Meta-analysis of meta-analyses in oncologic positron emission tomography.

abstract：:Dynamic penile scintigraphy was performed using 99Tcm-labelled autologous erythrocytes in five normally potent volunteers and 22 patients with erectile dysfunction including 11 patients with psychogenic and 11 patients with vasculogenic impotence (four arteriogenic, three venogenic, three arteriogenic and venogenic, o...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Siraj QH,Hilson AJ,Bomanji J,Ahmed M

更新日期：1993-11-01 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:The incidence of anal cancer is increasing in Western countries. Fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET-computed tomography (CT) is used in the assessment of anal cancer, but its routine use is not established. The aim of this study was to assess the value of F-FDG-PET-CT in staging and post-treatment as...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Teagle AR,Gilbert DC,Jones JR,Burkill GJ,McKinna F,Dizdarevic S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A dedicated breast PET scanner with C-shaped detectors (C scanner) has been newly developed. The purpose of this study was to re-evaluate the diagnostic performance of high-resolution PET images with the new reconstruction conditions, obtained using this C scanner in breast cancer patients, and to compare th...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nakamoto R,Nakamoto Y,Ishimori T,Nishimatsu K,Miyake KK,Kanao S,Iima M,Toi M,Togashi K

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Simulated data from the recent Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine audit of quantitative cerebral perfusion were used to optimize the parameters of eigenimage analysis, a method for computer-aided detection. METHODS:Twenty normal images provided by the audit were registered to the International ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Houston AS,Fleming JS,Ward T,Hoffmann SM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET (F-FDG PET) in prognostic evaluation of pre-stem cell transplantation (SCT) and post-SCT is still uncertain. A systematic review and meta-analysis were carried out to detect the prognostic power of F-FDG PET. 'PubMed', EMBASE, and Springer were searched for relevant artic...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Wang C,Li P,Wu S,Lu J,Liu Q,Luo H,Song S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

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：: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：AIM:To develop a strategy for checking the reliability of slope intercept measurement of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). METHODS:Six blood samples, obtained bilaterally 20-240 min after the injection of Cr-ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and iohexol into opposite arms, were assayed for indicator injected cont...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bird NJ,Peters C,Michell AR,Peters AM

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Gated blood-pool single-photon emission computed tomography (GBPS) was compared with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) for the measurement of left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) ejection fractions (EF) and volumes [end-diastolic volume (EDV) or end-systolic volume (ESV)] in a mixed population. ME...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sibille L,Bouallegue FB,Bourdon A,Micheau A,Vernhet-Kovacsik H,Mariano-Goulart D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate the diagnostic value of fluorodeoxyglucose-18 (FDG)-PET/computed tomography (CT) and MRI parameters in determining the molecular subtypes of invasive breast cancer. METHODS:Data from 55 primary invasive breast cancer masses in 51 female patients who underwent pre-treat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Akin M,Orguc S,Aras F,Kandiloglu AR

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate whether in lower extremity lymphoedema, lymph proteins enter blood before they do the thoracic duct. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of routine lymphoscintigraphy in 69 adults imaged at 5, 45 and 150 min following bilateral subcutaneous web space injection of Tc-nanocolloid was carried out. Regions o...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Stamp GF,Peters AM

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of occipital lobe and posterior cingulate perfusion in predicting dopamine transporter imaging outcome using a quantitative measure of analysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS:In total, 99 patients with cognitive complaints who had undergone both technetium...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Prosser AMJ,Tossici-Bolt L,Kipps CM

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Yttrium-90 (Y)-resin microspheres are prescribed using activity. We evaluated overall survival (OS) and radiographic tumor response after selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) with resin microspheres in patients with liver metastases from colorectal cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We retrospectively reviewe...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Badiyan S,Bhooshan N,Chuong MD,Sharma N,Akhter N,Etezadi V,Hausner P,Kudryasheva S,Kaiser A,Becker S,Guerrero M,Yi BY

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) have advanced our understanding of the biological underpinnings of depression. There is, however, considerable variability in the literature. Depression is a complex disorder with marked heterogeneity in diagnosis and treatment. ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Smith DJ,Cavanagh JT

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Twenty-nine patients (24 males, 5 females; aged 62.8 +/- 10.1 years) with noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) without gallstones and impaired liver function were included in our study. The patients were categorized by blood sugar control and disease duration. Twelve normal controls (10 males, 2 females; age...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kao CH,Tsou CT,Wang SJ,Yeh SH

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Published values of tissue weighting factors for adolescents and children derived from the life-span study of the atomic bomb survivors have been used to calculate the effective dose to patients aged 1, 5, 10 and 15 years undergoing a common paediatric procedure requiring one of the following radiopharmaceuticals: 99T...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gadd R,Mountford PJ,Oxtoby JW

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for studying protein kinetics in pleural effusions in humans. In 15 patients with pleural effusions from a variety of causes, protein inflow was monitored by measuring the rate of appearance in the effusion of the plasma protein transferrin, radiolabelled in vivo by intravenous injection of 113In...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Smith MJ,Joseph J,Flatman WD,Basran GS

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new method to replace the conventional method of quantitatively measuring cerebral blood flow (CBF), in which octanol-extracted radioactivity counts are measured in continuous arterial blood samples. With the new method, the whole-brain time-activity curves early after the intravenous injection of ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujioka H,Murase K,Inoue T,Ishimaru Y,Akamune A,Yamamoto Y,Ikezoe J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to measure semi-quantitatively uptake of 99Tcm-sestamibi (99Tcm-MIBI) by tumour tissue in patients with lung cancer and to investigate its relationship with clinical response to chemotherapy. 99Tcm-MIBI single photon emission tomography was performed at the time of diagnosis in 31 pat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ceriani L,Giovanella L,Bandera M,Beghe B,Ortelli M,Roncari G

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic significance of qualitative and quantitative F-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET-computed tomography (PET-CT) parameters in patients with recurrent cervical carcinoma. METHODS:Twenty-six patients (age: 44 ± 10.1 years) with histologically proven recurrent car...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Maharjan S,Sharma P,Patel CD,Sharma DN,Dhull VS,Jain SK,Thulkar S,Malhotra A,Kumar R

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:There is evidence that the status of human papilloma virus subtype 16 (HPV-p16) alters the prognosis of patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer (OSCC). We sought to establish whether there is a relationship between HPV-p16 status and 18F-FDG uptake in the prognosis of OSCC. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Huang YT,Ravi Kumar AS,Bhuta S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Scintimammography using (99m)Tc-labelled isonitriles, sestamibi and tetrofosmin, has become a mature technique in the adjunctive setting for the diagnosis of primary breast cancer. To establish an evidence base for its use, clinically, a meta-analysis was performed on both single-site and multi-centre trials...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hussain R,Buscombe JR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to evaluate the incremental value of technetium-99m-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) single-photon emission tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) over planar bone scintigraphy (BS) and SPECT in the diagnosis of avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Agarwal KK,Mukherjee A,Sharma P,Bal C,Kumar R

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to show the viability and performance of a shape-based pattern recognition technique applied to I-N-omega-fluoropropyl-2-beta-carbomethoxy-3beta-(4-iodophenyl) nortropane single-photon emission computed tomography (FP-CIT SPECT) in patients with parkinsonism. METHODS:A fully autom...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Staff RT,Ahearn TS,Wilson K,Counsell CE,Taylor K,Caslake R,Davidson JE,Gemmell HG,Murray AD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the accumulation of 99Tcm-glutathione (GSH) in experimental abscesses. The biodistribution of 99Tcm-GSH was determined in mice with turpentine-induced abscesses in comparison with 99Tcm-human immunoglobulin (HIG) at 1, 3, 6 and 24 h. Arthritis was induced by intra-articular...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ercan MT,Unlenen E,Aktaş A

更新日期：1994-07-01 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