Pre-surgical identification of epileptogenic areas in temporal lobe epilepsy by 123I-iomazenil SPECT: a comparison with IMP SPECT and FDG PET.

abstract：:Uterine leiomyomas, benign tumours of the human uterus, are the most common uterine neoplasm and are composed of smooth muscle with varying amounts of fibrous connective tissue. As a functional imaging modality, 2-[F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-FDG) positron emission tomography can be used to obtain information about ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ak I,Ozalp S,Yalçin OT,Zor E,Vardareli E

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the use of broth simulation as a means of validating the practice of sub-dispensing from stock vials of long-lived sterile radiopharmaceuticals. 'Matched' vials of nutrient broth accompanied the stock vials of long-lived sterile radiopharmaceuticals during their time in use and were subject to the same handl...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Murray T,Elliott AT,Hilditch TE

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Paragangliomas are rare tumours of neural crest origin that express high levels of somatostatin receptor. Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT is a widely accepted method for imaging of neuroendocrine tumours. This study was performed to review a Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/CT patient database and to establish the impact of the moda...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Skoura E,Priftakis D,Novruzov F,Caplin ME,Gnanasegaran G,Navalkissoor S,Bomanji J

更新日期：2020-02-01 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：:High-grade astrocytoma represents the most common primary malignant brain tumour in the adult, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of 99Tcm-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (HMPAO) brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Rodrigues M,Fonseca AT,Salgado D,Vieira MR

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of morphine-augmented hepatobiliary scintigraphy (MA-HBS) with that of conventional hepatobiliary scintigraphy (C-HBS) for acute cholecystitis. The results of most MA-HBS studies cannot be compared with C-HBS estimates, since articles describing C-HB...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Cabana MD,Alavi A,Berlin JA,Shea JA,Kim CK,Williams SV

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphine sulfate has been used by several investigators in the cholescintigraphic diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. A review of the available literature indicates that morphine sulfate significantly reduces the total time required for the hepatobiliary examination, while retaining both high sensitivity (98.8%) and spe...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Vasquez TE,Rimkus DS,Pretorius HT,Greenspan G

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine the fraction of administered activity that was excreted and retained by a small cohort of patients who each received treatment with radium-223 dichloride (Ra). Ra is an α-emitting radionuclide that has been approved for use in the treatment of bone metastases that are sec...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pratt BE,Hindorf C,Chittenden SJ,Parker CC,Flux GD

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop a strategy for checking the reliability of slope intercept measurement of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). METHODS:Six blood samples, obtained bilaterally 20-240 min after the injection of Cr-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and iohexol into opposite arms, were assayed for indicator injected cont...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bird NJ,Peters C,Michell AR,Peters AM

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:Right ventricular performance was assessed in 37 patients with acute myocardial infarction within two hours of admission to Coronary Care and compared to results in 21 normal volunteers and 12 patients undergoing coronary arteriography. Right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) was measured from gated xenon-133 scans...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Martin W,Tweddel A,McGhie I,Hutton I

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The clearance rate of inhaled 99mTc-sestamibi from the lungs of healthy nonsmoking individuals is much slower than would be expected from its physical properties. The clearance rate is even slower in healthy cigarette smokers. As 99mTc-sestamibi is a substrate for P-glycoprotein (P-gp), pulmonary P-gp may be ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Cheow HK,Ruparelia P,Shankar S,Szczepura KR,Ballinger JR,Hartman NG,Chilvers ER,Peters AM

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：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：:During measurements of the extrinsic spatial resolution of a gamma camera, it was noted that there was a variation with the position in the field of view. The problem was traced to the collimator, and this was confirmed by inspection of the parallel hole structure. Removal of the cover showed that the lead foil honeyc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Harris AM,Ward RJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Bispecific monoclonal antibodies (bsMAbs) have been developed as a pretargeting tool to reduce background activity, thereby increasing target to background (T : B) ratios. To enhance visualization of small lesions in vivo, we have used the pretargeting approach of bsMAb and negatively charged polymers radi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gada KS,Patil V,Panwar R,Majewski S,Tekabe Y,Khaw BA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It has been suggested that renal retention function can be estimated by differentiation of the Patlak-Rutland plot. AIM:To evaluate the error resulting from this method. METHODS:A total of 5800 renograms were generated by convolving real input functions with artificial retention functions. Ten bi-exponen...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kuyvenhoven JD,Ham HR,Piepsz A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nuclear medicine procedures are often performed in close-time proximity to bone densitometry studies. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Tc-hexakis-2-methoxyisobutyl isonitrile (MIBI) and Tc-methylene diphosphonate (MDP) on the accuracy of bone mineral density (BMD) measurements perform...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gumuser G,Parlak Y,Topal G,Aras F,Ruksen E,Sayit E

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the applicability of Tc-dextran joint scintigraphy in the assessment of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to compare it with the clinical disease activity scores and laboratory parameters. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients with RA were investigated using Tc-dextran joint scintigr...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kaya M,Tuna H,Fatih Firat M,Tuna F,Seren G,Necmi Yigitbasi O

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Exclusive use of the half-time of clearance of a filtration marker in the bolus injection, single compartment technique for measuring glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a convenient approach that gives GFR (GFR(SO)) already scaled for extracellular fluid volume (ECV). It has been criticized as less accurate th...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bird NJ,Peters C,Michell AR,Peters AM

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Easy large-scale production, easy availability, cost-effectiveness, long half-life, and favorable radiation characteristics have made lutetium-177 (Lu) a preferred radionuclide for use in therapy. Lutetium-177-labeled stannous (Lu-Sn) colloid particles were formulated for application in radiosynovectomy, foll...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Arora G,Singh M,Jha P,Tripathy S,Bal C,Mukherjee A,Shamim SA

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：:An existing technique for the presentation of oesophageal transit studies has been further developed and applied to conventional radionuclide data. The spatial and temporal information contained in the original dynamic study is compressed to a single image, showing the linear distribution of activity down the oesophag...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gibson CJ,Bateson MC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:To evaluate the diagnostic value of integrated 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT) to discriminate malignant from benign ovarian tumors. METHODS:One hundred and eight women suspected of having ovarian cancer underwent preoperative FDG-PET/CT sca...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kitajima K,Suzuki K,Senda M,Kita M,Nakamoto Y,Onishi Y,Maeda T,Yoshikawa T,Ohno Y,Sugimura K

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：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：:Using radionuclide methods the relationship between total and central blood volume and left ventricular function was studied in 12 patients with untreated essential hypertension and contrasted with the findings in eight normotensive subjects. The principal findings were of an increased stroke volume and end-diastolic ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mackay I,Nath K,Watson ML,Hannan WJ,Muir AL

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between lymph node (LN) size and localization and prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) uptake in patients with prostate cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between February 2015 and February 2017, a total of 178 patients diagnosed with prostate adenocarcinoma by gallium-68 PSMA ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sönmezer B,Acar E,Erkoyun E,Capa Kaya G

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00