Utility of 18F-FDG uptake in various regions of Waldeyer's ring to differentiate benign from malignant lesions in the midline roof of the nasopharynx.

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：:This study surveyed practice in nuclear cardiology in the UK in 1994. A questionnaire was sent to 219 centres performing nuclear imaging asking for details of current practice in nuclear cardiology. Replies were received from 192 centres (88%). Activity in performance of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and radionuc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pennell DJ,Prvulovich E,Tweddel A,Caplin J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many materials and types of implant have been used to achieve a cosmetic effect and prosthesis motility in the anophthalmic socket. Hydroxyapatite remains the implant material of choice for producing the most natural prosthesis motility while porous polyethylene shows promising characteristics as another useful materi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pan MH,Wu YW,Yen RF,Tzen KY,Liao SL,Kao CH

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:To evaluate the incidence, severity and clinical course of right ventricular (RV) involvement after acute inferior myocardial infarction (IMI), 78 patients (pts) with IMI were investigated by both 99Tcm-pyrophosphate (PYP) scan and gated blood pool scan (GBPS). GBPS was performed at admission and 10 days, whereas 99Tc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nishimura T,Yasuda T,Gold HK,Leinbach RC,Boucher CA,McKusick KA,Strauss HW

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of bone marrow scintigraphy using 99Tcm-nanocolloid, conventional bone scintigraphy and bone marrow biopsy were performed in 35 patients with histologically proven small cell carcinoma of the lung to determine whether bone marrow scintigraphy has a role in the early detection of bone marrow metasta...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Li DJ,Maughan TS,Miles KA,Wraight EP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The choice of metrics for defining active Takayasu arteritis (TAK) using fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG)-PET remains controversial. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare in the same patients the diagnostic performance for the detection of active TAK of different metrics applied for the qua...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Emsen B,Benali K,Mahida B,Larivière D,Le Guludec D,Papo T,Sacre K,Hyafil F

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Human serum albumin (HSA), which has 58 Lys residues, one Cys residue, and indocyanine green (ICG) adsorption sites, can be used as a multifunctional platform for the development of hybrid imaging probes. In this study, we prepared 64Cu-labeled mannose-conjugated HSA with and without ICG ([64Cu]1-ICG and [64C...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kang CM,An GI,Choe YS

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the precision of gated equilibrium radioventriculography in measuring changes in left ventricular stroke volume (LVSV), we studied five dogs each with a chronically implanted electromagnetic flowmeter on the ascending aorta. Per cent changes in left ventricular stroke counts (LVSC) were compared to those in ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Valette H,Bourguignon MH,Apoil E,Moyse D,Wise RA,Buchanan JW,Wagner HN Jr,Syrota A

更新日期：1988-12-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:PET/computed tomography (CT) imaging with the sodium-(F)-fluoride/2-(F)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-NaF/F-FDG) cocktail has been proposed for patients with osseous metastases. This work aimed to optimize the cocktail composition for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). MATE...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Simoncic U,Perlman S,Liu G,Jeraj R

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physical considerations of using dual isotope brain SPECT imaging to monitor blood flow changes during cognitive activation studies were investigated. These factors included field uniformity, spatial resolution and crosstalk. Serial dual isotope single photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) studies of a test...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Madsen MT,O'Leary DS,Andreasen NC,Kirchner PT

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated dopamine transporter blockade in the rat striatum after treatment with various doses of methylphenidate using a high-resolution small animal SPECT ('TierSPECT') and I-FP-CIT. METHODS:I-FP-CIT was administered intravenously 1 h after intraperitoneal injection of methylphenidate (3 mg.k...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nikolaus S,Antke C,Beu M,Kley K,Larisch R,Wirrwar A,Müller HW

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of authors have indicated a more sensitive detection of renal cortical defects using single photon emission tomography (SPET) compared with planar imaging when performing 99Tcm-dimer-captosuccinic acid (99Tcm-DMSA) renal scintigraphy. The place of SPET in the evaluation of kidneys in adults suspected of acute...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Everaert H,Flamen P,Franken PR,Peeters P,Bossuyt A,Piepsz A

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of 123I-5-iodo-2-thiouracil in melanotic and amelanotic melanoma implanted in Syrian golden hamsters was studied. A selective accumulation was found in the tumours. Uptake of 123ITU in melanotic melanomas was 4 to 5 times the uptake in amelanotic ones. For both tumours high ratios of tumours versus non-tumo...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Franken NA,Van Langevelde A,Journée-De Korver JG,Bakker CN,Feitsma RI,Van Delft JL,Oosterhuis JA,Pauwels EK

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:In patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), metastases can either show iodine-131 (I) uptake on whole-body scintigraphy or F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-FDG) uptake on combined PET and X-ray computed tomography (PET/CT), or a mix of both. The present study investigates the relationship between uptake...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kelders A,Kennes LN,Krohn T,Behrendt FF,Mottaghy FM,Verburg FA

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of 99Tcm-labelled red cell scintigraphy as a means of detecting rebleeding was investigated in 33 patients with bleeding peptic ulcers. Scintigrams were performed twice during the 24 h period succeeding diagnostic endoscopy. There was scintigraphic evidence of rebleeding in 23 patients but this was clini...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kinnear WJ,Dickinson RJ,Buxton-Thomas M,Wraight EP

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:99mTc-HL91 is a new hypoxia agent and can identify acutely ischaemic viable myocardium in a canine model using a standard gamma camera. The purpose of the study was to determine whether this tracer could be used to detect regional ischaemia in chronic ischaemic myocardium in a swine model. METHOD:Using a porcine m...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Wu YW,Lee CM,Huang YH,Chou NK,Yen RF,Tzen KY,Huang PJ

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) is recognized to have a major role in oncological imaging. Over recent years there has been a steady increase in the use of gamma camera PET (GCPET) systems as these are less expensive than dedicated PET scanners and facilitat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Marshall C,Mustafa S,Wheatley DC,Eremin JE,El-Sheemy M,Jibril JA,Eremin O,Griffiths PA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vectorized internal radiation therapy using lipiodol-labelled with iodine-131 (131 I-lipiodol) is an effective treatment for inoperable hepatocellular carcinomas. However, few dosimetric data are available based on this approach. We have developed a dosimetric protocol based on scintiscan imaging and that is ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Becker S,Laffont S,Vitry F,Rolland Y,Lecloirec J,Boucher E,Raoul JL,Herry JY,Bourguet P,Garin E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:201Tl myocardial perfusion single photon emission tomography (SPET) with pharmacological coronary vasodilatation using adenosine is now often used in the investigation of a patient with ischaemic heart disease (IHD). In this study, we present data from two groups of patients. Group A (n = 40) experienced 201Tl SPET wi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mahmood S,Gupta NK,Gunning M,Bomanji JB,Jarritt PH,Ell PJ

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons of gastric emptying between different centres are difficult because of wide variations in methods. Reproducibility of a method is very important before it is used to compare different subjects or to assess the effect of treatment. The aim of this study was to measure the reproducibility of gastric emptying...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kong MF,Perkins AC,King P,Blackshaw PE,Macdonald IA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of (123)I-iomazenil (IMZ) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for the pre-surgical identification of epileptogenic areas in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and to compare the results with those of (123)I-IMP SPECT and (18)Fluorodeoxyglu...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kaneko K,Sasaki M,Morioka T,Koga H,Abe K,Sawamoto H,Ohya N,Yoshiura T,Mihara F,Honda H

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To prevent salivary dysfunction in thyroid cancer patients who have undergone radioiodine ablation, massaging the parotid gland (PG) is presumed to be helpful for the removal of radioiodine. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of PG massage in the removal of radioiodine from the PG. METHODS...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hong CM,Son SH,Kim CY,Kim DH,Jeong SY,Lee SW,Lee J,Ahn BC

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to analyze the clinical management and the outcome of disease in differentiated thyroid carcinoma with initial and late distant metastases (M1). PATIENTS AND METHODS:Radioiodine (131I) therapy was applied in 77 differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients with M1 (31 patients with M1-initial a...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mihailovic JM,Stefanovic LJ,Malesevic MD,Erak MD,Tesanovic DD

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to evaluate gated myocardial perfusion SPECT (GMPS) in the prediction of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in nonischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty-two patients (23 men, mean age 57.5±12.1 years) with severe heart failure, who wer...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mukherjee A,Patel CD,Naik N,Sharma G,Roy A

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of PET/computed tomography (CT) in detecting marrow infiltration in indolent non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) with histopathological correlation. METHODS:All treatment-naive newly diagnosed indolent NHL with staging PET/CT were retrospectively evaluated for marrow infiltration a...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lee EY,Gill H,Wang Y,Kwong YL,Khong PL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to undertake an audit of the quantitative characteristics of single photon emission computed tomography software using projection data from an analytically generated software phantom and a measured line source. The phantom consisted of three structures. A uniformly filled cylinder, a seri...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jarritt PH,Whalley DR,Skrypniuk JV,Houston AS,Fleming JS,Cosgriff PS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses the problems facing nuclear medicine in the coming decade and outlines the areas in which new developments or expansion can be expected. The questions considered include legislative requirements, the need to educate the public and the medical profession on the strengths of nuclear medicine, appr...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ell PJ

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00