Publications by authors named "S Harsini"
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- The superscan pattern is a key finding on bone scans, indicating various metabolic and cancer-related diseases, characterized by widespread radiotracer uptake in the skeleton.
- This review analyzes existing literature to clarify the pathophysiology, clinical importance, and diagnostic challenges related to the superscan pattern in bone scintigraphy.
- Accurate diagnosis is essential, as misinterpretation can complicate patient management, highlighting the need for careful differential diagnoses when encountering this pattern.
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- A new type of scan called PSMA PET/CT helps doctors see if prostate cancer has come back in men after surgery, but it's not clear what it means when the scan shows no signs of cancer.
- The study looked at 101 older men who had this scan and found that many either didn't get more treatment or received radiation therapy to help fight the cancer.
- After a few years, most men were still doing well, with a 95% chance of not seeing the cancer progress in the first year, and that number dropped a bit over the next two years.
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- The study focuses on improving how tumors in lymphoma patients are identified using special imaging scans called PET/CT.
- Researchers used a large collection of these scans, developing a method that combines different image processing techniques to recognize tumors more accurately.
- Their approach worked well, giving better results than previous methods, showing improvements in how tumors are measured and identified across different hospitals.
Background: Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) plays a crucial role in diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD), with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) being a widely accepted method. The accuracy of MPI relies on image quality and the expertise of physicians. While CZT-SPECT cameras offer advantages, they can be susceptible to attenuation artifacts.
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