Journal of nuclear medicine technology最新文献

{"title":"Theranostics Education: Educators' Perspective.","authors":"Jennifer Prekeges, Ann Voslar, Lauren Shanbrun, Donna Mars, Nikki Robinson, Crystal Botkin, Andrew Croxford, Michelle Bartel, Matthew Ugorowski, Julie Bolin","doi":"10.2967/jnmt.126.272782","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnmt.126.272782","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rapid expansion of theranostics has increased the stress felt by many nuclear medicine departments. One significant challenge relates to the training of nuclear medicine technology students in new therapy procedures during a time when protocols and expectations are in flux. Nuclear medicine technologist education programs are being asked to graduate fully functional theranostics technologists before the resources for such training are available in the clinical sphere. This article describes the basic parameters under which education programs operate, namely the national scope of practice, programmatic accreditation standards, and credentialing examination content. The approaches and limitations of several programs around the country are presented. Despite considerable variability in the extent of student participation in theranostic procedures, the foundational elements of their nuclear medicine education remain firmly in place and reliable. Graduates will learn the specifics of each procedure in the workplace, as happens with already-credentialed nuclear medicine technologists.</p>","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":" ","pages":"281-288"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148549415","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Student Technologist's Perspective on Theranostics, Training, and Clinical Readiness.","authors":"Cassidy Byers","doi":"10.2967/jnmt.126.273211","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnmt.126.273211","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":" ","pages":"219-220"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148701349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Theranostics, Scope of Practice, and the Specialized Role of the Nuclear Medicine Technologist.","authors":"Shannon N Youngblood","doi":"10.2967/jnmt.126.273212","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnmt.126.273212","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":" ","pages":"217-218"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148794488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SNMMI Technologist Section Presents Awards, Elects New Officers at 2026 Annual Meeting.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":"54 3","pages":"10A-14A"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148887939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Isolated Lymphoma of the Mandible on ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT: A Rare Image Finding.","authors":"Tarun Kumar Jain, Maneesh Kumar Vijay, Namita Agrawal, Shubham Dadhich, Ankur Punia","doi":"10.2967/jnmt.125.271145","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnmt.125.271145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Isolated skeletal lymphoma is a rare subtype of lymphoma, and isolated mandibular involvement is extremely uncommon. We describe a case of isolated mandibular lymphoma detected on ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT, presenting as an ¹⁸F-FDG-avid lytic expansile lesion in the left hemimandible, with no other pathologic findings in the body.</p>","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":" ","pages":"324-325"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145714623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<i>JNMT</i> Outstanding Article Awards for 2025.","authors":"Kathy S Thomas","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":"54 3","pages":"6A"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148887936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building a Foundation for Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Education.","authors":"Megan Hungerford, Julie Dawn Bolin","doi":"10.2967/jnmt.126.273391","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnmt.126.273391","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":" ","pages":"244"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148549335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Feasibility Study of ¹⁸F-FDG PET Short-Duration Scan in Underweight Patients with Lung Cancer.","authors":"Hiroaki Sagara, Go Akamatsu, Chikara Mano, Anri Inaki, Kazumasa Inoue","doi":"10.2967/jnmt.125.271073","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnmt.125.271073","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This retrospective study investigated the feasibility of short-duration ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT imaging for underweight patients with lung cancer. <b>Methods:</b> Short-duration imaging conditions were established so that the noise-equivalent count density satisfied the reference level proposed by the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine. <b>Results:</b> Scan time could be reduced from 120 to 52 s/bed position (a 57% reduction) by optimizing Bayesian penalized likelihood (Q.Clear) reconstruction parameters using a β of 650 while preserving image noise levels similar to those in standard-duration imaging (β = 350). Although SUV_max decreased under the shorter-scan condition, the change in SUV_peak was approximately -5% for lesions with diameters of more than 20 mm. <b>Conclusion:</b> The acquisition time for ¹⁸F-FDG PET for underweight lung cancer patients can be shortened by 57% without compromising image quality. SUV_peak appears to be a reliable, robust quantitative metric for evaluating larger lesions under such conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":" ","pages":"318-323"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146157160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Simulation-Enhanced Learning in Nuclear Medicine: Counterpoint.","authors":"Geoffrey M Currie","doi":"10.2967/jnmt.125.271963","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnmt.125.271963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Simulation-based education has become widely embedded in health professional training and is increasingly positioned as a solution to clinical placement capacity constraints, patient safety imperatives, and growing procedural complexity. Yet the rapid expansion of simulation in nuclear medicine technologist education carries under-recognized risks. Evidence frequently demonstrates gains in confidence, knowledge, and short-term performance; however, transfer to workplace capability and sustained clinical outcomes is variable and depends strongly on program design, educator expertise, debriefing quality, and integration with authentic clinical experience. When misaligned with task demands, simulation can generate false confidence, fragile competence, inequitable access, and educational \"theatre\" that is expensive but difficult to justify. Emerging layers such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence add new implementation, safety, privacy, and bias concerns, including cybersickness, usability barriers, data governance risks, and unreliable automated feedback. In nuclear medicine, where errors can create patient harm, radiation safety incidents, workflow disruption, and learner psychological harm, simulation must be treated as a high-stakes educational technology requiring strong governance, rigorous evaluation, and explicit limits. This counterpoint argues that simulation should be framed as a disciplined adjunct to supervised workplace learning rather than a scalable substitute. The value of simulation is maximized when focused on targeted competencies, delivered under best-practice standards, and evaluated against defensible outcomes beyond learner satisfaction and confidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":" ","pages":"267-270"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148211532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"AI-Empowered Nuclear Medicine Education, Part 2: Practical AI Applications for Educators.","authors":"Justin G Peacock, Keith M Jacobs","doi":"10.2967/jnmt.126.273331","DOIUrl":"10.2967/jnmt.126.273331","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nuclear medicine (NM) educators face a pivotal time of rapid scientific innovation and expansion of theranostic possibilities, rising volumes, staffing shortages, and a call for more high-quality training. In the midst of this expansion, AI technologies have disrupted nearly every aspect of society, including education. Although data on higher-level educational outcomes and patient-specific outcomes are limited, the rapid acceleration and sophistication of AI capabilities is undeniable and ubiquitous, causing many educators to express feelings of uncertainty, incompetence, distrust, and fear. Current literature on AI interventions in health education is limited, often favoring general introductory discussions over the practical application of foundational learning theory and ethical frameworks. In this 3-part article series, we began in part 1 with a foundation of traditional learning theories and ethical principles related to AI use in NM education. This article focuses on the practical application and integration of those foundational principles in the NM educator workflow. Beginning with an educator-focused theoretical framework grounded in transformative and experiential learning theories, readers are encouraged to practically engage with the activities in the article to experience the benefits and failures of AI use in education. Effective AI techniques, including prompt-engineering elements, chain-of-thought prompting, retrieval-augmented generation, custom AI tool development, multimedia content creation, and vibe coding, are introduced with practical activities. Readers should experience the activities directly and reflect on the application and integration in their own educational practice. AI-enabled NM educators who model theory-informed, ethical, and grounded AI use encourage learners to do the same, building interconnected networks of healthy human-AI interactions. These educational activities are naturally scalable and efficient, but with grounded, thoughtful approaches, they can also be equitable, accurate, and personalized. Meeting the rapid dynamics of NM practice requires a rapidly evolving and scalable educational system powered by AI technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":16548,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nuclear medicine technology","volume":" ","pages":"228-233"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13544210/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148701369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}