Effects of extracellular Na+ and Ca2+ ions and Ca2+ channel modulators on the cell-associated activity of 99mTc-MIBI and 99mTc-tetrofosmin in tumour cells.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe and evaluate an approach for improving radiopharmaceutical supply chain safety by implementing bar code technology. We first evaluated the current situation of our radiopharmaceutical supply chain and, by means of the ALARM protocol, analysed two dispensing errors that occurred in...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Matanza D,Hallouard F,Rioufol C,Fessi H,Fraysse M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to define indices which could be used to assess the quality of care of children undergoing an examination requiring intravenous (i.v.) access in an integrated department of radiology and to see if these indices could be quantified. A prospective study of all patients requiring an i.v. injecti...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sherazi Z,Gordon I

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Differential renal function (DRF) calculation with 99mTc-diethylenetriamine-pentaacetic acid (DTPA) or mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) is gaining clinical importance in the evaluation of patients with ureteropelvic junction obstruction with hydronephrosis (HN). Although many decisions regarding surgery are b...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Caglar M,Gedik GK,Karabulut E

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to identify the most beneficial mode, in terms of anxiety reduction, of giving patients information prior to them undergoing a bone scan. (Research has identified the scan procedure as having a demonstrative effect on anxiety.) Additionally, satisfaction with the adequacy of the information wa...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Leckie J

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The choice of metrics for defining active Takayasu arteritis (TAK) using fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG)-PET remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare in the same patients the diagnostic performance for the detection of active TAK of different metrics applied for the qua...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Emsen B,Benali K,Mahida B,Larivière D,Le Guludec D,Papo T,Sacre K,Hyafil F

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using platelet scintigraphy to evaluate early thrombogenicity, we examined 39 new vascular accesses 4 weeks and 3 months after surgery. We found a significant association between platelet deposition and Doppler flow (P < 0.01) and blood pressure (P < 0.01). Compared with arteriovenous fistulae, prosthetic grafts showe...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Neumann I,Meisl FT,Kopriva G,Manker W,Sinzinger H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extravascular concentration (Ce) of some renal agents, in relation to the simultaneous plasma concentration (Ci), was calculated as a function of time after intravenous injection. Four agents were studied: 51Cr-ethylenediamine tetraacetate (EDTA) (n = 11), 125I-hippuran (n = 11), 99Tcm-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMS...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Peters AM,Brown H,Cosgriff P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is possible to obtain an estimate of the bone uptake of diphosphonates after 3 h (BU) on the basis of the difference between the dose administered and the sum of the component eliminated in the urine plus the component present in the extra-osseous volume of distribution. The results of this simple method have been ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Galli G,Bagnato A,Galli M

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of low-dose and high-dose (99m)Tc methoxy isobutyl isonitrile (MIBI) protocols in intraoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas by means of a gamma probe in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 62 pat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gencoglu EA,Aras M,Moray G,Aktas A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gamma extremity monitoring system (GEMS) has been used to measure finger doses during radio-nuclide dispensing procedures. GEMS uses a small semi-conductor probe that can be attached to a finger from which a continuous read-out can be obtained that is related to dose rate. The pattern of dose accumulation can be ana...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Montgomery A,Anstee DE,Martin CJ,Hilditch TE

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:90Y is one of the radioisotopes used extensively for therapy due to its favourable nuclear characteristics. Particles and colloids incorporating 90Y are being used for radiation synovectomy, especially in European countries. METHODS:In our present work, 90Y phosphate particles were prepared and evaluated fo...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pandey U,Bapat KN,Samuel G,Sarma HD,Chaudhari PR,Dhami PS,Kannan R,Venkatesh M

更新日期：2005-05-01 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：:Salivary gland scintigraphy (SGS) is used to depict salivary gland dysfunction after radiotherapy (RT). The aim of this study was to investigate the utility of SGS combined with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Twenty-one patients with a carcinoma of head and neck underwent SGS before and 1 month af...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： van Acker F,Flamen P,Lambin P,Maes A,Kutcher GJ,Weltens C,Hermans R,Baetens J,Dupont P,Rijnders A,Maes A,van den Bogaert W,Mortelmans L

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The criteria governing the in vivo use of monoclonal antibodies in humans are based upon a number of legal requirements with respect to radiation hygiene, pharmaceutical legislation, radiopharmaceutical legislation and regulations with respect to products arising from biotechnology. This in itself has led to a complic...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Cox PH

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-invasive technique for the assessment of hepatic haemodynamics using radiocolloid imaging with a computer, in which absolute values of hepatic, mesenteric and splenic arterial effective blood flows were assessed, is described. The technique was carried out on ten volunteers, before and after a standard meal. Aft...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Walmsley BH,Fleming JS,Ackery DM,Karran SJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The regions of significant correlation between cerebral hypoperfusion and neuropsychological assessment scores were evaluated using (99m)Tc-HMPAO SPECT in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) on the basis of its three subtypes, namely, single-domain amnestic MCI (aMCI-s), multiple-domain amnestic MCI (...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Yoon HJ,Park KW,Jeong YJ,Kang DY

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trastuzumab (T) and anthracycline (A)-based chemotherapy is considered the standard of care in human epidermal growth factor receptor-2+ overexpressing breast cancer, but requires monitoring for known cardiotoxicity using left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) every 3-4 months during treatment. It is n...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Klein R,Nadouri D,Osler E,Johnson C,Dent S,Dwivedi G

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Measurement errors occurring during glomerular filtration rate (GFR) studies propagate to an error in the calculated GFR. Previous work has modelled measurement errors for slope-intercept (SI-GFR), single-sample (SS-GFR) and slope-only (SO-GFR) methods. In this study, we have extended these models. The prima...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Holness JL,Fleming JS,Chirehwa MT,Warwick JM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), metastases can either show iodine-131 (I) uptake on whole-body scintigraphy or F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-FDG) uptake on combined PET and X-ray computed tomography (PET/CT), or a mix of both. The present study investigates the relationship between uptake...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kelders A,Kennes LN,Krohn T,Behrendt FF,Mottaghy FM,Verburg FA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate right ventricular overload in paediatric patients with congenital cardiac disease (n = 25), the uptakes of 201Tl and 99Tcm-sestamibi (99Tcm-MIBI) were compared. 99Tcm-MIBI showed a clearer myocardial border and better contrast between the myocardium and ventricular cavity. Although hepatic activity may inf...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nakajima K,Taki J,Taniguchi M,Tonami N,Hisida K

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Maximum standardized uptake value (SUV(max)) is a marker of tumor glucose metabolism detected by [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) and reflects tumor aggressiveness. The aim of the study was to evaluate the value of SUV(max) in differentiating benign from malignant solit...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hu SL,Yang ZY,Zhou ZR,Yu XJ,Ping B,Zhang YJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Left ventricular ejection fractions (EF) were measured with a nuclear stethoscope (NSt, beat-to-beat and ECG gated summation method) and contrast ventriculography (VG) immediately following one another (IFOA) (r X 0.96 and 0.95, respectively, n = 13). NSt and ECG gated gamma camera (MUGA) recordings IFOA were compared...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lund O,Rasmussen K,Jensen FT,Hansen HH

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is evidence that the status of human papilloma virus subtype 16 (HPV-p16) alters the prognosis of patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (OSCC). We sought to establish whether there is a relationship between HPV-p16 status and 18F-FDG uptake in the prognosis of OSCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Huang YT,Ravi Kumar AS,Bhuta S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The standard imaging used for delineation of dominant intraprostatic lesion (DIL) is multiparametric MRI (mpMRI). The use of biologic imaging such as Ga-68 prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET-computed tomography (PET-CT) for this purpose is being explored in view of increased sensitivity of this modal...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sasidharan A,Murthy V,Natarajan A,Agarwal A,Ranagrajan V,Gudi S,Singh S,Popat P

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:It is known that fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography (CT) segmentation algorithms have an impact on the metabolic tumor volume (MTV). This leads to some uncertainties in PET/CT guidance of tumor radiotherapy. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of segmentation a...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Xu W,Yu S,Ma Y,Liu C,Xin J

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:In order to perform automatically the thresholding of the amplitude image obtained by phase analysis, a filter based on the probability density of the amplitude is proposed. It generates the image of the significant amplitude by setting to zero the amplitude if its square is lower than 4a0 log(1/alpha)/N where a0 is t...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Liehn JC,Valeyre J

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The determination of lesion boundaries on FDG PET is difficult due to the point-spread blurring and unknown uptake of activity within a lesion. Standard threshold-based methods for volumetric quantification on PET usually neglect any size dependence and are biased by dependence on the signal-to-background ra...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： van Dalen JA,Hoffmann AL,Dicken V,Vogel WV,Wiering B,Ruers TJ,Karssemeijer N,Oyen WJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While 18F-FDG labelling of monocytes would allow in vivo trafficking with positron emission tomography (PET), present methods suffer from poor retention of radioactivity. We investigated the feasibility of utilizing insulin for improved [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) labelling. Separated human monocytes and lymphoc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Paik JY,Lee KH,Byun SS,Choe YS,Kim BT

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00