Influence of zoom factor on centre-of-rotation of the SPECT system and on the resolution of tomographic images.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess standardized uptake value (SUV) measurement uncertainty (MU) of lung cancer lesions with uptake greater than mediastinum but less than or equal to the liver and that of the mediastinum blood pool, and to compare lesion SUV with mediastinum SUV by assessing MU of their ratio. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Dy...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Laffon E,Milpied N,Marthan R

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:Renal artery stenosis is an important and potentially curable cause of hypertension. Captopril renography is now recognized to have a high sensitivity and specificity in its diagnosis. Ultimately, however, the result is of little benefit if it does not lead to a change in patient management. To assess how patient mana...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ramsay D,Belton I,Finlay D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and its relationship with several metabolic parameters obtained through PET in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) submitted to radioembolization with Y-microspheres (Y-radioembolization). METHODS:Records ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Filippi L,Di Costanzo GG,Tortora R,Pelle G,Saltarelli A,Marino Marsilia G,Cianni R,Schillaci O,Bagni O

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：PURPOSE:Despite the growing use of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET texture analysis to measure intratumoural heterogeneity in cancer research, the biologic basis of F-FDG PET-derived texture variables is poorly understood. We aimed to assess correlations between F-FDG PET-derived texture variables and whole-...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bashir U,Foot O,Wise O,Siddique MM,Mclean E,Bille A,Goh V,Cook GJ

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the accuracy of different interpretative approaches and to evaluate the management implications of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in cutaneous malignant melanoma. METHODS:We retrospectively identified 60 consecutive patients who underwent 76 PET/...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Falk MS,Truitt AK,Coakley FV,Kashani-Sabet M,Hawkins RA,Franc B

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:The most recent DNA analogues to become commercially available are known as locked nucleic acids (LNAs). The aim of this study was to evaluate the properties of LNAs for antisense targeting. METHODS:A 15 mer LNA antisense to RIalpha mRNA was studied in cell culture. The antisense LNA (5'-amine...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zhang Y,He J,Liu G,Venderheyden JL,Gupta S,Rusckowski M,Hnatowich DJ

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to develop new, clinically useful 99Tcm-diaminodithiol (99Tcm-DADT) complexes for the evaluation of regional cerebral perfusion, basic diaminodithiols (DADT-TM, DADT-HM and DADT-MHM) and three diaminodithiol ligands functionalized with p-iodophenethyl (DADT-IPE), N-ethyl-p-fluorophenethyl amine (DADT-EFPE...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Shiba K,Mori H,Matsuda H,Hisada K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a rare, potentially aggressive tumour, with relatively worse prognosis than well-differentiated thyroid cancer. We evaluated the long-term outcomes and prognosis of medullary thyroid carcinoma patients at a single institution in India and compared outcomes based on results of RE...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Prabhu M,Shakya S,Ballal S,Ahmed Shamim S,Bal C

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Collecting positron emission tomography data in three-dimensional (3D) mode may potentially allow reduction of the tracer dose and/or the acquisition time without compromising image quality thereby making the procedure more patient-friendly and cost effective. The objective of our study was to compare VUE Poi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Komar G,Teräs M,Seppänen M,Hirvonen J,Vahlberg T,Bergman J,Minn H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of scintigraphy in 29 patients with Cushing's syndrome were evaluated. It was possible to separate bilateral hyperplasia from unilateral abnormality. In cases of unilateral abnormality correct localization of the tumour was accomplished and it was possible to visualize adrenocortical carcinoma. The many ad...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lindberg S,Ernest I,Fjälling M,Holmdahl C

更新日期：1985-01-01 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：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：:Reticuloendothelial system (RES) phagocytic function or capacity can be measured by clearance studies with test substances. This study in the rat examines three commercially available 99Tcm-labelled test substances, and different methods of calculating RES capacity. Albures size 500 nm and sulphur colloid size 600 nm ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Holmberg SB,Hafström L,Jacobsson L

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis of lymphocyte subsets was performed in 24 patients with surgically verified unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In all cases, the hepatic artery was cannulated and ligated and a single dose of 131I-Hepama-1 monoclonal antibody (MAb) was infused through a hepatic artery catheter. Blood samples were...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zeng ZC,Tang ZY,Liu KD,Yu YQ,Yang BH,Cai XJ,Xie H,Cao SL

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To (a) assess the accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT in distinguishing malignant from benign pelvic lesions, compared to transvaginal ultrasonography (TVUS) and (b) to establish the role of whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT, compared to contrast enhanced computed tomography (CT), in staging patients with ovarian cancer. PATIENTS...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Castellucci P,Perrone AM,Picchio M,Ghi T,Farsad M,Nanni C,Messa C,Meriggiola MC,Pelusi G,Al-Nahhas A,Rubello D,Fazio F,Fanti S

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Changes in regional ejection fraction (rEF) of the interventricular septum following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery were examined using first-pass radionuclide ventriculography (RNVG) in patients without objective evidence of postoperative myocardial infarction (MI). One hundred and one patients had pre- ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jacobson AF,Tow DE,Lapsley D,Khuri S

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four patients with symptoms of lower limb arterial insufficiency were examined by radionuclide angiography using 99Tcm in vivo red cell labelling and by contrast aortography. The results of the study indicate that radionuclide angiography may well have a useful role to play in determining the type of contrast st...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Grime JS,Critchley M,Whitehouse GH,Zavras G

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The requirements, problems and progress of radioimmunotherapy in the management of certain malignancies are described. The future prospects using a two- or three-stage approach are promising. ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Britton KE,Mather SJ,Granowska M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thallium-201 (201Tl) stress-redistribution/reinjection imaging provides a reliable diagnostic approach in patients evaluated for myocardial ischaemia. Immediate reinjection of 201Tl after completing the stress images followed by imaging 1 h later shortens the investigation time to 2.5 h and may provide a novel approac...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： van Eck-Smit BL,van der Wall EE,Zwinderman AH,Pauwels EK

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the capability of F-FDG PET/computed tomography (CT)-related metabolic parameters to predict lymph node metastasis (LNM) and occult lymph node metastasis (OLNM) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). METHODS:Totally 84 patients undergoing curative...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Xu M,Wang L,Ouyang M,Lin J,Wang L,Zheng X,Miao S,Tang K

更新日期：2019-09-01 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 aim of this study was to compare 99Tcm-teboroxime and 201T1 myocardial studies with particular regard to the classification of perfusion defects as reversible or fixed. Twenty patients with a history of previous myocardial infarction and suspected effort ischaemia underwent exercise 201T1 scintigraphy with early (...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bisi G,Sciagrà R,Santoro GM,Zerauschek F,Fazzini PF

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were (1) to compare N-isopropyl-p-[I-123]-iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) SPET with computed tomography (CT) in chronic-stage head trauma patients with neurological abnormalities and (2) to quantify regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in patients with chronic-stage head trauma. 123I-IMP SPET and CT w...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nagamachi S,Nishikawa T,Ono S,Kawasaki K,Eguchi G,Hoshi H,Jinnouchi S,Ohnishi T,Futami S,Watanabe K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of 99Tcm-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) single photon emission tomography (SPET) to detect myocardial ischaemia and necrosis was assessed in 56 patients (45 male, 11 female, aged 55 +/- 5 years), with clinically recognized ischaemic heart disease (IHD). All underwent coronary angiography (CA) and left ve...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sciammarella MG,Fragasso G,Gerundini P,Maffioli L,Cappelletti A,Margonato A,Savi A,Chierchia S

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1 (EWSR1) translocation-negative tumors represent a minor portion of small round cell tumors consistent with Ewing sarcoma morphology. The purpose of this study was to differentiate EWSR1 translocation-positive tumors from EWSR1 translocation-negative tumors using PET-computed...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Soffer S,Amitai MM,Weizen R,Retter A,Barshack I,Shimon O,Davidson T,Klang E

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00