A prestigious award for a nuclear medicine paper

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Four people are standing on stage during the EANM Technologists Award ceremony. One person is holding an open certificate. Next to them, there is a roll-up banner displaying the name of the award and the EANM 2026 event logos. In the background, an illuminated wall and part of a presentation screen are visible.
Mateusz Borsukiewicz, MSc, a radiology technologist from the Department of Nuclear Medicine at the University Clinical Center, Medical University of Warsaw (UCK WUM), became one of the four laureates of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) 2026 Technologists’ Award. This distinction is awarded during the annual congress of the EANM, which is the largest organization in Europe for specialists in this field.

Mateusz Borsukiewicz was distinguished for his paper “Optimization of [18F]FDG activity for digital PET/CT scanner,” on optimizing the activity of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose [18F]FDG, a radiopharmaceutical used in digital PET/CT scanning. The awarded study is important for clinical practice, whose goal is to obtain images of the highest quality with possibly minimal patient exposure to radiation.

The EANM Technologists’ Award is presented to authors of noteworthy research papers and achievements in the field of nuclear medicine technology. This distinction emphasizes the key role of radiology technologists in introducing and optimizing nuclear medicine techniques and technologies. 
The fact that Mateusz Borsukiewicz received the award shows his international recognition for research activities conducted at the Department of Nuclear Medicine, WUM, headed by Prof. Jolanta Kunikowska.

The European Association of Nuclear Medicine annual Congress at which the paper was presented, was held on Sep. 17–21, 2026 in Vienna, Austria.
 

 

Seven people are standing on stage during the EANM Technologists Award ceremony. Four people are holding open certificates. On the right, there is a roll-up banner displaying the name of the award and the event logos. In the background, a presentation screen and stage lighting are visible.