Dr Tanyaluck Thientunyakit

Dr Tanyaluck Thientunyakit is an associate professor in Nuclear Medicine at Mahidol University, Thailand. She is responsible for clinical and administrative services, teaching, research, journal reviews, and coordinating national and international activities. Her interests and publications include Nuclear Medicine Applications in Neurology, Oncology, and Cardiology. She has been invited as a speaker at several academic conferences across Asia, the USA, and Europe. She has extensive experience in collaborating both nationally and internationally on research projects, receiving global recognition from entities such as the Ministry of Public Health, the World Federation of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WFNMB), and the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI).

Dr Thientunyakit has created a database which can be used to cross-reference the PET scan results of patients suspected of developing dementia and other brain-related health concerns, enhancing our ability to detect and diagnose such abnormalities in a shorter period of time. By projecting the abnormal areas of increased and/or decreased deposition of the radiotracer in the brain, a brain map image with highlighted areas can be produced, inclusive of quantitative score values indicative of how at-risk each highlighted area is. This database is also able to be further integrated with other brain analysis software.