Each October, the Nobel Prizes celebrate a handful of groundbreaking scientific achievements. For George de Hevesy, the 1943 Nobel Laureate in chemistry who discovered radioactive tracers, that place ...

The doughnut contains cameras that detect and record emissions from the radioactive tracers. Multiple images are produced in slices, which are then compiled into a 3D picture of the body. These are ...

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For the first time, researchers have succeeded in passing an antibody through the blood-brain barrier to act as a tracer for PET imaging of the brain. This resulted in more precise information being ...

One year ago last week the Clinton Laboratories at Oak Ridge, Tenn. began selling radioactive isotopes made in its uranium pile. Already, these atomic by-products have had important influences on U.S.

A new radioactive tracer for positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging will soon be available in the United States, and it’s expected to facilitate substantial growth in such ...