Follow-up bone scan in breast cancer patients: what is the appropriate interpretation of purely rib uptake?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to compare the sensitivity of single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) using 99mTc-sestamibi (MIBI) with that of PET/CT using 11C-methionine (MET) for localization of parathyroid adenomas/hyperplasia in primary hyperparathyroidism. MATERIALS AND ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hayakawa N,Nakamoto Y,Kurihara K,Yasoda A,Kanamoto N,Miura M,Inagaki N,Togashi K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to assess the efficacy of using whole-kidney, mean parenchymal and pelvic transit times to evaluate renal function following treatment with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Fifteen patients were evaluated 24-48 h before and after ESWL therapy using 99Tcm-DTPA renal sc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ilgin N,Iftehar SA,Vural G,Bozkirli I,Gokcora N

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine if it is possible to exclude renal obstruction using diuresis renography in the first 6 weeks of life (the period of physiological renal immaturity), thus avoiding unnecessary invasive procedures, such as the Whitaker test or surgery. Diuresis renography with 123I-hippuran was pe...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Eising EG,Bonzel KE,Zander C,Farahati J,Reiners C

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for attenuation and scatter correction of brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is described where computed tomography (CT) images of the brain are used for the calculation of attenuation maps. The method is evaluated for the substance 99mTc hexamethylpropylene amine oxime. A transmission d...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Larsson A,Johansson L,Sundström T,Ahlström KR

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to validate the efficacy of computed tomography (CT) iterative reconstruction (CT-IR) for low-dose CT attenuation correction in terms of the estimation of attenuation coefficient and quality of PET images. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We used normal and obesity-simulating body phantoms. PE...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Matsutomo N,Nagaki A,Sasaki M

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：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：: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

abstract：:A technique is described for the quantification of the three-dimensional distribution of 131I radiopharmaceuticals using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). A theoretical discussion of the problems of scatter and septal penetration in 131I SPECT is presented. The correction of these effects using the g...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fleming JS,Alaamer AA,Perring S

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Maximum standardized uptake value (SUV(max)) is a marker of tumor glucose metabolism detected by [(18)F]-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) and reflects tumor aggressiveness. The aim of the study was to evaluate the value of SUV(max) in differentiating benign from malignant solit...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hu SL,Yang ZY,Zhou ZR,Yu XJ,Ping B,Zhang YJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Large-scale clinical trials have demonstrated that beta blocker therapy improves the prognosis of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), but cardiac events sometimes occur even in patients showing favourable response to the therapy. In this study, the usefulness of meta-iodobenzyguanidine (MIBG) in predicting cardiac ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujimoto S,Inoue A,Hisatake S,Yamashina S,Yamashina H,Nakano H,Yamazaki J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyse the kinetic changes of uptake, washout and retention of Tc-sestamibi in order to evaluate the protective effects and possible mechanism of ischaemic preconditioning and adenosine preconditioning on myocardium injured by ischaemia/reperfusion. METHODS:Isolated ischaemia/reperfusion rabbit heart mod...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Liang J,Chen HL,Zhou Y,Xie M,Xu LM,Lin G

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To test the applicability of Tc-dextran joint scintigraphy in the assessment of disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to compare it with the clinical disease activity scores and laboratory parameters. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients with RA were investigated using Tc-dextran joint scintigr...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kaya M,Tuna H,Fatih Firat M,Tuna F,Seren G,Necmi Yigitbasi O

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postal survey of UK nuclear medicine departments was undertaken to collate information on equipment, numbers of procedures and staffing levels for the years 1992 and 1993. It was estimated that there are 235 sites undertaking nuclear medicine, the total number of procedures performed being some 490,000 in 1993 compa...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Elliott AT,Elliott FM,Shields RA

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioactive tracer techniques using 131I- and 125I-insulin have been applied to study insulin metabolism. A simple method to label human insulin with 123I to a high specific activity is described. We have used this radiotracer to study insulin kinetics in vivo in normal subjects and in two groups of diabetic patients....

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sinclair AJ,Signore A,Bomanji J,Britton KE,Pozzilli P,Gale EA

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether an extension of the imaging time to 24 h post-injection improves the diagnostic accuracy of technetium-99m-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (99mTc-HMPAO) leucocyte imaging in detecting knee replacement infections. Thirty patients were studied, with infection confirmed in...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Larikka MJ,Ahonen AK,Junila JA,Niemelä O,Hämäläinen MM,Syrjälä HP

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic capacity of three methods of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET/CT analysis carried out after therapy in patients with extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL). The three methods of PET/CT analysis included the International Harmonization Proje...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jiang C,Liu J,Li L,Kosik RO,Su M,Zou L,Tian R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In normal adults, the maintenance of phosphate balance involves the reabsorption of 85-90% of filtered phosphate by the proximal tubule. At a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 125 ml min-1 and a plasma phosphate concentration of 1.3 mmol l-1, the filtered phosphate is approximately 235 mmol day-1. Following intraven...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nair N,Mahadeo DS,Patel R

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper proposes the utilization of 225Ac for the alpha-radioimmunotherapy of cancer. The isotope decays with a radioactive half-life of 10 days into a cascade of short-lived alpha- and beta-emitting isotopes. In addition, when indicated by the pharmacokinetic requirements of particular clinical applications, 213Bi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Geerlings MW,Kaspersen FM,Apostolidis C,van der Hout R

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of radionuclide therapies presents significant radiation protection challenges. The aim of this work was to develop a delivery system for intravenous radioisotope therapies to substantially moderate radiation exposures to staff and operators. A novel device (InfuShield) was designed and tested befor...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Rushforth DP,Pratt BE,Chittenden SJ,Murray IS,Causer L,Grey MJ,Gear JI,Du Y,Flux GD

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This survey was designed to assess the trends in the frequencies of nuclear medicine procedures in the UK and to determine their contributions to the annual collective effective dose to the UK population. The average activities administered by nuclear medicine departments were compared with guidance on diagn...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hart D,Wall BF

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:There is a lack of systematic nephrographic studies on epidemic nephritis (EN). We studied 10 patients with EN using [99Tcm]MAG3 gamma camera nephrography and followed up 9 of them 22-68 days later when they had clinically recovered. Variables for renal clearance of [99Tcm]MAG3 and the retention of radioactivity in th...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Paul R,Kiiliäinen H,Tarssanen L,Vorne M

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:LL1, a monoclonal antibody (MAb) to HLA Class-II-like antigen (li determinant) on the surface of B-lymphocytes, monocytes and histiocytes, was evaluated as an agent for bone marrow imaging. Six patients with diverse diseases (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, n = 2; multiple myeloma, n = 1; polycythaemia vera, n = 1; lung cance...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Juweid M,Dunn RM,Sharkey RM,Rubin AD,Hansen HJ,Goldenberg DM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radically operated tumour patients (gastrointestinal cancer, n = 10; lung cancer, n = 10) were subjected to continuous prospective monitoring of the serum level of tissue polypeptide antigen (TPA) prior to surgical treatment as well as during the subsequent year. The following observations were made: Immediately after...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bauer T,Muhrer KH,Müller H,Grebe SF

更新日期：1986-02-01 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：:Equilibrium radionuclide angiography (ERNA) is the 'gold standard' for assessing left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). The aim of the study was to determine whether the left ventricular cavity-to-myocardium count ratio (LVCMR) from 201Tl myocardial single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) correlated wit...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Maunoury C,Antonietti T,Sebahoun S,Barritault L

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micturating renograms often need to be carried out on children, with whom difficulty may be experienced in synchronizing onset of micturition with camera and computer acquisition. A flow detection system has been developed which will automate these acquisitions, resulting in far fewer false starts or lost studies. The...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Burniston MT,Royall RA,Tapper RC

更新日期：1987-09-01 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