Scientific research of the SI “Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology of NAMS of Ukraine” in 2019: high-technology and breakthrough trends

Abstract

Institute’s areas of work: research in the field of radiation diagnostics and nuclear medicine; reference examination with high-tech methods of radiation diagnostics; introduction of new diagnostic approaches into practice; specialty training of doctors in the field of radiology and ultrasound diagnostics; methodological work to improve research and training programs in radiation diagnostics in Ukraine. Directions of the Institute's scientific activities in 2019: the study of diagnostic images’ heterogeneity in the differential diagnosis of malignant neoplasms; criteria development for the differential diagnosis of congenital and acquired liver diseases in children; development of urgent, detailed ultrasound examinations for traumatic injuries of the human body, complex radiation investigation of the wound channel in case of gunshot injuries. List of promising research topics identified in accordance with world trends: Prediction of the breast and prostate cancer progression based on the analysis of MRI and ultrasound images. Prediction of the ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, multiple sclerosis progression based on the analysis of MRI images. Visualization of the pharmacodynamic action and tropism of drugs. Highlight and study surrogate radiological markers of aging and longevity. To study the radiological semiotics of therapeutic windows at ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke and cancer. Research in the field of cognitology.