A 65 year old man presents with an incidentally noted right renal mass. The patient underwent additional imaging and below is the raw SPECT data. What radiotracer is being used? How can this inform…

A 51 year old woman presents with stridor.       Next Case

A 56 year old woman presents after an episode of ventricular tachycardia. She has a history of dual chamber pacemaker placement 6 months ago for high grade atrioventricular block. In recent weeks, …

45 year old woman presents with progressive dyspnea. She undergoes a ventilation-perfusion (VQ) scan… Perfusion images: Ventilation Images – Anterior (right) and Posterior (left):  …

A 16 year old male patient presents with persistent left leg pain. The pain has been increasing in severity for several months, and is no longer relieved with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medica…

A 67 year old woman is being evaluated for progressive cognitive decline and decreased speech. At her imaging appointment, the technologist reports she has difficulty responding to the pre-imaging …

A 52 year old woman presents with several months of bilateral lower extremity pain and knee swelling.  More recently she reports arthralgias, as well as difficulty climbing stairs and standing from…

A 38 year old woman presents with nonproductive couch over the past month.       Next Case

Characterization of a solitary pulmonary nodule was, along with initial staging of non-small cell lung cancer, the first indication for PET imaging approved by CMS in 1998. However, when to obtain …

Amyloid Imaging in Alzheimer’s Disease Multiple PET radiotracers have been developed to image amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques in the brain, to assist in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. PET…