Validation set analysis to predict postoperative outcomes by technetium-99m galactosyl serum albumin scintigraphy for hepatectomy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In studies of the distribution of lung function, the image quality of lung single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is important and one factor influencing it is the reconstruction algorithm. AIM:To systematically evaluate ordered subsets expectation maximization (OSEM) and compare it with filtere...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Norberg P,Bake B,Jacobsson L,Carlsson GA,Gustafsson A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the biological significance of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) accumulation in patients with cancer, we assessed the relationships between 18F-FDG uptake and glucose transporter-1 (GLUT-1) expression and proliferation rate in human glioma and lung cancer. We obtained FDG PET images and measured standardiz...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Chung JK,Lee YJ,Kim SK,Jeong JM,Lee DS,Lee MC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:About 90% of insulinomas are benign and 5-15% are malignant. Benign insulinomas express the glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R, which recognizes exendin-4 and low levels of the somatostatin receptor (SSTR, which recognizes octreotide), whereas malignant insulinomas overexpress SSTR and low levels of GLP-1R. R...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ocampo-García BE,Santos-Cuevas CL,Luna-Gutiérrez MA,Ignacio-Alvarez E,Pedraza-López M,Manzano-Mayoral C

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：: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：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：: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：:In this cross-sectional study, the relative importance of anthropometric factors and that of biological parameters on bone mineralization were evaluated and their practical implications inferred on the choice of the parameter to be used for the estimation of bone mineralization. A close relationship between anthropome...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Rozenberg S,Ham H,Peretz A,Caufriez A,Bosson D,Robyn C

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This survey investigated the nature of imaging staff and the distribution and structure of nuclear medicine departments in the UK. Total numbers of cameras and average per department were lower than in 1989/90 but higher than the 1992/93 survey. Total whole time equivalents, average per department and average per came...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sanders L,Houston AS

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99m-sestamibi (99mTc-MIBI) imaging is a well-established modality in oncologic investigations. The current study aimed to investigate whether any relationship could be found between 99mTc-MIBI uptake and local perfusion in malignant bone and soft-tissue tumours. It also aimed to compare 99mTc-MIBI images wi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ozcan Z,Burak Z,Erinç R,Dirlik A,Başdemir G,Sabah D,Ozkiliç H

更新日期：2001-06-01 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: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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of the study was to investigate the combined effects of serum lipids, BMI, and fatty liver on the liver uptake of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG). METHODS:A total of 676 individuals were retrospectively studied. The mean standardized uptake value (SUV) was used to quantify liver (18)F-FDG...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Liu G,Li Y,Hu P,Cheng D,Shi H

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Our study was aimed at determining the validity of 99Tcm-HMPAO single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in the localization of the epileptogenic focus by correlating this diagnostic method with other auxiliary investigations such as surface EEG and X-ray transmission computed tomography (CT). Twenty-eight pa...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Verhoeff NP,Weinstein HC,Aldenkamp AP,Overweg J,Van Royen EA,Verbeeten B Jr

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gamma extremity monitoring system (GEMS) has been used to measure finger doses during radio-nuclide dispensing procedures. GEMS uses a small semi-conductor probe that can be attached to a finger from which a continuous read-out can be obtained that is related to dose rate. The pattern of dose accumulation can be ana...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Montgomery A,Anstee DE,Martin CJ,Hilditch TE

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right ventricular performance was assessed in 37 patients with acute myocardial infarction within two hours of admission to Coronary Care and compared to results in 21 normal volunteers and 12 patients undergoing coronary arteriography. Right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) was measured from gated xenon-133 scans...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Martin W,Tweddel A,McGhie I,Hutton I

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) using N-isopropyl-p-(123I)iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) and 99Tcm-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (99Tcm-HMPAO) was performed in 25 patients with different clinical stages of AIDS encephalopathy. The average interval between the two examinations was 7 days. In 15 of the 2...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pohl P,Riccabona G,Hilty E,Deisenhammer F,Rösslér H,Zangerle R,Gerstenbrand F

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of 2-(fluorine-18)-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) PET/CT in comparison with MRI for the detection of recurrent ovarian cancer. METHODS:Forty-seven patients with suspected ovarian cancer recurrence after total ablative or cytoreductive surgery, ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sanli Y,Turkmen C,Bakir B,Iyibozkurt C,Ozel S,Has D,Yilmaz E,Topuz S,Yavuz E,Unal SN,Mudun A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of the kinetics of labelled platelets makes sense only when the platelets preserve their viability after separation and labelling. The separation and labelling procedures described in the manual of two producers of 111In-oxinate (Amersham, Mallinckrodt) have been evaluated by in vitro aggregation tests. The ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mortelmans L,Verbruggen A,De Roo M,Vermylen J

更新日期：1986-07-01 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：PURPOSE:The present study evaluated the usefulness of postoperative fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET/computed tomography (CT) in the management of olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ten patients (eight men and two women; mean age, 48.5 years) with histologically confirmed ONB who underwent ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujioka T,Toriihara A,Kubota K,Machida Y,Nakamura S,Kishimoto S,Ohashi I,Shibuya H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of resting myocardial fatty acid metabolic imaging with 123I-beta-methyliodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid (123I-BMIPP) for the detection of patients with stable effort angina pectoris and to clarify the clinical significance of abnormal 123I-BMIPP images. Myocardial imag...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Takeishi Y,Sukekawa H,Saito H,Nishimura S,Shibu T,Sasaki Y,Tomoike H

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many common PET segmentation methods for malignant lesions use surrounding background activity as a reference. To date, background has to be measured by drawing a second volume of interest (VOI) in nearby, undiseased tissue. This is time consuming as two VOIs have to be determined for each lesion. The aim of our study...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Burger IA,Vargas HA,Beattie BJ,Goldman DA,Zheng J,Larson SM,Humm JL,Schmidtlein CR

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A mismatch between thallium-201 ((201)Tl) and iodine-123 ((123)I)-beta-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) dual single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) reflects a dysfunctional but viable myocardium, such as stunned or hibernating myocardium, in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD)...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujita K,Kasama S,Kurabayashi M

更新日期：2015-02-01 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:Patient-specific dosimetry of lutetium-177 ((177)Lu)-DOTATATE treatment in neuroendocrine tumours is important, because uptake differs across patients. Single photon emission computer tomography (SPECT)-based dosimetry requires a conversion factor between the obtained counts and the activity, which depends on t...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： de Nijs R,Lagerburg V,Klausen TL,Holm S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bispecific monoclonal antibodies (bsMAbs) have been developed as a pretargeting tool to reduce background activity, thereby increasing target to background (T : B) ratios. To enhance visualization of small lesions in vivo, we have used the pretargeting approach of bsMAb and negatively charged polymers radi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gada KS,Patil V,Panwar R,Majewski S,Tekabe Y,Khaw BA

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study was undertaken to evaluate different methods for the detection of small changes in uptake between single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) examinations in the same individual. No standard exists for making digital evaluations at single-photon examinations. For this purpose, we employed a patien...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jacobsson H,Wilczek B,Bergh J,von Schoultz E,Eriksson E,Larsson SA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop a quantitative method to assess viable tumour based on post-operative 201Tl single photon emission tomography (SPET). We studied 15 patients with histologically defined highly malignant gliomas in the post-operative phase before initiation of adjuvant treatment. A 201Tl index was c...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Källén K,Geijer B,Andersson AM,Holtås S,Ryding E,Rosén I

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00