Use of insulin to improve [18 F]fluorodeoxyglucose labelling and retention for in vivo positron emission tomography imaging of monocyte trafficking.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to evaluate the accuracy of the sequential multiphase and dual-tracer (SMADT) technique utilizing technetium-99m pertechnetate (99mTcO4) and dynamic technetium-99m-2-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) with single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) f...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Berner AM,Haroon A,Nowosinska E,Offiah C,Luqman M,Newell M,Jan H

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ICRP has now recommended that the dose limit to the surface of the mother's abdomen during the declared term of pregnancy is reduced to 2 mSv. Direct measurements of the radiation dose to technologists carrying out a variety of imaging studies were made. The average dose ranged from 0.3 micro Sv for a liver scan t...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Clarke EA,Thomson WH,Notghi A,Harding LK

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To verify the negative predictive value of pulmonary ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy with single photon emission computed tomography (V/Q SPECT) in ruling out pulmonary thromboembolism. METHODS:V/Q SPECT using 99mTc-Technegas was performed on 584 patients to rule out pulmonary thromboembolism between Octo...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Leblanc M,Leveillée F,Turcotte E

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic low serum vitamin D concentrations are common among the elderly. Recent studies have suggested that its metabolite, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), might be important for preserving cognitive functions through specific brain protective effects. However, this hypothesis is still under discussion. The ai...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Farid K,Volpe-Gillot L,Petras S,Plou C,Caillat-Vigneron N,Blacher J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard nuclear medicine textbooks describe the pyramidal lobe of the thyroid as arising from the upper part of the thyroid lobes. Anatomy and surgical texts however describe it as a thyroglossal tract remnant and state that it arises from the isthmus. Review of 150 thyroid scintigrams confirms that on scintigrap...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Savage PE,Khan O,Grover S,Ott R,McCready VR

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study evaluated the usefulness of postoperative fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) in the management of olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ten patients (eight men and two women; mean age, 48.5 years) with histologically confirmed ONB who underwent ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujioka T,Toriihara A,Kubota K,Machida Y,Nakamura S,Kishimoto S,Ohashi I,Shibuya H

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:The application of a Well-type germanium semiconductor detector creates new possibilities in erythrocyte survival studies. Using 51Cr, the effective dose equivalent in a standard procedure can be reduced from approximately 780 to 2 microSv. The properties of the detector, namely, high efficiency and high energy resolu...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： De Vries RA,Oldenburg SJ,Thelosen T,De Bruin M,Poortman J,Van de Wiel A

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the biological significance of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) accumulation in patients with cancer, we assessed the relationships between 18F-FDG uptake and glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1) expression and proliferation rate in human glioma and lung cancer. We obtained FDG PET images and measured standardiz...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Chung JK,Lee YJ,Kim SK,Jeong JM,Lee DS,Lee MC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We estimated the absorbed doses for (111)In-DTPA-D-Phe(1)-octreotide and (90)Y-DOTA-D-Phe(1)-Tyr(3)-octreotide in the same patients in order to compare the potential effectiveness (tumour dose) and safety (kidney and red marrow dose) of these drugs for peptide-targeted radiotherapy of somatostatin receptor po...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Barone R,Walrand S,Konijnenberg M,Valkema R,Kvols LK,Krenning EP,Pauwels S,Jamar F

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the cerebral amyloid distribution in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), assessed by carbon-11-Pittsburgh compound B (C-PIB) PET/CT, after 5 years of follow-up. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Ten amnestic MCI (A-MCI) and four nonamnestic (NA-MCI) patients were studied b...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jiménez-Bonilla JF,Quirce R,De Arcocha-Torres M,Martínez-Rodríguez I,Martínez-Amador N,Sánchez-Salmón A,De la Fuente-Gómez F,Rodríguez E,Sánchez-Juan P,Banzo I

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In normal adults, the maintenance of phosphate balance involves the reabsorption of 85-90% of filtered phosphate by the proximal tubule. At a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 125 ml min-1 and a plasma phosphate concentration of 1.3 mmol l-1, the filtered phosphate is approximately 235 mmol day-1. Following intraven...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nair N,Mahadeo DS,Patel R

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Human serum albumin (HSA), which has 58 Lys residues, one Cys residue, and indocyanine green (ICG) adsorption sites, can be used as a multifunctional platform for the development of hybrid imaging probes. In this study, we prepared 64Cu-labeled mannose-conjugated HSA with and without ICG ([64Cu]1-ICG and [64C...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kang CM,An GI,Choe YS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early experience demonstrated absorbed dose in radiation synovectomy is about 100 Gy. For reaching this dose, the applied radioactivity should be calculated. METHOD:Twenty-nine synovitic models of rabbit were treated by intra-articular injection of [(188)Re]rhenium sulfide and histological changes of synovi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Li P,Yu J,Chen G,Jiang X,Tang Z,Chen S,Jiang L,Tang L,Yin D

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic penile scintigraphy was performed using 99Tcm-labelled autologous erythrocytes in five normally potent volunteers and 22 patients with erectile dysfunction including 11 patients with psychogenic and 11 patients with vasculogenic impotence (four arteriogenic, three venogenic, three arteriogenic and venogenic, o...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Siraj QH,Hilson AJ,Bomanji J,Ahmed M

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although several hypotheses have been suggested regarding the accumulation of 99Tc(m)-sestamibi in tumours, the exact uptake mechanism is still a matter of discussion. We investigated ultrastructural cell type of thyroid tumours by electron microscopy (EM) and compared them with uptake of 99Tc(m)-sestamibi. Thyroid sc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sarikaya A,Huseyinova G,Irfanoğlu ME,Erkmen N,Cermik TF,Berkarda S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) is a very useful imaging technique and is the best modality for the evaluation of many kinds of tumour. However, in the evaluation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the diagnostic accuracy of routine 60 min static imaging is not satisfactory....

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lin WY,Tsai SC,Hung GU

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel node (SN) detection has been studied extensively in melanoma and breast cancer. In head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), however, experience in this field is relatively meagre. The purpose of this study was to document and evaluate lymphoscintigraphic findings in HNSCC patients...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nieuwenhuis EJ,Pijpers R,Castelijns JA,Snow GB

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the incremental value of technetium-99m-methyl diphosphonate (Tc-MDP) single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) over Tc-MDP two-phase bone scan (TPBS) in the assessment of the patients with pain following knee arthroplasty. PATIENTS AND ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mandegaran R,Agrawal K,Vijayanathan S,Gnanasegaran G

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of distant metastases is the main prognostic factor in patients with breast cancer and has a significant influence in the choice of therapy. Therefore, chest X-ray, bone scintigraphy and ultrasound of the abdomen are performed to detect distant metastases at diagnosis and follow-up. Fluorodeoxyglucose pos...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Dose J,Bleckmann C,Bachmann S,Bohuslavizki KH,Berger J,Jenicke L,Habermann CR,Jãnicke F

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:To make quantitative methods of nuclear medicine more available, four centres in Croatia participated in the national intercomparison study, following the materials and methods used in the previous international study organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The study task was to calculate the activ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Grošev D,Gregov M,Wolfl MR,Krstonošić B,Debeljuh DD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Collecting positron emission tomography data in three-dimensional (3D) mode may potentially allow reduction of the tracer dose and/or the acquisition time without compromising image quality thereby making the procedure more patient-friendly and cost effective. The objective of our study was to compare VUE Poi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Komar G,Teräs M,Seppänen M,Hirvonen J,Vahlberg T,Bergman J,Minn H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Lymphoid hyperplasia is not uncommon in the midline roof of the nasopharynx. Most nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients present with primary tumors in the midline of the nasopharynx. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of 2-[fluorine-18] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (C...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Chen YK,Wang SC,Cheng RH,Yeh CL,Tsui CC,Chia-Hung K

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiolabelled recombinant human interleukin-8 (IL-8) with its homologue neutrophil-activating peptide-2 (NAP-2) have been compared for imaging acute sterile inflammatory lesions in rats. 125I-IL-8 and 125I-NAP-2 were prepared by reaction with chloramine-T and injected intravenously into male rats bearing subcutaneous ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hay RV,Skinner RS,Newman OC,Kunkel SL,Lyle LR,Shapiro B,Gross MD

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) originates from parafollicular C cells of the thyroid and accounts for 3-12% of all thyroid cancers. As opposed to other types of dedifferentiated thyroid tumours, MTC cells are highly functional, producing and secreting high amounts of calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen. As parafol...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bozkurt MF,Uğur O,Banti E,Grassetto G,Rubello D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Large-scale clinical trials have demonstrated that beta blocker therapy improves the prognosis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), but cardiac events sometimes occur even in patients showing favourable response to the therapy. In this study, the usefulness of meta-iodobenzyguanidine (MIBG) in predicting cardiac ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujimoto S,Inoue A,Hisatake S,Yamashina S,Yamashina H,Nakano H,Yamazaki J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has been reported that dyslipidaemia impairs left ventricular systolic (LVs) and diastolic (LVd) functions, irrespective of atherogenic effects, in the setting of coronary artery disease. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of anti-lipidaemic therapy on LVs and LVd functions by means of mult...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Entok E,Unalir A,Cavusoglu Y,Timuralp B,Vardareli E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most dynamic imaging protocols require long scan times that are beyond the range of what can be supported in a routine clinical environment and suffer from various difficulties related to step and shoot imaging techniques. In this short communication, we describe continuous bed motion (CBM) imaging techniques to creat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Osborne DR,Acuff S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammography is the screening test of choice for breast cancer. Its low specificity leads to a large number of unnecessary biopsies. Scintimammography, with either Tc-sestamibi (MIBI) or Tc-anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) Fab', has been proposed as a non-invasive test to lower the high false positive rate of mammog...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sanidas EE,Koukouraki S,Velidaki A,Manios A,Stathopoulos E,De Bree E,Kafousi M,Kodogiannis E,Karkavitsas N,Tsiftsis DD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00