Short-term and long-term monitoring of the serum level of TPA after radical resection of gastrointestinal or lung cancer.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It has been suggested that renal retention function can be estimated by differentiation of the Patlak-Rutland plot. AIM:To evaluate the error resulting from this method. METHODS:A total of 5800 renograms were generated by convolving real input functions with artificial retention functions. Ten bi-exponen...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kuyvenhoven JD,Ham HR,Piepsz A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral blood flow (CBF) can be quantified non-invasively using the brain perfusion index (BPI) determined from radionuclide angiographic data generated with 99mTc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99mTc-HMPAO). When measuring the BPI, manual drawing of regions of interest (ROIs) (manual ROI method) for the extraction...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Murase K,Nagayoshi M,Uenishi Y,Kawamata M,Yamazaki Y,Takasawa M,Oku N,Hatazawa J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoscintigraphy (RIS) and radioimmunoguided surgery (RIGS) were assessed for their usefulness in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Twenty-nine patients (18 primary tumours, 10 with a suspicion of recurrence and one colonic diverticulitis) were studied. Radioimmunoscintigraphy was performed 48 and 72 h after ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Muxi A,Pons F,Vidal-Sicart S,Setoain FJ,Herranz R,Novell F,Fernandez RM,Trias M,Setoain J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To prepare the rhenium-188 (188Re)-arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) peptide in a convenient manner and to evaluate its potential as an agent for alphavbeta3 integrin receptor-positive tumors. METHODS:Radiolabeled RGD was obtained by conjugating the His group at the end of peptide with fac-[188Re(H2O)3(CO...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ma Y,Yu J,Han Y,Shen H,Li Z,Zhou W,Yin D

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：AIM:To evaluate the biodistribution, internal radiation dosimetry and toxicity of the humanized MAb h-R3 labelled with Tc in humans. METHODS:Twenty-five patients with suspected epithelial-derived tumours were included in this study and divided into two groups: group I consisted of 10 patients who received 3 mg/1110 MB...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Torres LA,Perera A,Batista JF,Hernández A,Crombet T,Ramos M,Neninger E,Pérez M,Sánchez EL,Romero S,Aguilar V,Coca MA,Iznaga-Escobar N

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most dynamic imaging protocols require long scan times that are beyond the range of what can be supported in a routine clinical environment and suffer from various difficulties related to step and shoot imaging techniques. In this short communication, we describe continuous bed motion (CBM) imaging techniques to creat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Osborne DR,Acuff S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinical usefulness of 99Tcm-N,N-ethylenedicysteine (99Tcm-EC), a new renal tubular agent, in normal children and in children with various renal disorders and compared it with 99Tcm-mercaptoacetyltriglycine (99Tcm-MAG3). In a first group of children (Group 1), which included 15 patients and 4 normal c...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kibar M,Noyan A,Anarat A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

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：BACKGROUND:Congenital obstructive renal disease often requires a decision early in the child's life on whether or not surgery is required. Differential renal function (DRF) calculated from the renogram provides important information for the correct decision in this process. A recent publication cast doubt as to the rel...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Dissing TH,Eskild-Jensen A,Pedersen M,Anderson PJ,Rittig N,Frøkiaer J,Gordon I

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single photon emission tomography (SPECT) of the lung is a well-established non-invasive technique for quantitative assessment of regional lung ventilation and perfusion distribution in children and in adults. However, its application in neonates as well as infants has been scarce because of several practica...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sánchez-Crespo A,Rohdin M,Carlsson C,Bergström SE,Larsson SA,Jacobsson H,Lindahl S,Jonsson B

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：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：PURPOSE:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a common hematologic hereditary disorder characterized by vaso-occlusive episodes affecting multiple organs, and substantially alters renal structure and function. We aimed to evaluate the utility of renal scintigraphy and single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomograp...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ramos CD,Onusic DM,Brunetto SQ,Amorim BJ,Souza TF,Saad STO,Lima MDCL

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to compare quantitative ECG-gated single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) (QGS) and model-based ECG-gated single-photon emission computed tomography (MBGS) for determination of end-diastolic cardiac volume (EDV), end-systolic cardiac volume (ESV), and left ventricular...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Khorsand A,Gyöngyösi M,Graf S,Zamini S,Schuster E,Sochor H,Porenta G

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:Fever of unknown origin is defined as a temperature above 39.0 degrees C together with a white blood cell count > or = 15,000 mm-3, the duration of fever exceeding 2 weeks and a correct diagnosis not being obtained in the first week of hospitalization. In neonates and infants with fever of unknown origin, the localiza...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gratz S,Behr TM,Herrmann A,Meller J,Conrad M,Zappel H,Becker W

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report our data concerning the changes in post-stress and at-rest left ventricular ejection fraction and ventricular volumes in patients with thallium gated SPECT. METHODS:Post-stress and at-rest thallium gated SPECT was performed in 629 consecutive patients; left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left vent...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： del Val Gómez M,Gallardo FG,San Martín MA,Garcia A,Terol I

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare dual-isotope (99Tc(m) and 201Tl) SPET imaging with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the differentiation of various lesions of the major salivary glands. Twenty-two patients underwent dual-isotope SPET imaging, of whom 12 also had CT and 15 also had a...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Arbab AS,Koizumi K,Toyama K,Nambu A,Ichikawa T,Arai T,Araki T

更新日期：2000-03-01 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:The P2X7 receptor (P2X7R) is a key regulatory element in the neuroinflammatory cascade that provides a promising target for imaging neuroinflammation. GSK1482160, a P2X7R modulator with nanomolar binding affinity and high selectivity, has been successfully radiolabeled and utilized for imaging P2X7 levels in ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Han J,Liu H,Liu C,Jin H,Perlmutter JS,Egan TM,Tu Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Exclusive use of the half-time of clearance of a filtration marker in the bolus injection, single compartment technique for measuring glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a convenient approach that gives GFR (GFR(SO)) already scaled for extracellular fluid volume (ECV). It has been criticized as less accurate th...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

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

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:The aim of this study was to compare the extent and severity of wall motion abnormalities, perfusion and glucose metabolism, in recent myocardial infarction in patients with and without revascularization. Forty-nine patients were studied (82% men; mean age 58 years) by using echocardiography, 201Tl single photon emiss...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： González P,Massardo T,Coll C,Redondo F,Yovanovich J,Jofré J,Chamorro H,Humeres P,Sierralta P,Ramírez A,Kunstmann S,López H,Aramburú I,Brugère S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the sensitivity and specificity of morphine-augmented hepatobiliary scintigraphy (MA-HBS) with that of conventional hepatobiliary scintigraphy (C-HBS) for acute cholecystitis. The results of most MA-HBS studies cannot be compared with C-HBS estimates, since articles describing C-HB...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Cabana MD,Alavi A,Berlin JA,Shea JA,Kim CK,Williams SV

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:The indocyanine green retention rate at 15 min (ICGR15) is a gold standard parameter of liver function when deciding on the extent of hepatectomy. However, ICGR15 is influenced by several hepatic conditions. To evaluate auxiliary preoperative liver functional reserve, we examined the clinical significance of...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nanashima A,Hiyoshi M,Imamura N,Yano K,Hamada T,Wada T,Nishimuta M,Shimizu I,Mizutani Y

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure and describe patterns of interobserver variation in visual interpretation of 18-FDG PET in malignant lymphoma. METHODS:Eleven nuclear medicine physicians with different levels of PET experience independently reviewed 37 18F-FDG PET scans of lymphoma patients (10 obtained at presentation, 27 during...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zijlstra JM,Comans EF,van Lingen A,Hoekstra OS,Gundy CM,Willem Coebergh J,Bongers V

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate right ventricular overload in paediatric patients with congenital cardiac disease (n = 25), the uptakes of 201Tl and 99Tcm-sestamibi (99Tcm-MIBI) were compared. 99Tcm-MIBI showed a clearer myocardial border and better contrast between the myocardium and ventricular cavity. Although hepatic activity may inf...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nakajima K,Taki J,Taniguchi M,Tonami N,Hisida K

更新日期：1995-11-01 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