Radiology Content

Novel Dynamic Imaging Technology Captures the Body’s Immune Response to COVID-19

Andy Fell — October 19, 2023 - 1:18pm

A team of 51�ԹϺ�� Davis scientists used dynamic total-body positron emission tomography (PET) to provide the first imaging of the human body’s immune response to COVID-19 infection in recovering patients. Their work, published in Science Advances, could lead to a better understanding of how the body’s immune system responds to viral infections and develops long-term protection against re-infection.

50 Years of CT Scans and the Future of Medical Imaging

Andy Fell — September 10, 2021 - 8:01am

October 1st, 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the first computed tomography (CT) scan of a patient, performed at a hospital in the U.K. The half-century is being marked with an article in Physics Today by 51�ԹϺ�� Davis radiologist John Boone and Cynthia McCollough at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

Human Images From World’s 1st Total-Body Scanner Unveiled

Andy Fell — November 19, 2018 - 12:16pm

EXPLORER, the world’s first medical imaging scanner that can capture a 3D picture of the whole human body at once, has produced its first scans.