Isometric exercise testing and echocardiography at rest in aortic valve incompetence.

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：BACKGROUND:In studies of the distribution of lung function, the image quality of lung single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is important and one factor influencing it is the reconstruction algorithm. AIM:To systematically evaluate ordered subsets expectation maximization (OSEM) and compare it with filtere...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Norberg P,Bake B,Jacobsson L,Carlsson GA,Gustafsson A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work was designed to compare sentinel lymph node (SLN) uptake of 99mTc-labelled human serum albumin colloid (99mTc-HSAC), 99mTc-labelled antimony sulphur colloid (99mTc-SC) and a 99mTc-labelled dextran 70 solution (99mTc-Dx) and their selectivity in the identification of this node in the right rear footpad (RRF) ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Edreira MM,Colombo LL,Perez JH,Sajaroff EO,de Castiglia SG

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:Many common PET segmentation methods for malignant lesions use surrounding background activity as a reference. To date, background has to be measured by drawing a second volume of interest (VOI) in nearby, undiseased tissue. This is time consuming as two VOIs have to be determined for each lesion. The aim of our study...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Burger IA,Vargas HA,Beattie BJ,Goldman DA,Zheng J,Larson SM,Humm JL,Schmidtlein CR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of automatic exposure control (AEC) in order to optimize low-dose computed tomography (CT) protocols for patients of different ages undergoing cardiac PET/CT and single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT). METHODS:One PET/CT and one SPECT...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Yang CC,Yang BH,Tu CY,Wu TH,Liu SH

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Computed tomography (CT) automatic exposure control (AEC) systems are now used in all modern PET-CT scanners. A collaborative study was undertaken to compare AEC techniques of the three major PET-CT manufacturers for fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose half-body oncology imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS:An audit o...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Iball GR,Tout D

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the uptake of (99m)Tc-NC100668 into blood clots and elucidate the potential for medications commonly used to treat thromboembolism to interfere with the uptake and retention of (99m)Tc-NC100668. METHODS:(99m)Tc-NC100668 in vivo uptake and retention in a range of blo...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Edwards D,Lewis J,Battle M,Lear R,Farrar G,Jon Barnett D,Godden V,Oliveira A,Coombes C,Ahlström H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time course of thyroglobulin (Tg) was monitored in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma after ablative therapy (thyroidectomy + 131I-treatment) with particular respect to endogeneous antibodies (Tg-ABs). In 232 patients (196 without Tg-ABs, 36 with Tg-ABs at the time of treatment) a sensitivity of 88% (a...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Moser E,Braun S,Kirsch CM,Kleinhans E,Buell U

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interobserver agreement in measuring positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) parameters is critical for head and neck cancer management. The purpose of this study is to assess the interobserver agreement when measuring the standardized uptake value (SUV) parameters and the diameter of pri...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jackson T,Chung MK,Mercier G,Ozonoff A,Subramaniam RM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and its relationship with several metabolic parameters obtained through PET in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) submitted to radioembolization with Y-microspheres (Y-radioembolization). METHODS:Records ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Filippi L,Di Costanzo GG,Tortora R,Pelle G,Saltarelli A,Marino Marsilia G,Cianni R,Schillaci O,Bagni O

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Although rib uptake is frequently detected in follow-up bone scans of breast cancer patients, few studies have assessed its clinical significance. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Among 1208 breast cancer patients who underwent a bone scan between 2011 and 2014, 157 patients presented with newly detected rib uptake at follow-...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Seo M,Ko BK,Tae SY,Koh SJ,Noh YJ,Choi HJ,Bae K,Bang M,Jun S,Park SH

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：PURPOSE:Respiratory gated perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was applied to reduce respiratory lung motion effects and to reliably assess perfusion impairment in various lung diseases. METHODS:After injection of 259 MBq of 99mTc macroaggretated albumin (99mTc-MAA), gating was performed using ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Suga K,Kawakami Y,Zaki M,Yamashita T,Matsumoto T,Matsunaga N

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between the prognosis and glucose transporter-1 (Glut-1) expression or fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake using partial volume correction and dual-point imaging in surgically resected nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. METHODS:Our patient population consisted of 10...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kaida H,Azuma K,Kawahara A,Takamori S,Akiba J,Fujimoto K,Ishii K,Ishibashi M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM AND PURPOSE:Radionuclide imaging of the kidneys using dimercaptosuccinic acid chelate labeled with technetium-99m (Tc-DMSA) is a well-established method for evaluating the extent of kidney parenchymal involvement in the scenario of urinary tract infection and for the estimation of the functional renal mass. We have...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gorenberg M,Radan L,Kosakov R,Amirav I

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99m-galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) is a radiopharmaceutical that binds to asialoglycoprotein receptors in the hepatocyte membrane; the level of 99mTc-GSA accumulation in the liver correlates well with the parameters of hepatic function tests. We hypothesized that the early blood kinetics of 99mT...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sugai Y,Komatani A,Hosoya T,Takahashi K

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Renal artery stenosis is an important and potentially curable cause of hypertension. Captopril renography is now recognized to have a high sensitivity and specificity in its diagnosis. Ultimately, however, the result is of little benefit if it does not lead to a change in patient management. To assess how patient mana...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ramsay D,Belton I,Finlay D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We retrospectively investigated the value of dynamic Tc-diisopropyl-iminodiacetic acid hepatobiliary scintigraphy (HBS) in discriminating postsurgical complications following liver transplantation (LT). METHODS:Dynamic HBS was performed for suspected post-LT complications in 201 cases. Hepatic uptake and exc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lee JY,Hu W,Lee KH,Kwon CH,Lee EJ,Choi JY,Kim BT

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody (MoAb) fragments are known to have advantages over intact immunoglobulins for radioimmunoscintigraphy. It is less clear whether they are as effective in the delivery of radioimmunotherapy. The imaging and dosimetric properties of an intact MoAb, K-1-21, reactive against human kappa light chains (LC...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Walker KZ,Seymour-Munn K,Towson JE,Axiak SM,Raison RL,Bautovitch GJ,Morris J,Basten A

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:A patient satisfaction survey was carried out in a nuclear medicine department of a large acute hospital. Surveys were initially carried out by interview and postal techniques, with approximately 100 responders in each category. The responses to each question were not significantly different for the two types of surve...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Harding LK,Griffith J,Harding VM,Tulley NJ,Notghi A,Thomson WH

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked changes in cardiac function have been noted in patients with hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism due both to changes in sympathetic system function and to biochemical modifications of myocardial tissue. Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), an analogue of norepinephrine, can be used to evaluate myocardial sympathetic t...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Maini CL,Tofani A,Sciuto R,Ferraironi A,Festa A,Rea S

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：:The aim of this study was to look for regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) abnormalities in patients with a recent diagnosis of pseudotumour cerebri (PTC) and to compare 99Tcm-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99Tcm-HMPAO) cerebral single photon emission tomographic (SPET) findings with those of X-ray computed tomograph...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bakar M,Tamgac F,Alper E,Zarifoglu M,Bora I,Turan F,Ogul E

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinical studies in women using technetium-99m (Tc)-Bombesin have shown successful radionuclide imaging of breast tumours overexpressing gastrin-releasing peptide receptors (GRPRs). Recent studies have demonstrated that most breast tumours overexpress folate receptors (FRα). AIM:The aim of this work was to ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Aranda-Lara L,Ferro-Flores G,Ramírez Fde M,Ocampo-García B,Santos-Cuevas C,Díaz-Nieto L,Isaac-Olivé K

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:Dual gating is a method of dividing the data of a cardiac PET scan into smaller bins according to the respiratory motion and the ECG of the patient. It reduces the undesirable motion artefacts in images, but produces several images for interpretation and decreases the quality of single images. By using motio...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Klén R,Noponen T,Koikkalainen J,Lötjönen J,Thielemans K,Hoppela E,Sipilä H,Teräs M,Knuuti J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assessing the relative function of each of the three kidneys using nuclear scintigraphy with standard planar imaging in patients having undergone kidney transplant is problematic because of the different photon-attenuation factors associated with native versus transplanted kidneys. To address this, we applied...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Palmer MR,Donohoe KJ,Francis JM,A Mandelbrot D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00