Grant to help develop portable PET scanner for Alzheimer's
November 05, 2024
November 05, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Nov. 5 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to build a portable, high-resolution Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner that can detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Unlike current models, this PET scanner will be upright, so a patient can sit in a chair that tra . . .
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to build a portable, high-resolution Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner that can detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer's disease.
Unlike current models, this PET scanner will be upright, so a patient can sit in a chair that tra . . .