Scintigraphic patterns of lymphocele in post-renal transplant.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In-vivo quantitative cerebral blood flow (CBF) measurement using positron emission tomography (PET) has typically employed invasive arterial blood sampling procedure to determine the arterial input function (AIF). The present study was performed to provide a non-invasive quantitative CBF measurement technique...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Yee SH,Jerabek PA,Fox PT

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure and describe patterns of interobserver variation in visual interpretation of 18-FDG PET in malignant lymphoma. METHODS:Eleven nuclear medicine physicians with different levels of PET experience independently reviewed 37 18F-FDG PET scans of lymphoma patients (10 obtained at presentation, 27 during...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zijlstra JM,Comans EF,van Lingen A,Hoekstra OS,Gundy CM,Willem Coebergh J,Bongers V

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:A mismatch between thallium-201 ((201)Tl) and iodine-123 ((123)I)-beta-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) dual single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) reflects a dysfunctional but viable myocardium, such as stunned or hibernating myocardium, in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujita K,Kasama S,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2015-02-01 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:Extraskeletal findings detected on whole-body low-dose unenhanced computed tomography (CT) as a part of F-NaF PET/CT scans can be numerous and present challenges for further management. Here, we investigate the frequency and clinical significance of extraskeletal findings among 130 consecutive patients undergoi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Guo HH,Moradi F,Iagaru A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new method to replace the conventional method of quantitatively measuring cerebral blood flow (CBF), in which octanol-extracted radioactivity counts are measured in continuous arterial blood samples. With the new method, the whole-brain time-activity curves early after the intravenous injection of ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujioka H,Murase K,Inoue T,Ishimaru Y,Akamune A,Yamamoto Y,Ikezoe J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has been shown to be useful in inoperable/metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC). However, the role of concomitant PRRT and low-dose capecitabine therapy has not yet been studied in these patients. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of th...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Satapathy S,Mittal BR,Sood A,Verma R,Panda N

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstituted exametazime is inherently unstable due to the rapid oxidation of the small amount (7.6 micrograms) of stannous chloride present in the kit. A novel approach has been used to improve the shelf-life of reconstituted exametazime based on the premise that tin lost through oxidation should be replaced by furt...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Solanki C,Li DJ,Wong A,Miles KA,Sampson CB

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have devised an original predictive residual index (PRI) using 99mTc diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) liver dynamic SPET for the pre-operative assessment of hepatectomy, including the prediction of residual liver function before hepatectomy. The aim of this study was to ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nishiyama Y,Yamamoto Y,Hino I,Satoh K,Wakabayashi H,Ohkawa M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoscintigraphy (RIS) and radioimmunoguided surgery (RIGS) were assessed for their usefulness in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Twenty-nine patients (18 primary tumours, 10 with a suspicion of recurrence and one colonic diverticulitis) were studied. Radioimmunoscintigraphy was performed 48 and 72 h after ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Muxi A,Pons F,Vidal-Sicart S,Setoain FJ,Herranz R,Novell F,Fernandez RM,Trias M,Setoain J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of wipe tests for assessing 99Tcm surface contamination was measured. Four types of surface were contaminated with four radiopharmaceuticals and wiped using four types of swab. The fraction of activity removed was measured by direct monitoring for each combination of surface, pharmaceutical and swab. The ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Scott LE,Gibson CJ

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of lymphocyte subsets was performed in 24 patients with surgically verified unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In all cases, the hepatic artery was cannulated and ligated and a single dose of 131I-Hepama-1 monoclonal antibody (MAb) was infused through a hepatic artery catheter. Blood samples were...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zeng ZC,Tang ZY,Liu KD,Yu YQ,Yang BH,Cai XJ,Xie H,Cao SL

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single photon emission tomography (SPECT) of the lung is a well-established non-invasive technique for quantitative assessment of regional lung ventilation and perfusion distribution in children and in adults. However, its application in neonates as well as infants has been scarce because of several practica...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sánchez-Crespo A,Rohdin M,Carlsson C,Bergström SE,Larsson SA,Jacobsson H,Lindahl S,Jonsson B

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micturating renograms often need to be carried out on children, with whom difficulty may be experienced in synchronizing onset of micturition with camera and computer acquisition. A flow detection system has been developed which will automate these acquisitions, resulting in far fewer false starts or lost studies. The...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Burniston MT,Royall RA,Tapper RC

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：:The combined use of 123I-BMIPP and 99Tcm-MIBI SPET imaging has been proposed as an alternative to PET for the non-invasive detection of jeopardized myocardium after a myocardial infarction, a mismatch accurately indicating jeopardized but still viable tissue. In this paper, a new quantitative approach is described, ex...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hambÿe AS,Dobbeleir A,Franken PR

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:We evaluated the use of adenosine, dobutamine and arbutamine with (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin myocardial perfusion imaging. Forty patients under investigation for suspected coronary artery disease were recruited. Each had a resting scan and two separate stress scans on different days, in a randomized cross-over study. Resulta...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Wright DJ,Williams SG,Lindsay HS,Sheard KL,Thorley PJ,Sivananthan UM

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements were made of the concentration of radioactivity in the breast milk of two patients: one following 100 MBq (2.7 mCi) 99Tcm-pertechnetate administration, and the other following administration of 550 MBq (15 mCi) 99Tcm-glucoheptonate. The fractional activity concentrations in the former case were about two ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mountford PJ,Coakley AJ

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In pediatric patients with abdominal Burkitt's lymphoma, the involvement of the gastrointestinal tract and abdominal lymph nodes are the main presenting feature of the disease. Chemotherapy is the main treatment modality and could be preceded by surgical excision of the abdominal masses. To achieve cure or...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Riad R,Omar W,Sidhom I,Zamzam M,Zaky I,Hafez M,Abdel-Dayem HM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to validate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT) iterative reconstruction (CT-IR) for low-dose CT attenuation correction in terms of the estimation of attenuation coefficient and quality of PET images. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We used normal and obesity-simulating body phantoms. PE...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Matsutomo N,Nagaki A,Sasaki M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptors have been implicated in depression, anxiety, and pain perception. Recently, it was shown that, in the human brain, a specific NK1 receptor-related signal was obtained with the novel radioligand, [¹¹C]R116301, using positron emission tomography. The purpose of this study was to evalu...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Wolfensberger SP,Maruyama K,van Berckel BN,Lubberink M,Airaksinen AJ,Boellaard R,Luurtsema G,Reddingius W,Janssens FE,Veltman DJ,Windhorst AD,Leysen JE,Lammertsma AA

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-quality positron emission tomographic (PET) cameras are expensive and, therefore, not available in many centres. To allow access to clinical 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET, we began working with an ADAC Vertex camera equipped with a molecular coincidence detection (MCD) module in February 1997. Here we give...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Erler H,Zaknun J,Donnemiller E,Bacher-Stier C,Oberladstätter M,Riccabona G,Moncayo R

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical role of technetium-99m pertechnetate (Tc-99m) imaging in thyroidectomized differentiated thyroid cancer patients immediately before radioiodine-131 (I-131) treatment (Tx). PATIENT AND METHODS:Eighty-six consecutive post-total-thyroidectomy patients (15 men, 71...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Tsai CJ,Cheng CY,Shen DH,Kuo SJ,Wang LY,Lee CH,Wang JJ,Chang MC,Huang WS

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The first pathogenetic step in multiple myeloma is the emergence of a limited number of clonal plasma cells, clinically known as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). Patients with MGUS do not have symptoms or end-organ damage but they do have a 1% annual risk of progression to multiple myeloma...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Giovanella L,Taborelli M,Ceriani L,Zucca E,Cavalli F,Delaloye AB

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the potential of a new reconstruction algorithm with Monte Carlo-based scatter correction in half-time myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The mathematical four-dimensional NURBS-based Cardiac-Torso phantom and the SIMIND Monte Carlo simulation...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kangasmaa TS,Kuikka JT,Vanninen EJ,Mussalo HM,Laitinen TP,Sohlberg AO

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viability of autologous adrenal medullary transplants was evaluated using 125I-meta-iodobenzyl guanidine (MIBG), an adrenal medullary scanning agent. Bilateral cavities in the caudate nuclei were made stereotaxically in Wistar rats. One week later, the left adrenal medulla was resected by microsurgery, followed by...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Shinoda M,Suzuki Y,Oi S,Tsugane R,Sato O

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：:Single kidney clearance can be obtained using the 99Tcm-DTPA complex and the scintillation camera. In order to evaluate the influence of statistical noise on the determination of the clearance, several non-noisy curves were constructed, simulating renal, background and precordial curves. Poisson noise was added to the...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Piepsz A,Dobbeleir A,Ham HR

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00