Quality of care: identification and quantification of the process of care among children undergoing nuclear medicine studies.

abstract：:The alveolar permeability (AP) in 21 patients with active diffuse infiltrative lung disease (ILD) was measured by 99Tcm-diethylenetriaminapentaacetate (DTPA) radioaerosol inhalation lung scintigraphy. The degree of AP damage in ILD was presented as the slope (% min-1) of the time-activity curve from the dynamic lung i...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kao CH,Lin HT,Yu SL,Wang SJ,Yeh SH

更新日期：1994-10-01 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:The aim of the study was to determine the fraction of administered activity that was excreted and retained by a small cohort of patients who each received treatment with radium-223 dichloride (Ra). Ra is an α-emitting radionuclide that has been approved for use in the treatment of bone metastases that are sec...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pratt BE,Hindorf C,Chittenden SJ,Parker CC,Flux GD

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Screening for radioactive material at borders may become more widely introduced in order to prevent illegal transport. All the alarms at Vienna airport so far have been due to recent applications of radionuclides for medical reasons. METHODS:We report a patient who unexpectedly experienced this problem afte...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sinzinger H,Aiginger P,Neumann I,Havlik E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assessing the relative function of each of the three kidneys using nuclear scintigraphy with standard planar imaging in patients having undergone kidney transplant is problematic because of the different photon-attenuation factors associated with native versus transplanted kidneys. To address this, we applied...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Palmer MR,Donohoe KJ,Francis JM,A Mandelbrot D

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a search for a rapid and accurate imaging agent for scintigraphic detection of infection and inflammation, an LTB4 receptor antagonist, 99Tcm-RP517, which contains the hydrazino nicotinamide moiety, has been developed recently. To study the in vivo behaviour of 99Tcm-RP517, rabbits with Escherichia coli infection w...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Brouwers AH,Laverman P,Boerman OC,Oyen WJ,Barrett JA,Harris TD,Edwards DS,Corstens FH

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to determine the evolution of patients with internal mammary chain (IMC) drainage whether the IMC-sentinel lymph node (IMC-SLN) was biopsied or not, as well as to determine the clinical implications of the biopsy of the IMC-SLN (IMC-SLNB) in patients with breast cancer and IMC drainag...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Domènech-Vilardell A,Bajén MT,Benítez AM,Ricart Y,Mora J,Rodríguez-Bel L,García-Tejedor A,Climent J,López-Ojeda A,Urruticoechea A,Martín-Comín J

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Upon diagnosis, distant metastases are encountered in 21-50% of neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). However, few systemic treatment options are available for the well-differentiated NETs in the metastatic stage. Lu-DOTATATE is one of the most effective treatments in this limited patient group. We retrospectively inv...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Demirci E,Kabasakal L,Toklu T,Ocak M,Şahin OE,Alan-Selcuk N,Araman A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) using F-18 fluoro-3'-deoxy-3-L-fluorothymidine (FLT) offers noninvasive assessment of cell proliferation in vivo. The most important application refers to the evaluation of tumour proliferative activity, representing a key feature of malignancy. Most data to date suggest that FLT is ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Barwick T,Bencherif B,Mountz JM,Avril N

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of low-dose and high-dose (99m)Tc methoxy isobutyl isonitrile (MIBI) protocols in intraoperative localization of parathyroid adenomas by means of a gamma probe in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT). PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study included 62 pat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gencoglu EA,Aras M,Moray G,Aktas A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scintimammography is a recently verified technique that will expand the use of nuclear medicine to a new group of patients in whom scintigraphic imaging has not been widely used. If performed correctly, and in certain groups of patients, it delivers a sensitivity as high as X-ray mammography or magnetic resonance imag...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Buscombe JR,Cwikla JB,Thakrar DS,Hilson AJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to validate different scintigraphic approaches for assessing acute myocardial infarctions. 201Tl, 99Tcm pyrophosphate (PPi) and combined 201Tl/99Tcm PPi tomograms were evaluated in 115 consecutive patients, in 85 of whom clinical examination revealed acute myocardial infarction. The overa...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Krause T,Joseph A,Kutzner C,Kasper W,Schuemichen C,Just H,Moser E

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Postprandial insulin secretion causes extensive skeletal muscle accumulation (ESMA) of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), which adversely affects visual interpretation of FDG-PET/CT. We investigated factors related to ESMA despite a fast of at least 4 h. METHODS:A total of 3595 patients underwent FDG-PET...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nakatani K,Nakamoto Y,Togashi K

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:123I has been promoted for diagnostic imaging as a means of avoiding 'stunning'. It has also been suggested that the more favourable physical characteristics and consequent enhanced imaging resolution provided by 123I offers a more accurate diagnostic assessment of the extent of disease prior to therapy. Thi...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Cohen JB,Kalinyak JE,McDougall IR

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:To make quantitative methods of nuclear medicine more available, four centres in Croatia participated in the national intercomparison study, following the materials and methods used in the previous international study organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The study task was to calculate the activ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Grošev D,Gregov M,Wolfl MR,Krstonošić B,Debeljuh DD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone scintigraphy has been shown to be sensitive in determining bone involvement in patients with malignancy, but it does not allow the assessment of bone marrow lesions in early disease. The aim of this study was to detect bone marrow invasion using 99Tcm-labelled monoclonal antigranulocyte antibody (AgMoAb) in patie...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kiraç S,Duman Y,Cüreklibatur I,Yüksel D,Nazli O,Günaydin G,Taner M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(68)Ga-Dotatoc has become the PET radiopharmaceutical of choice for the diagnosis and treatment follow-up of neuroendocrine tumours. (68)Ga-Dotatoc is prepared on-site through a so-called magisterial preparation. The use of an appropriate buffer during the radiolabelling step is essential to maximize the lab...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bauwens M,Chekol R,Vanbilloen H,Bormans G,Verbruggen A

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) is a neuroendocrine tumour characterized by the production and secretion of calcitonin. MTC tumours may express functional somatostatin receptors (hSSTR). A significant proportion of hSSTR receptor-positive MTC tumours, including metastatic disease, may be visualized in vivo through 1...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： O'Byrne KJ,O'Hare N,Sweeney E,Freyne PJ,Cullen MJ

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to compare visual interpretation of inflammation detected by leukocyte scintigraphy with that of different computer-aided quantification methods, 34 patients (25 with ulcerative colitis and 9 with endoscopically verified non-inflamed colonic mucosa), were investigated using 99Tcm-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxim...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Almer S,Peters AM,Ekberg S,Franzén L,Granerus G,Ström M

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorine-18-sodium fluoride (F-NaF) PET/CT is a relatively new and high-resolution bone imaging modality. Since the use of F-NaF PET/CT has been increasing, it is important to accurately assess the images and be aware of normal distribution and major artifacts. In this pictorial review article, we will describe the no...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Sarikaya I,Elgazzar AH,Sarikaya A,Alfeeli M

更新日期：2017-10-01 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：AIM:The purpose of this case-control study was to determine whether semi-quantitative indices derived from salivary time-activity curves (TACs) are useful in the diagnosis and management of xerostomia. METHODS:Twenty-six healthy volunteers and 83 consecutive patients with xerostomia, including a subset of 40 patients ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Booker J,Howarth D,Taylor L,Voutnis D,Sutherland D

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:INTRODUTION:: [Ga]Ga-prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-11 showed a clear gain in sensitivity for lesion detection in the biological recurrence of prostate cancer as compared to the standard [F]fluorocholine radiopharmaceutical. To meet the strong demand for [Ga]Ga-PSMA-11, we aimed to optimize an automated rad...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Reverchon J,Khayi F,Roger M,Moreau A,Kryza D

更新日期：2020-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) originates from parafollicular C cells of the thyroid and accounts for 3-12% of all thyroid cancers. As opposed to other types of dedifferentiated thyroid tumours, MTC cells are highly functional, producing and secreting high amounts of calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen. As parafol...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bozkurt MF,Uğur O,Banti E,Grassetto G,Rubello D

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The viability of autologous adrenal medullary transplants was evaluated using 125I-meta-iodobenzyl guanidine (MIBG), an adrenal medullary scanning agent. Bilateral cavities in the caudate nuclei were made stereotaxically in Wistar rats. One week later, the left adrenal medulla was resected by microsurgery, followed by...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Shinoda M,Suzuki Y,Oi S,Tsugane R,Sato O

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging using [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) is recognized to have a major role in oncological imaging. Over recent years there has been a steady increase in the use of gamma camera PET (GCPET) systems as these are less expensive than dedicated PET scanners and facilitat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Marshall C,Mustafa S,Wheatley DC,Eremin JE,El-Sheemy M,Jibril JA,Eremin O,Griffiths PA

更新日期：2004-07-01 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