by | Sep 18, 2020 | Jha, Abhinav Kumar, Liu, Ziping, Moon, Hae Sol, Rahman, Md Ashequr, Yu, Zitong
— Engineers in Washington University’s Computational Medical Imaging Lab have developed automated, machine-learning techniques to improve nuclear medicine imaging (SPECT and PET). These tools include estimation-based segmentation methods to define boundaries and ASC (attenuation and scatter comp…
by | Sep 18, 2020 | Jha, Abhinav Kumar, Liu, Ziping, Moon, Hae Sol, Rahman, Md Ashequr, Yu, Zitong
— Engineers in Washington University’s Computational Medical Imaging Lab have developed automated, machine-learning techniques to improve nuclear medicine imaging (SPECT and PET). These tools include estimation-based segmentation methods to define boundaries and ASC (attenuation and scatter comp…
by | Jul 27, 2020 | Apte, Rajendra, Van Stavern, Gregory
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a non-invasive screening method using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) to detect Alzheimer’s disease (AD) at the early, preclinical stage. AD is characterized by progressive memory loss, be…
by | May 28, 2020 | Guruswami, Sundaram, Sharma, Vijay, Sivapackiam, Jothilingam
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed PET radiotracers to image amyloid beta (A-beta) at early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). For AD treatment to be effective, it may have to be administered during the preclinical stage. As such, there i…
by | May 5, 2020 | Mach, Robert, Tu, Zhude "Will", Wang, Wei
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Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and their colleagues have developed positron emission tomography (PET) tracers with high affinity for sigma-1 receptors. Sigma receptors have two subtypes, sigma-1 and sigma-2. Sigma-1 has high expression in the limbic and mo…