Improved method for detecting knee replacement infections based on extended combined 99mTc-white blood cell/bone imaging.

abstract：PURPOSE:Respiratory gated perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was applied to reduce respiratory lung motion effects and to reliably assess perfusion impairment in various lung diseases. METHODS:After injection of 259 MBq of 99mTc macroaggretated albumin (99mTc-MAA), gating was performed using ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Suga K,Kawakami Y,Zaki M,Yamashita T,Matsumoto T,Matsunaga N

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When preparing 99Tcm-exametazime, it is important to use sodium 99Tcm-pertechnetate that is less than 2 h old. The addition of sodium iodide (NaI) to 99Tcm-pertechnetate is known to extend this time to 6 h. This paper describes a technique for implementing this in routine practice. Sterile kits consisting of 440 micro...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Millar AM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of tumour dose on tumour response and overall survival (OS) in patients with chemo-refractory metastatic breast cancer (MBC) to the liver undergoing yttrium-90 radioembolisation (Y90 RE). MATERIALS AND METHODS:In 20 consecutive patients with chemo-refractory MBC...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Cheng B,Sethi I,Davisson N,Brandon D,Barron B,Galt J,Bercu Z,Schuster DM,Kokabi N

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment and appropriate clinical management of patients with acute chest pain and non-diagnostic electrocardiograms remain a continuing clinical problem. Accordingly, there is considerable interest in evaluating new strategies to improve early diagnostic accuracy in patients with possible acute myocardial ischa...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Anand DV,Lahiri A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to assess the relevance of physiological In-octreotide uptake in the head of pancreas and to establish its imaging features in comparison with pathological uptake in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NET). PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all patients that underw...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ait Boudaoud A,Verges B,Petit JM,Tatulashvili S,Cochet A,Humbert O

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with a wide variety of orthopaedic disorders can be usefully investigated by nuclear medicine techniques, mostly by bone scintigraphy. Overall this area of nuclear medicine activity is increasing which is a trend that can be expected to continue. The principal conditions that are imaged are fractures and thei...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ryan PJ,Fogelman I

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suggestion by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) to more than triple the number of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) procedures carried out by the NHS each year is a challenge both in terms of numbers of gamma cameras available to carry out the scans and qualified staff to supervise stress...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jones I,Latus K,Bartle L,Gardner M,Parkin V,Guideline Development and Writing Group, British Nuclear Medicine Society and British Nuclear Cardiac Society.

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare visual interpretation of inflammation detected by leukocyte scintigraphy with that of different computer-aided quantification methods, 34 patients (25 with ulcerative colitis and 9 with endoscopically verified non-inflamed colonic mucosa), were investigated using 99Tcm-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxim...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Almer S,Peters AM,Ekberg S,Franzén L,Granerus G,Ström M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study was undertaken to evaluate different methods for the detection of small changes in uptake between single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) examinations in the same individual. No standard exists for making digital evaluations at single-photon examinations. For this purpose, we employed a patien...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jacobsson H,Wilczek B,Bergh J,von Schoultz E,Eriksson E,Larsson SA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A lack of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been reported in 20-40% of heart failure patients with left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony who underwent treatment based on the established guidelines. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin ((99m)Tc-TF) myoc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Shigeru M,Fujiwara S,Takamine S,Yoshida A,Kawai H,Shiotani H,Hirata K

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased uptake of bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals into malignant bone lesions could further improve the diagnostic accuracy of routine bone scanning. The tracers used in clinical routine for bone scanning are methylene-diphosphonate (MDP), dicarboxypropane-diphosphonate (DPD) and ethylenediaminetetramethylene-p...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fueger BJ,Mitterhauser M,Wadsak W,Ofluoglu S,Traub T,Karanikas G,Dudczak R,Pirich C

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate 201Tl in the detection of the primary tumour, lymph node involvement and mediastinal spread we have studied a total of 188 patients with histologically proven lung cancer, breast cancer or malignant lymphoma. Ten patients with benign lung disease were also examined. Static images were performed 20 min afte...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sehweil AM,McKillop JH,Milroy R,Sayed MA,Ziada G,Banham SW,Davidson KG,Ragib A,Omar YT,Abdel-Dayem HM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to compare the use of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET with computed tomography (CT) and dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI to predict prognosis and monitor treatment in malignant pleural mesothelioma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:F-FDG PET/CT and DCE-MRI studies carried out as...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hall DO,Hooper CE,Searle J,Darby M,White P,Harvey JE,Braybrooke JP,Maskell NA,Masani V,Lyburn ID

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophageal cancer is the third most common malignancy of the alimentary tract. The incidence of esophageal cancer has steadily increased over the past three decades. Almost all therapeutic modalities for esophageal cancer are associated with a considerable mortality and morbidity. Consequently, there has been growing ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Salavati A,Basu S,Heidari P,Alavi A

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients with aortic valve incompetence and 21 control subjects were examined by M-mode echocardiography at rest and radionuclide ventriculography during submaximal handgrip exercise. The patients had greater left ventricular dimensions and end-systolic wall stress values but peak systolic wall stress values di...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Groundstroem K,Huikuri H,Korhonen U,Ikäheimo M,Heikkilä J,Torniainen P,Linnaluoto M,Takkunen J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:First-pass radionuclide angiography, for the evaluation of ventricular function during peak physiological stress, requires the use of a low-energy point source for correction of motion artifacts. A design for the construction of a refillable 125I point source is presented. ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hirsch JI,Fuhs BE,Tatum JL,Tatum TG

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has progressively replaced complete axillary lymph node dissection in the evaluation of breast cancer patients with clinically node-negative disease. Our study investigates the rate of and risk factors involved in sentinel node identification failure. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bernardi S,Bertozzi S,Londero AP,Angione V,Petri R,Giacomuzzi F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) is rare, and limited data have been reported on the utilization of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) in this disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of EMPD. MATERIALS AND...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Tian Y,Wu HB,Li DL,Li HS,Zhou WL,Wang QS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigation of left ventricular contractile reserve usually requires the determination of left ventricular volume, but its measurement with radionuclide angiography is difficult. The aim of this study was to determine left ventricular volume directly during exercise by the simultaneous measurement of peak exerci...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Faraggi M,Cohen-Solal A,Czitrom D,Sarda L,Lebtahi R,Daou D,Petegnief Y,Gourgon R,Guludec DL

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers the different statistics that can be derived from studies on the value of diagnostic tests. Well-accepted quantities, such as sensitivity and specificity, are reviewed and the value of the likelihood ratio in communicating particular test results is highlighted. A new quantity, the 'diagnostic val...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lloyd JJ,Talbot PR,Lawson RS

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The indocyanine green retention rate at 15 min (ICGR15) is a gold standard parameter of liver function when deciding on the extent of hepatectomy. However, ICGR15 is influenced by several hepatic conditions. To evaluate auxiliary preoperative liver functional reserve, we examined the clinical significance of...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nanashima A,Hiyoshi M,Imamura N,Yano K,Hamada T,Wada T,Nishimuta M,Shimizu I,Mizutani Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess, by positron emission tomography (PET), the effect on cerebral functional activity of a new lorazepam-gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) conjugate [3-(4-acetamido)-butyrril lorazepam (DDS2700)]. Ten healthy volunteers were studied by PET and [18F]fluoro-deoxy-D-glucose ([18F]FDG) under ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Moresco RM,Tettamanti M,Gobbo C,Del Sole A,Ravasi L,Messa C,Paulesu E,Lucignani G,Perani D,Fazio F

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A significant reduction of cardiac 123I-meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) accumulation has been reported in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease. However, it is unclear whether this reduction in cardiac sympathetic nerve is caused primarily or secondarily to the degeneration of sympathetic nerve centres which oc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Takatsu H,Wada H,Maekawa N,Takemura M,Saito K,Fujiwara H

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE(S):Autologous-labeled leukocytes combined with sulfur colloid bone marrow scan is the current nuclear medicine gold standard for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection. The goal of this study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of a new nuclear medicine modality for detecting infection in this context. ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sousa R,Massada M,Pereira A,Fontes F,Amorim I,Oliveira A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Image-derived input function (IDIF) from carotid arteries is an elegant alternative to full arterial blood sampling for brain PET studies. However, a recent study using blood-free IDIFs found that this method is particularly vulnerable to patient motion. The present study used both simulated and clinical [11...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zanotti-Fregonara P,Liow JS,Comtat C,Zoghbi SS,Zhang Y,Pike VW,Fujita M,Innis RB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many materials and types of implant have been used to achieve a cosmetic effect and prosthesis motility in the anophthalmic socket. Hydroxyapatite remains the implant material of choice for producing the most natural prosthesis motility while porous polyethylene shows promising characteristics as another useful materi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pan MH,Wu YW,Yen RF,Tzen KY,Liao SL,Kao CH

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional nuclear medicine methods for measuring glomerular filtration rate, GFR, are invalidated if the initial injection of radiopharmaceutical is tissued. An analytical method proposed by Veall and Gibbs in 1982 overcomes this difficulty but does require multiple blood samples. This paper investigates whether it...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Casey M,Barker F,Duffy G

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings of hepatobiliary scintigraphy with intravenous cholecystokinin octapeptide (sincalide) were examined in 26 asymptomatic patients with various malignancies but no known pre-existing gallbladder disease, and normal hepatobiliary and gallbladder morphology on sonography. The maximum gallbladder ejection fraction...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jacobson AF,Teefey SA

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Respiratory complications are common after arthroplasty, with pulmonary thromboembolic disease (PTE) and fat emboli being the most serious. A scintigraphic study was designed to assess the occurrence of both diseases. A prospective tomographic study of perfusion was performed within 24 h of arthroplasty. D...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bruce W,Van der Wall H,Peters M,Liaw Y,Morgan L,Storey G

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging with the sodium-(F)-fluoride/2-(F)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-NaF/F-FDG) cocktail has been proposed for patients with osseous metastases. This work aimed to optimize the cocktail composition for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). MATE...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Simoncic U,Perlman S,Liu G,Jeraj R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00