New compact and low-cost lensless radiomicroscope developed for nuclear medicine imaging

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2023-03-22 13:00:10

March 21, 2023

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by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

A novel imaging modality that can visualize the distribution of medical radiopharmaceuticals with very fine resolution has been developed and successfully tested, according to research published in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Known as the lensless radiomicroscope, the palm-sized instrument offers the same level of imaging performance as its closest imaging equivalent but comes with significantly larger field of view and costs less than $100.

"While many nuclear medicine imaging modalities can quantitively measure how radiopharmaceuticals interact with living tissues, few have the resolution necessary to zoom down to level of single cells," said Guillem Pratx, Ph.D., associate professor of radiation oncology at Stanford University in Stanford, California. "This potentially hinders the development of effective radiopharmaceuticals for disease detection, staging, and treatment."