Deficiencies in product labelling instructions and quality control directions for 99mTc radiopharmaceuticals.

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 examination of the biokinetics and biodistribution of i.p. administered 131I- or 111In-labelled 791T/36 antibody (1 mg) has been carried out in five patients with stage III/IV ovarian cancer. Blood kinetics and urinary excretion of the radiolabels were assayed. Scintigraphy was performed immediately following admin...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Perkins AC,Pimm MV,Gie C,Marksman RA,Symonds EM,Baldwin RW

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with a wide variety of orthopaedic disorders can be usefully investigated by nuclear medicine techniques, mostly by bone scintigraphy. Overall this area of nuclear medicine activity is increasing which is a trend that can be expected to continue. The principal conditions that are imaged are fractures and thei...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ryan PJ,Fogelman I

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99m (99Tcm)(V) dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) is a new tumour imaging agent which has been used to evaluate squamous carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. This study evaluated the pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of 99Tcm(V)DMSA in patients with SCC and calculated the bone mass of a New Zealand White (N...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Watkinson JC,Allen S,Lazarus CR,Sinclair J,Blake GM,Clarke SE

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants or children undergoing nuclear medicine investigations may subsequently come into close contact with nurses or parents responsible for their care. In order to estimate the radiation dose to these individuals, and to formulate appropriate recommendations, dose rates were measured at distances of 0.1, 0.5 and 1....

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mountford PJ,O'Doherty MJ,Harding LK,Thomson WH,Carter NJ,Bray D,Paul C,Batchelor S

更新日期：1991-08-01 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：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：:Impaired cardiac fatty acid uptake, assessed by the radiolabelled fatty acid analogue beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (I-123-BMIPP), is observed in the myocardium following acute ischaemic events, but the long-term prognostic implication has not been established. This study aimed to determine the prognosti...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nakata T,Kobayashi T,Tamaki N,Kobayashi H,Wakabayashi T,Shimoshige S,Oh-Hori K,Hamabe K,Hirasawa K,Matsuki T,Shogase T,Furudate M,Shimamoto K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The goal of this study was to assess global cerebral glucose uptake in subjects with known cardiovascular risk factors by employing a quantitative F-fluorodeoxyglucose-PET/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) technique. We hypothesized that at-risk subjects would demonstrate decreased global brain glucose uptake co...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Borja AJ,Hancin EC,Zhang V,Koa B,Bhattaru A,Rojulpote C,Detchou DK,Aly M,Kaghazchi F,Gerke O,Patil S,Gonuguntla K,Werner TJ,Revheim ME,Høilund-Carlsen PF,Alavi A

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The recent development of mixed ligand complexes using a 99mTc tricarbonyl synthon has prompted us to revisit the first generation product, 99mTc-t-butyl isonitrile (TBI), for possible myocardial imaging after modification of the 99mTc core to a mixed ligand core of carbonyl and t-butyl isonitrile. The easy a...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kothari KK,Satpati D,Joshi S,Venkatesh M,Ramamoorthy N,Pillai MR

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A lack of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has been reported in 20-40% of heart failure patients with left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony who underwent treatment based on the established guidelines. The study aimed to investigate the relationship between (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin ((99m)Tc-TF) myoc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Shigeru M,Fujiwara S,Takamine S,Yoshida A,Kawai H,Shiotani H,Hirata K

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of our study was to explore the value of 3'-deoxy-3'-[F]fluorothymidine (F-FLT) and F-FLT PET in monitoring the early biologic response of esophageal carcinoma after irradiation in vitro and in vivo. METHODS:After 2, 4, and 8 h of irradiation at different doses (0, 5, 10, and 15 Gy) of esophageal car...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jiang M,Huang Q,Chen P,Ruan X,Luo Z,Zhao L,Fan W,Peng T,Sun L,Wu H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the study was to assess the association between the burden of metastatic bone disease measured on F-NaF PET/computed tomography (CT) studies and the overall survival (OS) of patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). METHODS:We retrospectively analyzed 31 patients with MTC who performed 18F-NaF P...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ueda CE,Duarte PS,de Castroneves LA,Flávio J,Marin G,Sado HN,Sapienza MT,Hoff AO,Buchpiguel CA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A non-invasive nuclear medicine technique was developed to screen patients with painful hands so as to separate patients with a normal from those with an abnormal microcirculation of the hands in different clinical conditions. Such a technique is important, as the other methods available are either subjective or rathe...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Galuska L,Garai I,Csiki Z,Varga J,Bodolay E,Bajnok L

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers the different statistics that can be derived from studies on the value of diagnostic tests. Well-accepted quantities, such as sensitivity and specificity, are reviewed and the value of the likelihood ratio in communicating particular test results is highlighted. A new quantity, the 'diagnostic val...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lloyd JJ,Talbot PR,Lawson RS

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening for radioactive material at borders may become more widely introduced in order to prevent illegal transport. All the alarms at Vienna airport so far have been due to recent applications of radionuclides for medical reasons. METHODS:We report a patient who unexpectedly experienced this problem afte...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sinzinger H,Aiginger P,Neumann I,Havlik E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to assess the incremental value of technetium-99m-methyl diphosphonate (Tc-MDP) single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) over Tc-MDP two-phase bone scan (TPBS) in the assessment of the patients with pain following knee arthroplasty. PATIENTS AND ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mandegaran R,Agrawal K,Vijayanathan S,Gnanasegaran G

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：AIM:This study aims to assess the diagnostic role of F-FDG PET/computed tomography in primary staging and restaging of testicular cancer in comparison with contrast-enhanced diagnostic thoracic-abdominopelvic computed tomography. MATERIAL AND METHOD:Thirty-two consecutive male patients with testicular carcinoma (media...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Soydal C,Araz M,Urun Y,Gulpinar B,Nak D,Ozkan E,Kucuk NO

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed the value of N-ammonia PET-computed tomography (PET/CT) in recurrent glioma and compared the results with those of contrast-enhanced MRI (CE MRI). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fifty-two (mean age, 39.8±11.6 years; male, 33; female, 19) histopathologically proven and previously treated glioma patients with...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Khangembam BC,Sharma P,Karunanithi S,Singhal A,Das CJ,Kumar P,Julka PK,Bandopadhyaya GP,Kumar R,Malhotra A,Bal C

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main aim of this study was to investigate the role of N-(2,4,6 trimethyl-3-bromophenylcarbamoylmethyl) iminodiacetic acid (IDA; Mebrofenin) scintigraphy in follow-up assessments of the biliary system in patients with cystic fibrosis associated liver disease. Fourteen patients from a study published in 1996 were re...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Foster JA,Ramsden WH,Conway SP,Taylor JM,Etherington C

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Quantification of the number of receptors per cell (NRPC) is important when assessing whether a tumor surface biomarker is suitable for medical imaging. One common method for NPRC quantification is to use a binding saturation assay, which is time consuming and requires large amounts of reagents. The aim of this study ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Barta P,Björkelund H,Andersson K

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:The influence of zooming on centre-of-rotation (COR) of the rotating camera-based SPECT system and on the resolution of tomographic images was investigated. COR values were measured as a function of zoom factor varying from x1.0 to x3.0. Measurements were performed using two SPECT systems collimated with three collima...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Saw CB,Clarke LP,Serafini AN

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:It has been reported that dyslipidaemia impairs left ventricular systolic (LVs) and diastolic (LVd) functions, irrespective of atherogenic effects, in the setting of coronary artery disease. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of anti-lipidaemic therapy on LVs and LVd functions by means of mult...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Entok E,Unalir A,Cavusoglu Y,Timuralp B,Vardareli E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence of malignancy in incidental thyroidal uptake on PET with fluorine-18 deoxyglucose integrated with computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) in Pakistani cancer patients and to assess the role of standardized uptake value (SUV) in deciding which lesions to investigate further. METHOD:We re...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hassan A,Riaz S,Zafar W

更新日期：2016-10-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain metastases are common in lung cancer. Whole-body 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-D-glucose ([F]FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) is used for general staging, but MRI is the best modality for characterizing brain abnormalities. We aimed to determine whether PET/CT is suitable for selecting patients for MRI...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hjorthaug K,Højbjerg JA,Knap MM,Tietze A,Haraldsen A,Zacho HD,Kramer SM,Borghammer P

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasingly, dual-detector gamma cameras are being purchased as replacements for single-headed cameras. The improvement in sensitivity offered by a dual-detector device can be used in several ways: to shorten acquisition times, to improve signal-to-noise ratios, or to reduce administered doses. This paper focuses on ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Tindale WB

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00