase «pet imaging agent»

This work confirms the translational potential of a PARP - 1 PET imaging agent and supports future clinical trials to test PARP - 1 expression as a method to stratify patients for PARP inhibitor therapy.

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For this research, a total of 28 subjects were imaged with a variety of imaging modalities, including standard imaging with computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and molecular bone scan (SI); PET with a common radiotracer called fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG - PET); and PET with computed tomography and the agent Zr - 89 IAB2M (IAB2M PET / CT) assessed in escalated doses.

In the study, the imaging agent — Ga - 68 prostate - specific membrane antigen (Ga - 68 PSMA)-- used with positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET / CT), changed management in 44 % more cases than another widely used agent.

For this study, 10 subjects with Alzheimer's underwent PET following the injection of three radiotracers: fluorine - 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F - 18 FDG), which images regional metabolic activity; carbon - 11 Pittsburgh compound B (C - 11 PiB), which has an affinity for amyloid plaques; and F - 18 AV - 1451, an emerging imaging agent that binds to tau in the brain.

Another project enabled the first FDA - approved imaging agent that could be used in PET scans of Alzheimer's patients who were still alive.

18F - AV - 1451 is a brain imaging agent used in PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scans.

This includes - but is not limited to - PET / CT, contrast agents for MRI, fMRI, CT and U / S, plus all optical imaging agents.