Early dynamic SPECT acquisition for the imaging of hepatic hemangiomas utilizing Tc-99m labeled red blood cells.

abstract：:Anthracyclines are one of the most commonly used and potent chemotherapeutic agents. Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is one common anthracycline used to treat many solid tumors including breast, sarcomas, gynecologic and hematological malignancies, such as leukemias and lymphomas. However, its use is often limited due to dos...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Aiken MJ,Suhag V,Garcia CA,Acio E,Moreau S,Priebat DA,Chennupati SP,Van Nostrand D

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old man had unilateral facial numbness. A brain MRI suggested possible brain metastases. F-FDG and C-choline PET/CT revealed multiple sites of abnormal activity in the body. However, C-choline PET/CT was more impressive than FDG PET/CT. Especially, the brain lesions revealed by MRI had only elevated C-cholin...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Qin C,Wu Z,Li J,Sun X,Lan X

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with subacute cerebral infarction underwent benzodiazepine receptor imaging using I-123-iomazenil and cerebral perfusion imaging with Tc-99m HMPAO and Tc-99m ECD. Iomazenil early images resembled HMPAO images, which demonstrated increased uptake in a part of the infarcted site. Iomazenil delayed images an...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Hashimoto J,Sasaki T,Itoh Y,Nakamura K,Kubo A,Amano T,Fukuuchi Y

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a transient, unilateral reverse ventilation/perfusion (V/P) mismatch in a patient with squamous cell lung cancer. The right lung was well perfused but not ventilated (unilateral reverse V/P mismatch). However, lung imaging performed 3 days later demonstrated the absence of both perfusion and ventila...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Watanabe N,Hirano T,Inoue T,Matsumoto M,Oriuchi N,Tateno M,Matsumoto H,Nagamachi Y,Endo K

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, myocardial blood flow quantitation with dynamic SPECT has been validated to enhance the detection of multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) and conclude equivocal SPECT myocardial perfusion study. This advance opened an important clinical application to utilize the tool in guiding CAD management for area ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chen LC,Jong BH,Lin SC,Ku CT,Chen IJ,Chen YK,Hsu B

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 58-year-old woman with a previous anterior myocardial infarction, recurrent chest pain, transient adenosine-induced left ventricular dilatation but no apparent epicardial disease on angiography is presented. Transient ischemic dilatation during myocardial perfusion imaging, and the reported causes of transient left ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Choong KK,Russell PA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：ABSTRACT:A 51-year-old man with a palpable neck mass and elevated parathyroid hormone was referred to our department for parathyroid scintigraphy. After injection of 740 MBq 99mTc-MIBI, a dual-phase scan was obtained, which revealed a persistent and intense focal hyperactivity in the left side of the neck (compatible w...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Pirayesh E,Tavakoli M

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although positron emission tomography (PET) is an established diagnostic method in brain and lung cancer, its use is often confined to research. The authors report a case of a minimally symptomatic intramedullary spinal cord metastasis, an uncommon and often diagnostically challenging lesion, that was confirmed by PET...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Poggi MM,Patronas N,Buttman JA,Hewitt SM,Fuller B

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Renal biopsy is crucial for management of lupus nephritis. However, it is invasive and can cause bleeding and infection. In our previous study, we developed a semiquantitative method for gallium renal imaging and demonstrated a good correlation between the left kidney-to-spine ratio (K/S ratio) and the results ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tsai SC,Hsieh TY,Huang PW,Lin WY

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Insulinomas are predominantly benign neuroendocrine tumors originating from beta cells within the islets of Langerhans of the endocrine pancreas. Because surgical resection represents the only curative therapy option, exact tumor localization and discrimination of insulinomas from focal or diffuse manifestation...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Michalski K,Laubner K,Stoykow C,Omrane MA,Maecke HR,Seufert J,Goetz C,Meyer PT,Ruf J

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four consecutive patients presented with extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma) in the conjunctiva. After the initial resection, long-term follow-up without additional therapy showed the clinical relapse. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography fused with ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Matsuo T,Ichimura K,Tanaka T,Kaji M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a rare case of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) syndrome caused by a metastatic neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the pancreas detected by PET/CT using different tracers. A 43-year-old female patient with Cushing syndrome (CS) by suspected ectopic ACTH secretion underwent a 68Ga-DOTANOC and a 18F-FDG P...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Treglia G,Salomone E,Petrone G,Giaccari A,Rindi G,Rufini V

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with the general population, solid organ transplant recipients, including renal transplant patients, who are under long-term immunosuppression, present with up to a 120-fold increased risk of developing skin cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. For the renal transplant population with prior long-term dialysis, th...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nguyen BD,Ram PC,Roarke MC

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to describe our department's experience with the fused imaging-guided radiotherapy (FIGURA) system for planning radiation treatment of high-risk neuroblastoma. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Between 1999 and 2002, 11 patients received radiation therapy as consolidation after chemotherapy in...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Fenig E,Mishaeli M,Yerushalmi R,Sever ZB,Ash S,Kornreich L,Yaniv I,Steinmetz A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide angiography of the abdominal aorta provides hemodynamic information of the kidneys, aorta and aneurysm as well as the location and extent of aneurysm. Visualization of early abnormal activity in the pelvic region simultaneously with iliac artery visualization is thought to be a specific finding of active ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Bunko H,Seto H,Tonami N,Hisada K

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cortical alterations of brain metabolism, as seen in PET, obviously depend on the nature of the damage (either mechanical, toxic, anoxic, or other). However, some subcortical abnormalities seem to occur rather frequently regardless of the extension, position and cause of the damage. In particular, relative cerebellar ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Lupi A,Bertagnoni G,Salgarello M,Orsolon P,Malfatti V,Zanco P

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This report highlights the presence of extensive cerebral dysfunction in a patient with cerebral mitochondrial disorder. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The patient is a 10-year-old girl with a history of hemiparesis, encephalopathy, developmental delay, and seizures. She underwent 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopic im...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Narla VV,Muthukrishnan A,Mountz JM

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parameters of systolic and diastolic function obtained from radionuclide ventriculography (RNV) were evaluated in nine cardiac allograft recipients. In 25 examinations, left end-diastolic volume (LEDV), cardiac output (CO), left ejection fraction (LEF), right ejection fraction (REF), heart rate (HR), peak filling rate...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Tatum JL,Thompson JA,Prasad U,Burke TS,Quint RI

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cavernous hemangioma of the liver presented as an area of increased activity on an isotope bone scan. A review of the literature fails to reveal any previous reports of this phenomenon. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Burkhalter JL,Morano JU,Patel BR

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Edema of the lower extremities is a difficult clinical problem. It can be due to stasis, obstruction of the lymphatic channels, increased production of lymph beyond the drainage capacity of the lymphatic vessels. It is often difficult to differentiate between these varieties. Lymphoscintigraphy was performed on 164 pa...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Nawaz MK,Hamad MM,Abdel-Dayem HM,Sadek S,Eklof BG

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to assess the utility of presynaptic dopaminergic imaging using 99mTc-TRODAT-1 SPECT/CT and 18F-FDOPA PET/CT and compare their performance in Parkinson's disease (PD), Parkinson-plus syndrome (PPS), and essential tremor (ET). PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 103 patients (PD = 48, PPS ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sood A,Shukla J,Shree R,Vatsa R,Modi M,Mittal BR

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The uptake of Tc-99m tetrofosmin (TF) is reported in a case of parathyroid adenoma. A 65-year-old woman was studied on different days with TF, Tc-99m sestamibi (MIBI) and Tl-201 chloride (Tl). TF and MIBI injections were preceded by oral administration of potassium perchlorate. Clear identification of the adenoma was ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Mansi L,Rambaldi PF,Marino G,Pecori B,Del Vecchio E

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is described with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and erythematous skin nodules suspected to be erythema nodosum. The patient underwent serial fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET), which demonstrated normalization of FDG uptake by the lymphoma after 2 cycles of chemotherapy, but there was new abn...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Cheong KA,Rodgers NG,Kirkwood ID

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to determine the diagnostic value (validity) of technetium-99m-pyridoxylideneglutamate cholescintigraphy (99mTc-PGC) in patients with and without cholecystitis and to compare its validity to those of oral cholecystography (OC) and ultrasonography (US). 99mTc-PGC was applied to 50 ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Stadalnik RC,Kraus JF,Matolo NM,Krohn KA

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatobiliary studies were performed over a three-year period on 139 patients suspected of having cystic duct obstruction. Each patient was infused intravenously with sincalide, a C-terminal octapeptide of CCK, 15 minutes prior to the administration of the hepatobiliary imaging agent Tc-99m paraisopropyl iminodiacetic...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Patterson FK,Kam JW

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using serial perfusion lung scans, we have documented the opening up and closure of right-to-left intrapulmonary arteriovenous shunts over a period of several weeks in a patient with chronic alcoholic liver disease. The presence of the shunts correlates well with the severity of hypoxemia and the presence of nodular m...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Chen NS,Barnett CA,Farrer PA

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a rare case of metastatic pilomatrix carcinoma with distant metastases 10 months after diagnosis. A 37-year-old woman was diagnosed with pilomatrix carcinoma by excisional biopsy from the occipital region and referred to us for F-FDG PET/CT examinations at the time of diagnosis and 10 months after diagnosi...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Sengoz T,Avci N

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone scintigraphy is sensitive for detecting bone metastases in patients with malignancies. However, it is often difficult to differentiate bone metastases from other nonmalignant lesions. We encountered a patient with a history of breast cancer who showed substantial elevation of tumor markers 4 years after surgery. ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Shigesawa T,Sugawara Y,Shinohara I,Fujii T,Mochizuki T,Morishige I

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the rapid expansion of robot-assisted surgical procedures, the need for robot-compliant image guidance technologies has also increased. Examples hereof are the integrated firefly fluorescence camera, the drop-in ultrasound probe, and the recently introduced DROP-IN gamma probe. Combined with Ga-prostate-specific ...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： van Leeuwen FWB,van Oosterom MN,Meershoek P,van Leeuwen PJ,Berliner C,van der Poel HG,Graefen M,Maurer T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:[Sc]Sc-PSMA-617 with 3.9-hour half-life, in vitro and in vivo characteristics similar to [Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 and possibility of delayed imaging after 24 hours or later, implies it to be advantageous than [ Ga]Ga-PSMA-617 for pretherapeutic dosimetric assessment for [Lu]Lu-PSMA-617 in metastatic castration-resistant pro...

journal_title：Clinical nuclear medicine

authors： Khawar A,Eppard E,Sinnes JP,Roesch F,Ahmadzadehfar H,Kürpig S,Meisenheimer M,Gaertner FC,Essler M,Bundschuh RA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00