A dose-attenuation shield for use in glomerular filtration rate computations. A method for combined renal scintiangiography and functional quantification.

abstract：:A 19-year man underwent live related renal transplantation for end-stage renal disease. He was referred for a baseline renal scan on day 4. The urine output was satisfactory and the serum creatinine showed a decreasing trend. Renal dynamic scintigraphy with technetium-99m ethylenedicysteine demonstrated radiotracer ac...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tripathi M,Chandrashekar N,Kumar R,Malhotra A

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-FDG PET/CT performed for primary staging 3 days after ureteroscopy demonstrated a large, unexpected retroperitoneal urinoma in a 62-year-old man with urothelial carcinoma in the right renal pelvis. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Dias AH,Ipsen P,Bouchelouche K

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esthesioneuroblastoma is a rare neoplasm arising from the neural crest cells of olfactory epithelium mostly in the nasal vault. We describe the Ga DOTANOC PET/CT findings of a 44-year-old woman who was operated for right nasal mass diagnosed as paraganglioma in the past and then develop a mass in the right nasal cavit...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tripathy S,Kumar R,Kakkar A,Kumar R,Sharma P,Shamim SA

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients with thyroid cancer were treated with reserpine in an attempt to reduce radiation exposure to the salivary glands from 100-150 mCi doses of I-131 therapy to thyroid remnants or metastases. Three control patients were not treated with reserpine but did receive 100-150 mCi of I-131. Parotid/background rati...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Levy HA,Park CH

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:67Ga-citrate scan from skull to mid-abdomen showed increased uptake in both parotid glands, mediastinum, lungs, uvei and/or enlarged lacrimal glands. The differential diagnosis of the positive radiogallium scan is discussed with emphasis on the value of the extrathoracic findings. Tissue diagnosis confirmed the imagin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oren VO,Uszler JM,White J

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of brain perfusion SPECT in patients visiting the cognitive disorder clinic for initial evaluation using 3D-SSP compared with using standard transaxial section. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Standard transaxial section displays and 3D-SSP z-score maps obtain...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Uchida Y,Minoshima S,Okada S,Kawata T,Ito H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two radiocolloid preparations, differing in particle size by a factor of 5 to 20, were compared in each of 15 patients. The smaller colloid, measuring less than 80 nm, showed a relative decrease in the calculated target to background ratios for the liver and spleen and an increase for the bone marrow. The increased up...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kloiber R,Damtew B,Rosenthall L

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute cholecystitis in an immunosuppressed patient with hepatocellular dysfunction is reported. The diagnostic dilemmas posed by the lack of specific sonographic findings, the possibility of acute gallbladder disease without early cystic duct obstruction, and the absence of clear guidelines for the interpret...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Assi Z,Bohnen NI,Shapiro B

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) profile in patients with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) and to investigate its possible correlation with clinical, electroencephalography (EEG) or magnetic resonance imaging/computed tomography (MRI/CT) findings. METHODS:E...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Yilmaz K,Yilmaz M,Mete A,Celen Z

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal vein thrombosis is a rare complication of renal transplantation. The scintigraphic features of a documented case of renal vein thrombosis studied with Tc-99m DTPA and the differential diagnosis relevant to these findings are discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Myerly KF,Kirchner PT

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-photon emission computed tomography has been proven to detect more abnormalities than planar bone scintigraphy in patients with low back pain (LBP). Both 180 degrees and 360 degrees acquisitions were performed in 24 patients with LBP to determine whether the shorter 180 degrees posterior SPECT is as accurate fo...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Even-Sapir E,Barnes DC,Iles SE,Nickerson RC

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current and rapidly worsening pandemic, patients with COVID-19 may undergo imaging with FDG PET/CT. Because a significant proportion of infected patients may be asymptomatic, incidental discovery on a PET/CT scan performed for unrelated reasons can occur. Because of the highly infectious nature of this agent, i...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Martineau P,Kidane B

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to make a comparison between the uptake of Tc-99m MIBI and Tl-201 in evaluation of musculoskeletal lesions. Fourteen cases were studied. Each study consisted of a Tl-201 study followed by a Tc-99m MIBI scan. In addition, a whole-body bone scan was performed in each patient to visualize bone m...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Adalet I,Ozger H,Cantez S

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 43-year-old woman who had a history of right mastectomy for breast cancer presented with fever and swelling in the right supraclavicular region during her second course of chemotherapy. An FDG PET/CT was performed to evaluate this patient, which revealed mildly increased FDG activity in the lymph node in the supracl...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hua F,Feng X,Guan Y,Zhao J,Huang Z

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy with Tc-99m MAA was performed on 182 patients, on whom either pneumonectomy or lobectomy was performed, because of primary nonsmall-cell lung carcinoma. Among them, 76 underwent pneumonectomy, and 106 underwent lobectomy. The mean value of the perfusion fraction (PF) of the affected lu...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chen CY,Kao CH,Hsu NY,Chen CL,Hsu CP,Wang PY

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old female patient with a mediastinal neuroendocrine carcinoma complicated by superior vena cava syndrome was referred for a bone metastatic workup. Bone scan with SPECT/CT showed several vertebral fixations without alterations on the unenhanced CT, but a CT scan with injection of contrast media showed verte...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Rager O,Nkoulou R,Garibotto V,Boudabbous S,Arditi D

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary calcification can be detected easily using Tc-99m phosphate compounds. Lung uptake of Tc-99m bone imaging agents was observed in two patients after liver transplantation. Transient hypercalcemia due to calcium infusion during hepatic transplantation may be responsible for the pulmonary calcification. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Raisis IP,Park CH,Yang SL,Maddrey W

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old man with Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome (DDMS) was admitted to the hospital with increasing frequency of epileptic seizures. Physical examination revealed mental retardation, left facial asymmetry, and left-sided spastic hemiparesis. Dysdiadochokinesia on the left upper limb was detected, and there was no...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Demir Y,Sürücü E,Çilingir V,Bulut MD,Tombul T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent PET imaging of glioblastoma multiforme and other high-grade gliomas using prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted small-molecule radiotracers suggests a role for these agents in diagnostic imaging of recurrent/residual tumor and that PSMA-targeted endoradiotherapies may provide a new approach to ther...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Salas Fragomeni RA,Pienta KJ,Pomper MG,Gorin MA,Rowe SP

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether rapid, dynamic SPECT imaging with Tc-99m labeled red blood cells was technically feasible and of value in the detection of cavernous hemangiomas of the liver. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The acquisition protocol for Tc-99m labeled red blood cell imaging of hepatic hemangiomas was modified with s...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Siegel A,Mazurek R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of posttraumatic intrathoracic splenosis mimicking lung cancer is presented. The diagnosis was made by a radiocolloid liver-spleen study followed by a heat-damaged Tc-99m labeled red cell scan. A favorable change in the staging of the patient's real contralateral lung cancer resulted. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kwan AJ,Drum DE,Ahn CS,Tow DE

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When early complications occur after a kidney transplant, radionuclide angiography may be useful in determining a possible vascular origin. The authors describe the case of a patient with anuria continuing 24 hours after transplantation. Radionuclide angiography showed a defect at the site of the renal graft, suggesti...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Herrmann T,Granjon D,Decousus M,Soler C,Rusch P

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors examined regional cerebral blood flow by using Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT studies in a patient who received a gunshot wound to the brain. Although the presence of the retained bullet's fragments adversely affected the quality of CT images and contraindicated MRI studies, the SPECT examination did not have the same...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Valle G,Bonetti MG,Ciritella P,Di Fazio P,Barbano F,Perrone E

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the main malignancy with frequent endotracheal and endobronchial dissemination. Extrapulmonary sources of airway metastasis are less common, predominantly seen with breast, colorectal, and renal neoplasms. Head and neck cancer represents only a small fraction of tumors with tracheal luminal metastasis. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nguyen BD,Ram PC,Roarke MC

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial perfusion imaging with Tc-99m carbomethoxyisopropylisonitrile (CPI) was compared with Tl-201 imaging in 22 patients who were assessed for coronary artery disease. There was agreement between Tc-99m CPI and Tl-201 imaging for detecting segmental myocardial ischemia and fixed defects in 185/198 (93%) of left ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sia ST,Holman BL,Campbell S,Lister-James J,English RJ,Kronauge JF,Davison A,Jones AG

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Whole-body PET with Ga-DOTA-D-Phe-Tyr-octreotide (Ga-DOTATOC) and contrast-enhanced CT (ceCT) are considered a standard for the staging of neuroendocrine tumors (NETs). This study sought to verify whether early dynamic (ed) Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT can reliably detect liver metastases of NETs (hypervascula...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sänger PW,Freesmeyer M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We investigated the incidence of lymph node metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) patients in our PET/CT database. The demographic data and characteristics of the primary tumor were evaluated in GIST patients with or without lymph node metastasis. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We reviewed our PET/CT data...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Gong N,Wong CS,Chu YC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous reports have indicated an accuracy of nearly 100% for LeVeen shunt studies. A case is presented that fulfills the criteria for proper function, but the LeVeen shunt tube was poorly functioning with its tip partially extravascular. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Williamson MR,Bundrick TJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 64-year-old man was admitted for evaluation of recently developed anemia and bone pain. The bone scan showed diffusely active lesions in the peripheral bones, symmetrically. Interestingly, 18F-FDG PET/CT revealed the hypermetabolic changes in the peripheral bones as well as the internal organs. Biopsy of bone marrow...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Oh SY,Cheon GJ,Jeong E,Lee S,Park TG,Pahk K,Choe JG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erlotinib is a reversible epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor used to treat advanced non-small cell lung carcinoma patients who have shown progression on at least 1 prior chemotherapy regimen. Most of the patients on erlotinib show cutaneous adverse effects. We report the 18F-FDG PET/CT findings...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Kumar K,Singh H,Gupta RK,Bal C,Kumar R

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00