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ep 15 Collimator Choice and Reconstruction algorithm

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Collimator Choice and Reconstruction algorithm This podcast is part of series of podcasts on Nuclear Medicine this episode features an interview with Dr Kaspersky from UCL on his research into finding optimum reconstruction algorythmns and how that affects collimator choice. Details of the podcasts can be obtained from http://nuccast.com/ You can get text of the podcasts from Podzinger Please pass on information about this podcast to your colleagues and to your CPD provider. Remember you can get the podcast but going to itunes and entering the search term nuclear medicine best the way to subscribe is via this link Or you can subscribe by entering your email address below and you will be informed of new episodes Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner The easiest way to remember to tell your colleagues about the podcast is via the web link at nuccast.com or molcast.com Most importantly of all please help this podcast by contributing your opinions, Sound files, emails or phone ...

Episode14 ED function and Dysponea

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ED function and Dysponea Show notes This podcast is part of series of podcasts on Nuclear Medicine this episode features an interview with Dr Clements from the mayo clinic on ED function and Dysponea Details of the podcasts can be obtained from http://nuccast.com/ You can get text of the podcasts from Podzinger Please pass on information about this podcast to your colleagues and to your CPD provider. Remember you can get the podcast but going to itunes and entering the search term nuclear medicine best the way to subscribe is via this link Or you can subscribe by entering your email address below and you will be informed of new episodes Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner The easiest way to remember to tell your colleagues about the podcast is via the web link at nuccast.com or molcast.com There is a new subset podcast where you can subscribe to just the cardiac issues of the Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Medicine podcast. You can subscribe to it here via this link link ...

Podcast 13 Choline PET and prostate cancer

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Choline PET and prostate cancer Show notes This podcast is part of series of podcasts on Nuclear Medicine this episode features an interview with Dr Werner Langsteger on PET choline in prostate cancer. Details of the podcasts can be obtained from http://nuccast.com/ You can get text of the podcasts from Podzinger Please pass on information about this podcast to your colleagues and to your CPD provider. Remember you can get the podcast but going to itunes and entering the search term nuclear medicine best the way to subscribe is via this link Or you can subscribe by entering your email address below and you will be informed of new episodes Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner The easiest way to remember to tell your colleagues about the podcast is via the web link at nuccast.com or molcast.com Most importantly of all please help this podcast by contributing your opinions, Sound files, emails or phone calls details below: You click on the little bird icon below and it will...

Episode 12 Cardiac Nuclear Medicine in the UK

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Show notes Two interviews focusing on cardiac disease in the UK With Professor Richard Underwood And Dr Eric Lim You can get text of the podcasts from http://www.podzinger.com/results.jsp?s=PZSID_pod1_3_2_0008;The+Nuclear+Medicine+and+Molecular+Medicine+Podcast&start=0&num=10&col=en-all-pod_safe-ep&filter=0&sname=&mc=en-all&il=en Please pass on information about this podcast to your colleagues and to your CPD provider. Remember you can get the podcast but going to itunes and entering the search term nuclear medicine best the way to subscribe is via this link Or you can subscribe by entering your email address below and you will be informed of new episodes Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner The easiest way to remember to tell your colleagues about the podcast is via the web link at nuccast.com or molcast.com Most importantly of all please help this podcast by contributing your opinions, Sound files, emails or...

Podcast 11 Athens Part 5

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Shownotes Merry christmas and happy holidays to all Lu177-DOTA therapy for SS-2 tumors Dr Kwekkeboom, Rotterdam, Netherlands You can get text of the podcasts from http://www.podzinger.com/results.jsp?s=PZSID_pod1_3_2_0008;The+Nuclear+Medicine+and+Molecular+Medicine+Podcast&start=0&num=10&col=en-all-pod_safe-ep&filter=0&sname=&mc=en-all&il=en Please pass on information about this podcast to your collegues and to your CPD provider. Remember you can get the podcast but going to itunes and entering the search term nuclear medicine best the way to subscribe is via this link Or you can subscribe by entering your email address below and you will be informed of new episodes Enter your email address: Delivered by FeedBurner The easiest way to remember to tell your collegues about the podcast is via the weblink at nuccast.com or molcast.com Most importantly of all please help this podcast by contributing your opinions, Sound files, emails or phone calls de...

Podcast 10 Athens part 4

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Shownotes News Alexander Litvinenko poisoned with polonium-210 Interviews from Athens EANM Nuclear imaging in the assessment of the results of (cardiovascular) therapy Dr F. Bengel, Baltimore, USA Stem Cell therapy (this is now being done in the Netherlands, good paper from there also) Reporter gene imaging Anti-arrhythmia imaging Plaque imaging and cell wall imaging V/Q SPECT reporting 4696 cases M Bajc, Lund, Sweden 1% non-diagnostic or intermediate probability or contraindicated scan vs 27% + for CTPA The co-registered VQ quotient Total scans done in 25 mins Needs modeled reconstruction (3D flash/Astonish) Needs technigas These patient numbers dwarf pioped or wells! V/Q SPECT great for other lung disease pneumonia etc Other paper You can get text of the podcasts from http://www.podzinger.com/results.jsp?s=PZSID_pod1_3_2_0008;The+Nuclear+Medicine+and+Molecular+Medicine+Podcast&start=0&num=10&col=en-all-pod_safe-ep&filter=0&sname=&mc=en-all&il=e...

Podcast 9 Athens part 3 and news

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Shownotes Rods pulse podcast 
http://www.rodspulsepodcast.com/ Hepatitis C Virus Infections From a Contaminated Radiopharmaceutical Used in Myocardial Perfusion Studies Priti R. Patel, MD Etal JAMA. 2006;296:2005-2011. Amifostine can reduce toxicity of targeted radionuclide therapy without affecting anti-tumour effect F.Forrer Rotterdam Its an old drug used routinely for radiotherapy Amifostine has been used for protecting salivary glands It makes a dramatic effect in reducing kidney dose in Lu177-DOTA Thus doses can be safely increased and increasing chance of complete remission SPECT/CT Dale Bailey, Sydney, Australia How to make a Home made SPECT/CT He showed how much of an impact this made on reports > 40% much higher than expected Physicians said “I’ve been confidently giving the wrong reports for 10 years!” Depression + Anxiety correlation with MPI imaging Ansari-Gilani, Tehran, Iran Depression has been shown as a risk factor for cardiac disease Patients with a high BDI score h...