Clinical value of cystatin C and beta-trace protein in glomerular filtration rate in renal transplant cases with stable renal graft functions: comparison by the 99mTc-DTPA plasma sample method.

abstract：AIM:The aim of our study was to assess improvements in spatial resolution and noise control from the application of the Astonish resolution recovery algorithm for single photon emission computed tomography imaging. Secondary aims were to compare acquisitions made with low-energy general purpose collimators with those o...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： O'Mahoney E,Murray I

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:The recommended method for the measurement of radiochemical purity (RCP) of ¹¹¹In-labelled pentetreotide is thin-layer chromatography with a silica gel as the stationary phase and a 0.1 N sodium citrate solution (pH 5) as the mobile phase. According to the supplier's instructions, the mobile phas...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Salgado-Garcia C,Montoza-Aguado M,Luna-Alcaide AB,Segovia-Gonzalez MM,de Mora ES,Lopez-Martin J,Ramos-Font C,Jimenez-Heffernan A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of PET instrumentation signaled the beginning of a new perspective in nuclear medicine diagnostic imaging. PET systems rely on several corrections that must be applied in order to establish accurate and reliable quantification. The inherent properties of PET detector architecture and the crystals themselves...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Theodorakis L,Loudos G,Prassopoulos V,Kappas C,Tsougos I,Georgoulias P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the accuracy of renal function quantification with 99Tcm-DMSA we compared DMSA renal uptake and creatinine clearance in 16 cases of children with single kidney. The age of the patients ranged from two months to fourteen years. Creatinine clearance was normalized to 1.73 m2. DMSA uptake was measured 7 h after ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Baillet G,Gagnadoux MF,De Vernejoul P,Broyer M

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Thermogenesis of brown adipose tissue (BAT) is controlled by central modulating mechanisms, although changes in brain metabolism of BAT-positive subjects with different genders are still unclear. We hypothesized that changes in regional cerebral glucose metabolic activity were associated with BAT activities, an...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Shao X,Chen Y,Shao X,Wang S,Wang S,Wang Y

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-isopropyl-p-I-123-iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) is extracted by the brain in proportion to regional blood flow. It is particularly useful in the clinical assessment of various pathological conditions related to altered cerebral flow. Moreover, it has been reported that 123I-IMP is avidly incorporated into melanin and m...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Watanabe N,Seto H,Yokoyama K,Matsuda H,Shimizu M,Tonami N,Hisada K,Kakishita M

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ga-PSMA-11 is a novel PET tracer suggested to be used for imaging of advanced prostate cancer. In this study, we aimed to present a detailed biodistribution of Ga-PSMA-11, including physiological and benign variants of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We carried out a re...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Demirci E,Sahin OE,Ocak M,Akovali B,Nematyazar J,Kabasakal L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to determine the predictive value of C-reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) to a positive fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) result in patients with inflammation of unknown origin and fever of unknown origin. PAT...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Balink H,Veeger NJ,Bennink RJ,Slart RH,Holleman F,van Eck-Smit BL,Verberne HJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carbon urea breath test ((14)C-UBT) is a noninvasive technique used to detect Helicobacter pylori infection in patients presenting with dyspeptic symptoms. The present study was undertaken to determine the efficacy of indigenously produced (14)C-UBT capsules by the Board of Radiation and Isotope Technology, India....

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Tiwari BP,Nistala S,Patil SP,Kalgutkar DP,Jaychandran N,Chander H,Basu S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Our study aims to assess the clinical relevance of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) negative osteoblastic metastatic bone lesions noted on PET/computed tomography (CT) in breast cancer patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The medical records of breast cancer patients were reviewed retrospectively from January ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Al-Muqbel KM,Yaghan RJ,Al-Omari MH,Rousan LA,Dagher NM,Al Bashir S

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyphosphonate ligands labelled with radioisotopes decaying by moderate energy beta emission have shown utility as palliative agents for painful bone metastasis. 177Lu (T(1/2)=6.71 d, Ebetamax=497 keV) has radionuclidic properties suitable for use in palliative therapy of bone metastasis. 177Lu was produced at a high...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Chakraborty S,Das T,Unni PR,Sarma HD,Samuel G,Banerjee S,Venkatesh M,Ramamoorthy N,Pillai MR

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Myocardial perfusion SPECT is frequently affected by artefacts related to abdominal activity. Metoclopramide has been suggested to relieve this, but two previous studies have shown conflicting results. METHODS:Ninety-five patients received 10 mg metoclopramide orally after injection of 99mTc-tetrofosmin for...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Grüning T,Brogsitter C,Khonsari M,Jones IW,Nevin SM,Burchert W

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The recent introduction of high-efficiency solid-state gamma cameras for myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography has enabled lower patient radiation dose, faster imaging, and improved image quality. However, artifacts still complicate interpretation. Prone imaging is a common maneuver ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Howard BA,Roy Choudhury K,Oldan JD,Pagnanelli RA,Borges-Neto S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether any patient or hepatic tumor characteristics are predictive of hepatopulmonary shunt fraction when performed before radioembolization. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A retrospective review was performed on 190 patients who underwent preradioembolization hepatic arteriography with calculation of h...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Yerubandi V,Ronald J,Howard BA,Suhocki PV,James OG,Wong TZ,Kim CY

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:PET/computed tomography (CT) using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) has been used in the diagnosis of recurrence and metastases of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) in cases of negative whole-body scan (WBS) despite elevated concentrations of stimulated thyroglobulin (Tg). AIM:To assess the utilit...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Stangierski A,Kaznowski J,Wolinski K,Jodlowska E,Michaliszyn P,Kubiak K,Czepczynski R,Ruchala M

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To perform a detailed analysis of the performance of mobile intraoperative imaging systems and gamma probes in a phantom set-up, and compare this with a conventional gamma camera. METHODS:Two separate experiments were performed. In the first, a modified Jaszczak phantom equipped with five (99m)Tc-filled hot sphere...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Krohn T,Verburg FA,Brockmann H,Winz OH,Mottaghy FM,Behrendt FF

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The diagnosis of painful hip without remarkable radiographic findings is still challenging. In recent years, femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) has been recognized as an important cause of painful hip. The hypothesis of this study was that local bone turnover may be accelerated in painful hip, especially in F...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kobayashi N,Inaba Y,Tezuka T,Ike H,Kubota S,Kawamura M,Saito T

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early diagnosis in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is important for the administration of new treatments. The purpose of this study was to differentiate mildly/moderately demented AD patients from normal controls by means of activational brain SPECT, and to investigate the correlation between regional cerebral blood flow and...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sayit E,Yener G,Capa G,Ertay T,Keskin B,Fadiloglu S,Durak H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed in vitro aggregation and indium-111 labeled platelet kinetic and biodistribution studies in seven patients with diabetes mellitus and in five control subjects. All subjects were male. All diabetic patients were poorly controlled at the time of study with blood glucose greater than 140 mg % and hemoglobin ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Luikens B,Forstrom LA,Johnson T,Johnson G

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The objective of this study was to assess the relevance of physiological (68)Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT findings in the pancreas guided by morphological imaging (MI) in comparison with pathological tumour uptake in patients with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). METHODS:A total of 138 patients with pancreatic NET (pNET; n=38...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mapelli P,Tam HH,Sharma R,Aboagye EO,Al-Nahhas A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging of dopamine transporters by using the cocaine derivative [123I]-(1R)-2-beta-carbomethoxy-3-beta-(4-iodophenyl)-tropane ([123I]-beta-CIT) has been shown to be useful in patients with Parkinsonism. The aim of this study was to compare beta-CIT imaging with singl...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Eising EG,Müller TH,Freudenberg L,Müller SP,Dutschka K,Sonnenschein W,Przuntek H,Bockisch A

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：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：PURPOSE:Extramammary Paget's disease (EMPD) is rare, and limited data have been reported on the utilization of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography ((18)F-FDG PET/CT) in this disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of (18)F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis and staging of EMPD. MATERIALS AND...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Tian Y,Wu HB,Li DL,Li HS,Zhou WL,Wang QS

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has progressively replaced complete axillary lymph node dissection in the evaluation of breast cancer patients with clinically node-negative disease. Our study investigates the rate of and risk factors involved in sentinel node identification failure. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bernardi S,Bertozzi S,Londero AP,Angione V,Petri R,Giacomuzzi F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) has been evaluated in 38 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. The patients had all been treated previously by operation and 31 had received radioiodine 131I. The patients continued to take thyroid hormone and changed to a low iodine diet for 14 days before and throughout t...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Durski JM,Weigel RJ,McDougall IR

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied two different methods for the evaluation of differential renal function in a group of 100 patients with various kidney disorders whose effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) had been calculated previously by single 125I-orthoiodohippurate (OIH) injection and multiple blood sampling. Patients were divided into t...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Llamas-Elvira JM,Martinez-Paredes M,Jimenez-Heffernan A,Sopena R,Requena MJ,Gonzalez FM,Torres M,Mateo A

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00