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The Open Med | Blog explores advancements in diagnostic medical imaging technologies, including MRI, CT, ultrasound, PET, SPECT, AI, radiopharmaceuticals, education, health, sustainability, and broader medical science insights for professionals and learners.

Nuclear medicine uses PET and SPECT scanners for functional imaging

Nuclear Medicine

Nuclear medicine uses radioactive tracers and advanced imaging techniques, such as PET and SPECT, to diagnose, monitor, and treat diseases, providing functional insights into organs, tissues, and cellular activity for personalised healthcare.

Radiotheranostics combines diagnosis and therapy targeting with radiolabelled compounds

Radiotheranostics

Radiotheranostics unites imaging and therapy, using radiopharmaceuticals to diagnose and treat cancers. This targeted approach enhances precision, effectiveness, and personalised care, offering significant advances in modern nuclear medicine.

Cyber Security

Cyber Security

Cyber security protects digital systems, networks, and data from threats such as hacking, malware, and phishing. It ensures privacy, safeguards information, and supports safe, resilient operations across healthcare and technology sectors.

Imaging News reports medical imaging advances like AI, portability, diagnostics, technology

Medical Imaging News

Medical Imaging News delivers timely updates on MRI, CT, PET, ultrasound, and AI, highlighting clinical research, technological innovations, regulatory changes, and breakthroughs transforming healthcare diagnostics, treatment strategies, and patient outcomes across global medicine.

FDA-Radiopharm ensures radiopharmaceuticals meet strict safety and efficacy standards

Radiopharmacy

Radiopharmacy specialises in developing, preparing, and dispensing radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis and therapy. It ensures quality, safety, and regulatory compliance, supporting nuclear medicine in delivering accurate imaging and effective targeted treatments for patients.

Medical radiotherapeutics use radionuclides to selectively target cancer cells

Radiotherapeutics

Medical radiotherapeutics use radionuclides such as actinium-225 to deliver targeted cancer treatment, reducing damage to healthy tissues while enabling personalised therapy that improves precision, effectiveness, and overall patient care outcomes.

Medical radiation therapy targets and destroys cancer cells with controlled precision

Radiation Therapy

Medical radiation therapy uses IMRT, IMAT, and SRT to treat cancer, delivering precision targeting of tumours while minimising damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Image for illustration only. Person depicted is a model.

Medical Health Physics ensures safe radiation use, protecting patients, workers, and public

Medical Physics

Medical Health Physics ensures radiation is used safely in healthcare, protecting patients, staff, and the public, while maintaining compliance, optimising practices, and supporting effective diagnostic and therapeutic applications.

Medical radiology uses X-ray, ultrasound, CT for diagnosis and treatment

Radiology

Medical radiology employs diagnostic medical imaging technologies such as X-ray, ultrasound, and CT to support diagnosis, guide treatment, and perform minimally invasive procedures, enhancing accuracy, patient care, and clinical outcomes. Image for illustration purposes only. The person shown is a model.

Medical human anatomy studies body structures, organs, systems, and physical functions

Human Anatomy

Medical human anatomy explores body structures through dissection and imaging, encompassing gross anatomy, histology, embryology, and neuroanatomy, providing essential knowledge for understanding physiology, diagnosing diseases, and guiding effective medical practice.

Medical devices range from thermometers to MRI, supporting accurate patient care

Medical Devices

Medical devices, ranging from simple thermometers to advanced MRI systems, vary in risk classification. Innovations, including artificial intelligence, enhance diagnostics, treatment, and patient care, driving progress across modern healthcare practices.

Open MedScience reviews advancements and studies in medical imaging techniques

Editorial Reviews

Editorial reviews examine medical imaging, therapy, and radiotheranostics, providing critical analyses and expert perspectives aimed at enhancing research quality, advancing clinical practice, and supporting innovation in modern medical science and healthcare.

Radiography and medical technology training enhances diagnostic imaging knowledge and skills

Education

Radiography and medical technology training equips students with vital imaging skills, preparing them for key roles in healthcare diagnostics, patient care, and the effective use of advanced imaging technologies. Image for illustration only. People depicted are models.

Medical imaging topics cover MRI, CT, ultrasound, PET, and diagnostics

Medical Imaging Topics

Medical imaging employs X-rays, MRI, and CT scans to diagnose and guide treatment by visualising internal structures, enabling accurate detection of diseases, monitoring progress, and supporting effective clinical decision-making in healthcare.

Journal publishes imaging research on diagnosis, therapy, MRI, CT, ultrasound

Journal

The Journal of Diagnostic Imaging in Therapy publishes research on advanced imaging techniques, fostering collaboration, promoting healthcare innovation, and supporting progress in diagnosis, therapy, and improved patient outcomes worldwide.

Medical radiopharmaceuticals assist diagnosis and treatment using SPECT, PET, gamma

Radiopharmaceuticals

Medical radiopharmaceuticals utilise SPECT, PET, and gamma cameras for accurate diagnosis and targeted treatment, demanding strict safety standards, quality control, and regulatory approval to ensure effective and reliable patient care.

Medical optical imaging employs light-based techniques for non-invasive diagnostics

Optical Imaging

Medical optical imaging employs light-based techniques for diagnostics and treatment, delivering precise insights into body structures, enhancing disease detection, guiding therapies, and supporting innovations in modern healthcare and biomedical research.

Regulatory affairs ensure compliance and safety in radiopharmaceutical development and distribution

Regulatory Affairs

Regulatory affairs ensures pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biologics comply with strict safety, efficacy, and quality standards, facilitating market approval, protecting public health, and supporting innovation within global healthcare industries.

Medical Science Liaison builds relationships and shares clinical data with stakeholders

Medical Science Liaison

Medical Science Liaison professionals build strong relationships with healthcare experts, communicate clinical data, and support safe, effective medication use, advancing medical knowledge and improving patient care outcomes. Image for illustration only. People depicted are models.

Medicine diagnoses, treats, and prevents diseases through medications, surgeries, and therapies

Medicine

Medicine diagnoses, treats, and prevents diseases, integrating diverse fields to improve health outcomes through medications, surgeries, and therapies, while advancing research, innovation, and patient-centred approaches in modern healthcare practice.

Nutraceuticals combine nutrients and pharmaceuticals, providing health benefits in foods and supplements

Nutraceuticals

Nutraceuticals are food-derived products offering health benefits, combining nutrients and pharmaceuticals within functional foods and supplements, supporting disease prevention, enhancing wellbeing, and contributing to personalised approaches in modern healthcare and nutrition.

Health and wellbeing include physical, mental, and social aspects of life

Health & Wellbeing

Health and wellbeing encompass physical, mental, and social wellness, encouraging balanced lifestyles, disease prevention, and resilience, while supporting improved quality of life and sustainable approaches to long-term healthcare and personal fulfilment.

sustainability in medical imaging reduces impact through energy efficiency and eco-friendly technology

Sustainability

Sustainability in medical imaging reduces environmental impact by optimising energy efficiency, minimising waste, and adopting eco-friendly technologies, supporting responsible healthcare practices and contributing to global efforts in environmental protection.

Health matters closely link social factors, policy, environment, and individual behaviour

Health Matters

Health matters connect social factors, policy, and wellbeing, applying interventions and preventive strategies to strengthen community resilience, reduce inequalities, and promote healthier, more sustainable lifestyles across diverse populations worldwide.

AI advancements improve diagnostic imaging, helping radiologists analyse large data sets

Artificial Intelligence

AI advancements enhance diagnostic imaging by enabling radiologists to efficiently analyse large data sets from modern equipment, improving accuracy, accelerating workflows, supporting personalised medicine, and advancing patient care outcomes in healthcare.

Medical technologies improve patient care, enhance diagnostics, and advance treatment options worldwide

Medical Technologies

Advancements in diagnostic medical imaging technologies are transforming treatment and patient care, with innovations such as AI, next-generation imaging, and robotics delivering greater precision, efficiency, and improved outcomes across modern healthcare. Image for illustration purposes only. The person shown is a model.

Medical imaging in dentistry improves diagnosis, treatment precision, and outcomes

Dentistry

Medical imaging in dentistry enhances diagnosis and treatment planning by providing detailed views of teeth, gums, and jaw structures. Techniques like X-rays, CBCT, and MRI improve precision, patient safety, and clinical outcomes. Image for illustration only. Person depicted is a model.

Open MedScience Review shares innovative research advancing healthcare and medical imaging

Open MedScience Review

Open MedScience Review is a dynamic platform dedicated to advancing medical imaging, providing healthcare professionals, researchers, and students with access to pioneering research, diagnostic innovations, and collaborative insights that shape the future of patient care.

A knowledge check reinforces learning by strengthening recall and application

Open Med | Knowledge

Open Med | Knowledge offers scenario-based questions and video case studies to strengthen recall, build critical thinking, and help apply theoretical medical imaging and healthcare concepts to practical, real-world clinical situations.

Radiolabelling enables precise tracking of compounds in complex biological systems

Radiolabelling

Radiolabelling incorporates radioactive isotopes into molecules to track their movement, transformation, and fate in complex systems, supporting research in drug development, environmental studies, and biochemical pathways with high sensitivity and precision.

Explore Feature Articles Now to discover innovation, research, and healthcare progress

Open Med | Features

Open Med | Features presents standout articles and key resources from the platform, each paired with a dedicated video. Explore clear, engaging insights into science, medicine, technology, and innovation in real-world contexts.

Medical robotics integrates advanced engineering with healthcare to enhance precision

Medical Robotics

Medical robotics combines engineering, computing, and clinical skills to improve surgery and care. Advances in AI and miniaturisation boost precision, safety, and recovery, transforming global healthcare delivery.

Clinical Translation and Practice shares real-world lessons from implementing imaging innovations

Clinical Translation and Practice

Clinical Translation and Practice shares real-world experience of implementing imaging and radiopharmaceutical technologies, focusing on practical challenges, collaboration, adaptation, and lessons learned when innovations move from laboratory research into care.

Policy, regulation and governance shape responsible innovation, adoption and patient care

Policy, Regulation and Governance

Policy, Regulation and Governance examines how oversight, ethics and decision-making shape medical imaging, radiopharmaceuticals and data-driven healthcare, influencing innovation, clinical adoption, accountability, safety, and patient-focused implementation across evolving healthcare systems.

Research Methods Reproducibility strengthen reliability, transparency, trust in science research

Research Methods and Reproducibility

This category promotes robust medical imaging and radiopharmaceutical research by prioritising transparent methods, reproducibility, critical reflection, and practical guidance, strengthening confidence, reliability, and translation into real-world, technology-led healthcare research practice.