Clinical significance of decreased myocardial uptake of 123I-BMIPP in patients with stable effort angina pectoris.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Multiple imaging modalities are used to screen for significant coronary artery disease. We report the concordance between coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) and stress cardiac positron emission tomography (CPET) to detect sign...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Adams GL,Trimble MA,Brosnan RB,Russo CA,Rusband D,Honeycutt EF,Shaw LK,Hurwitz LM,Turkington TG,Hanson MW,Pagnanelli RA,Borges-Neto S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A general method is presented for fitting experimental data to arbitrary linear compartmental models, based on readily available public domain software. The model is defined by input data so that the same program can be used for different compartmental models. Its use is exemplified by application to the four-compartm...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Russell CD

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：:The time course of thyroglobulin (Tg) was monitored in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma after ablative therapy (thyroidectomy + 131I-treatment) with particular respect to endogeneous antibodies (Tg-ABs). In 232 patients (196 without Tg-ABs, 36 with Tg-ABs at the time of treatment) a sensitivity of 88% (a...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Moser E,Braun S,Kirsch CM,Kleinhans E,Buell U

更新日期：1984-05-01 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：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic and prognostic value of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (F-FDG) PET/CT in patients with breast cancer (BC) in the preoperative and the postoperative setting. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 2011 and 2015, we prospectively enrolled 275 patients (mean age: 53 years)...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Evangelista L,Cervino AR,Michieletto S,Saibene T,Ghiotto C,Guarneri V,Conte P,Reccia P,Saladini G

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements were made of the concentration of radioactivity in the breast milk of two patients: one following 100 MBq (2.7 mCi) 99Tcm-pertechnetate administration, and the other following administration of 550 MBq (15 mCi) 99Tcm-glucoheptonate. The fractional activity concentrations in the former case were about two ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mountford PJ,Coakley AJ

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99m (99Tcm)(V) dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) is a new tumour imaging agent which has been used to evaluate squamous carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. This study evaluated the pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of 99Tcm(V)DMSA in patients with SCC and calculated the bone mass of a New Zealand White (N...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Watkinson JC,Allen S,Lazarus CR,Sinclair J,Blake GM,Clarke SE

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The value of gated single-photon emission computed tomography technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (gated SPECT (99m)Tc-MIBI) in children is not yet established probably because gated SPECT (99m)Tc-MIBI has rarely been used in pediatric clinical and research studies. The purpose of this study was to eval...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sobic-Saranovic DP,Pavlovic SV,Jovanovic IV,Stefanovic ID,Artiko VM,Djukic MM,Obradovic VB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentavalent 99Tcm-dimercaptosuccinic acid (99Tcm-(V)DMSA) has an established role in imaging medullary thyroid carcinoma. There have been case reports of uptake in bone metastases. Our aims were to compare 99Tcm-(V)DMSA with 99Tcm-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (99Tcm-HDP) in bone metastases, to assess its value in im...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lam AS,Kettle AG,O'Doherty MJ,Coakley AJ,Barrington SF,Blower PJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:We investigated a simple and reliable method for the preparation of 99Tcm-dimercaptosuccinic acid (99Tcm(V)-DMSA) without the addition of oxygen. The effect of pH, amount of reducing agent, and oxygen addition in the synthesis of 99Tcm(V)-DMSA were evaluated. At pH 9, we obtained a radiochemical yield of 95% +/- 1.2% ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Oh SJ,Ha HJ,Moon DH,Ryu JS,Lee HK

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to develop an objective method for assessing rCBF deficits using a statistical image analysis protocol and to validate its effective use in clinical practice. 99Tcm-HMPAO brain SPET images were acquired for 40 normal subjects, 10 patients with Alzheimer's disease and 10 patients with depres...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Imran MB,Kawashima R,Sato K,Kinomura S,Ono S,Qureshy A,Fukuda H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the potential of a new reconstruction algorithm with Monte Carlo-based scatter correction in half-time myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). MATERIALS AND METHODS:The mathematical four-dimensional NURBS-based Cardiac-Torso phantom and the SIMIND Monte Carlo simulation...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kangasmaa TS,Kuikka JT,Vanninen EJ,Mussalo HM,Laitinen TP,Sohlberg AO

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate myocardial findings of F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) after thoracic radiotherapy. METHODS:F-Fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT examination was performed in 38 patients at least 4 months after radiotherapy. Patients with known cardiac diseases,...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Unal K,Unlu M,Akdemir O,Akmansu M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extravascular concentration (Ce) of some renal agents, in relation to the simultaneous plasma concentration (Ci), was calculated as a function of time after intravenous injection. Four agents were studied: 51Cr-ethylenediamine tetraacetate (EDTA) (n = 11), 125I-hippuran (n = 11), 99Tcm-dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMS...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Peters AM,Brown H,Cosgriff P

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Image-derived input function (IDIF) from carotid arteries is an elegant alternative to full arterial blood sampling for brain PET studies. However, a recent study using blood-free IDIFs found that this method is particularly vulnerable to patient motion. The present study used both simulated and clinical [11...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Zanotti-Fregonara P,Liow JS,Comtat C,Zoghbi SS,Zhang Y,Pike VW,Fujita M,Innis RB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the dual window scatter subtraction method was tested for first-pass radiocardiography using 99Tcm. The photopeak window of 126-154 keV (20%) and Compton window of 93-125 keV (30%) were used. The set of scattered images was multiplied by a factor of 0.4 and subtracted from the primary images. The size of...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kauppinen T,Koskinen M,Kööbi T

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to establish the percentage of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) lesions detected by radioimmunoscintigraphy (RIS) with the chimeric monoclonal antibody 131I-cG250 versus positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-labelled deoxyglucose ([18F]FDG), and to evaluate the use of these radio...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Brouwers AH,Dorr U,Lang O,Boerman OC,Oyen WJ,Steffens MG,Oosterwijk E,Mergenthaler HG,Bihl H,Corstens FH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Concurrent inflammation or anemia at the time of PET/computed tomography (CT) could be one of several causes of diffuse splenic (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) uptake. In this study, we focused on cytokines to investigate interactions during this phenomenon and clarify the significance of splenic (18)F-...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pak K,Kim SJ,Kim IJ,Kim DU,Kim K,Kim H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between the prognosis and glucose transporter-1 (Glut-1) expression or fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose uptake using partial volume correction and dual-point imaging in surgically resected nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. METHODS:Our patient population consisted of 10...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kaida H,Azuma K,Kawahara A,Takamori S,Akiba J,Fujimoto K,Ishii K,Ishibashi M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ga-PSMA-11 is a novel PET tracer suggested to be used for imaging of advanced prostate cancer. In this study, we aimed to present a detailed biodistribution of Ga-PSMA-11, including physiological and benign variants of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We carried out a re...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Demirci E,Sahin OE,Ocak M,Akovali B,Nematyazar J,Kabasakal L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the cerebral amyloid distribution in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), assessed by carbon-11-Pittsburgh compound B (C-PIB) PET/CT, after 5 years of follow-up. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Ten amnestic MCI (A-MCI) and four nonamnestic (NA-MCI) patients were studied b...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Jiménez-Bonilla JF,Quirce R,De Arcocha-Torres M,Martínez-Rodríguez I,Martínez-Amador N,Sánchez-Salmón A,De la Fuente-Gómez F,Rodríguez E,Sánchez-Juan P,Banzo I

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When preparing 99Tcm-exametazime, it is important to use sodium 99Tcm-pertechnetate that is less than 2 h old. The addition of sodium iodide (NaI) to 99Tcm-pertechnetate is known to extend this time to 6 h. This paper describes a technique for implementing this in routine practice. Sterile kits consisting of 440 micro...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Millar AM

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE(S):Autologous-labeled leukocytes combined with sulfur colloid bone marrow scan is the current nuclear medicine gold standard for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection. The goal of this study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of a new nuclear medicine modality for detecting infection in this context. ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sousa R,Massada M,Pereira A,Fontes F,Amorim I,Oliveira A

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion-exchange resin beads, implanted into connective tissue, were used as the vehicle for the delivery of radiolabelled cations to determine the local distribution of lead, silver and cadmium in loose connective tissue. The system was devoid of systemic toxicity, permitted a predictable release, enabled location of rel...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ellender G,Ham KN

更新日期：1988-06-01 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: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：:The purpose of this study was to compare six methods of measuring the left ventricular (LV) transient ischaemic dilation (TID) ratio during stress-rest myocardial perfusion single-photon emission tomography (SPET). The TID ratio was defined as the mean LV short-axis area at stress divided by the mean LV area of simila...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Peace RA,McKiddie FI,Staff RT,Gemmell HG

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00