Preserved benzodiazepine receptors in Alzheimer's disease measured with C-11 flumazenil PET and I-123 iomazenil SPECT in comparison with CBF.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node biopsy are used for the detection of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients. However, currently there is no standardized technique. For the detection of axillary lymph node metastasis by lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node biopsy, in patients with breast...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Seok JW,Kim IJ,Heo YJ,Yang YJ,Choi YS,Kim BG,Park SJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Nitrate administration has been proposed to enhance the detection of myocardial viability when performing myocardial perfusion imaging. In this study, we aimed to compare Tl-201 exercise-rest-reinjection protocol with rest isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN)-Tc99m MIBI study in the same population examined for the myoc...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Günel SE,Akgun A

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the cerebral muscarinic acetylcholinergic receptor (mACh-R) by means of 11C-N-methyl-4-piperidyl benzilate (11C-NMPB) and positron emission tomography (PET) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases, and the findings were compared with the cerebral blood flow (CBF) and the glucose metabolism (CMRGlc) to evaluate th...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yoshida T,Kuwabara Y,Ichiya Y,Sasaki M,Fukumura T,Ichimiya A,Takita M,Ogomori K,Masuda K

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The purpose of this study is to determine the subcellular distribution of thallium (SDTl) by electron microscopy and a newly designed fixation method that makes insoluble grains of Tl visible. METHODS:To obtain the high dose necessary for electron microscopic visualization, we employed TlCl instead of 201Tl...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Fukumoto M,Yoshida D,Yoshida S

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight patients were inadvertently administered, and imaged with, 99mTc-labeled MDP which was 45 months expired. Two cases are presented. All patients were subsequently imaged with normal MDP. The images obtained with expired MDP were clinically acceptable. No differences in scan abnormalities were observed compared wi...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Riveros EG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The deep-inspiration breath-hold PET/CT (DIBH PET/CT) technique improves the limitations of diagnosing a lesion located in an area influenced by respiratory motion that results in spatial misregistrations caused by respiration between PET and CT. However, its reproducibility with regard to calculating the ma...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nagamachi S,Wakamatsu H,Kiyohara S,Fujita S,Futami S,Arita H,Tamura S,Kawai K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The presence of an elevated copper concentration in cancer cells may be potentially used to differentiate healthy from transformed cells. In this study, we aimed to look at the possible role of (64)CuCl2 PET/CT in staging of patients with prostate cancer (PC). METHODS:Seven patients affected by histologically conf...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Capasso E,Durzu S,Piras S,Zandieh S,Knoll P,Haug A,Hacker M,Meleddu C,Mirzaei S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary emphysema can be diagnosed easily by X-ray CT (CT) as a low attenuation area. Recently Tc-99m-Technegas (Technegas) has been used for ventilation scintigraphy. The present study was undertaken to assess the usefulness of planar and SPECT images by using Technegas scintigraphy in patients with pulmonary emphy...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Satoh K,Tanabe M,Takahashi K,Kobayashi T,Nishiyama Y,Yamamoto Y,Honjo N,Sasaki M,Ohkawa M,Fujita J,Okada H

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to determine changes in FDG-PET/CT after pleurodesis with OK-432 and to investigate differences in the changes between non-malignant and malignant lesions. METHODS:Study participants were 17 patients with a history of malignant chest disease who underwent FDG-PET/CT after pleurodesis using O...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nishimori M,Yoshimatsu R,Iwasa H,Miyatake K,Nitta N,Anayama T,Yamagami T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although extensive work has been done on cigarette smoking and its effects on pulmonary function, there are limited number of studies on water-pipe smoking. The effects of water-pipe smoking on health are not widely investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of water-pipe smoking on pulm...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Aydin A,Kiter G,Durak H,Ucan ES,Kaya GC,Ceylan E

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present an interesting case with a central mediastinal pheochromocytoma showing intense F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in tumor and systemic brown adipose tissue (BAT) mimicking metastases. The findings of hypertension and high plasma catecholamine concentration suggested the presence of pheochromocytoma. Med...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kuji I,Imabayashi E,Minagawa A,Matsuda H,Miyauchi T

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the correlation between the F-18 FDG uptake in the normal testis as assessed by PET-CT and patient age in a pediatric study population. METHODS:The study population consisted of 22 subjects aged between 9 and 17 years. For these subjects 42 PET-CT scans were available for analysis. The testis ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Goethals I,De Vriendt C,Hoste P,Smeets P,Ham H

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to re-evaluate and clarify the diagnostic role of ventilation/perfusion lung scintigraphy in Japan, now that single-detector-row helical CT and multidetector-row CT are available in clinical practice. The Respiratory Nuclear Medicine Working Group of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine di...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kawamoro M,Ogura Y,Honda N,Satoh K,Suga K,Mori Y,Imai T,Inoue T,Narabayashi I

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of Plummer's disease that spontaneously progressed to hypothyroidism is presented. A 49-year-old female visited our hospital because of a 3 kg decrease in body weight during the previous month and a painless nodule in the right anterior area of her neck. A diagnosis of Plummer's disease was made based on the re...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakae T,Kawanaka M,Suehiro M,Sugita M,Fukuchi M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Positron emission tomography (PET) angiography utilizes early dynamic PET acquisitions for depiction of the arterial vasculature. The aim of this study was to assess image quality and to evaluate feasibility of F-18 FDG PET angiography of the abdominal arteries. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients were included in...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Drescher R,Freesmeyer M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old woman with left adrenal tumor, which showed increased uptake of [18F] 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) was presented. Her adrenal tumor was incidentally discovered, although she had no remarkable illness, and her blood pressure was normal. Hormonal examination including dexamethason suppression test and ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Shimizu A,Oriuchi N,Tsushima Y,Higuchi T,Aoki J,Endo K

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portal-systemic shunting was studied in 54 portal hypertensive rats both in vivo and in vitro using radioactive microspheres. The animals underwent partial portal vein ligation around needles of varying diameter to produce a wide range of shunting. Two to four weeks later, quantitative lung-liver scintigraphic and who...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Stauber RE,Mochizuki T,Van Thiel DH,Tauxe WN

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is highlighted as a cause of persistent headache, radionuclide cisternography has been increasingly performed in Japan to confirm the disorder, although the limited ability of the examination should be recognized. We present 3 cases in which failure of a tracer injection was str...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Horikoshi T,Asari Y,Watanabe A,Uchida M,Umeda T,Kolzumi H,Kinouchi H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An anthropomorphic pelvis phantom was made by the modification of a National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) phantom, currently the most popular one, and its clinical usefulness was evaluated. METHODS:The NEMA plus bone phantom was made by placing the pelvic bone model in the NEMA phantom. The NE...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Inoue K,Sato T,Kitamura H,Hirayama A,Kurosawa H,Tanaka T,Fukushi M,Moriyama N,Fujii H

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radio-guided sentinel node (SN) biopsy is a standard method used in the treatment of early breast cancer. Single photon emission computed tomography with computed tomography (SPECT/CT) has been commonly used for SN detection. SPECT/CT adds precise anatomical information of SN sites, and it is reported that mo...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Koizumi M,Koyama M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Split renal function (SRF) estimated from the posterior view of (99m)Tc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid planar scintigraphy (DTPA/P) is not sufficiently accurate even after correction for kidney depth by computed tomography (CT). To obtain more accurate SRF using (99m)Tc-DTPA, dynamic SPECT method was car...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Miyazaki C,Harada H,Shuke N,Okizaki A,Miura M,Hirano T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare histological findings of FDG-PET false-positive and true-negative hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes. METHODS:Sixty-seven lymphnode areas in 11 patients who were diagnosed to have N3 lymph nodes by FDG-PET and underwent surgery were histologically examined, and the histopathological findings in fal...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Shiraki N,Hara M,Ogino H,Shibamoto Y,Iida A,Tamaki T,Murase T,Eimoto T

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To systematically review published data on the role of positron emission tomography (PET) or PET/computed tomography (PET/CT) using either Carbon-11 ((11)C) or Fluorine-18 ((18)F) choline tracer in tumors other than prostatic cancer. A comprehensive literature search of studies published in PubMed/MEDLINE and Embase d...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Treglia G,Giovannini E,Di Franco D,Calcagni ML,Rufini V,Picchio M,Giordano A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first clinical PET study using [1-methyl-11C]8-dicyclopropylmethyl-1-methyl-3-propylxanthine ([11C]MPDX) for imaging adenosine A1 receptors in the human brain. The binding of [11C]MPDX evaluated quantitatively as the distribution volume by a graphical analysis was high in the striatum and thalamus, and l...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Fukumitsu N,Ishii K,Kimura Y,Oda K,Sasaki T,Mori Y,Ishiwata K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images provide many details of the anatomical structure. Also about bone scintigraphy, there are many reports of the improvement of diagnosis by SPECT images. Although SPECT is useful, it requires much time. So to perform SPECT for all cases is difficult in t...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kobayashi K,Okuyama C,Kubota T,Nakai T,Ushijima Y,Nishimura T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are proposing a new method for correcting of scattered photons in technetium-99m (99mTc) imaging by means of photopeak dual-energy window acquisition. This method consists of the simultaneous acquisition of two images and estimation of a scatter image included in the symmetric energy window (SW) image by the differ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kojima A,Tsuji A,Takaki Y,Tomiguchi S,Hara M,Matsumoto M,Takahashi M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The purpose of this study was to validate a double-injection (DI) method with N-isopropyl-[123I]p-iodoamphetamine (IMP) to measure regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) twice in a single session of dynamic SPECT and to elucidate a possible role of this method to identify patients with occlusive disease of majo...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ueno M,Nishizawa S,Toyoda H,Shimono T,Miyamoto S,Hashimoto N,Konishi J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the washout rate of Tc-99m tetrofosmin in asymmetric septal hypertrophy (ASH). As Tc-99m tetrofosmin accumulation and retention depend on sarcolemmal and/or mitochondrial function, the presence or absence of abnormalities in the washout rate of Tc-99m tetrofosmin could provide inf...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Büyükdereli G,Kanadasi M,Kibar M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the cardiac function of patients who underwent Tc-99m sestamibi quantitative gated myocardial single photon emission computed tomography with 16-framing data acquisition between January 1, 2004 and March 31, 2006 for an evaluation of suspected or known heart disease in our hospital. METHODS:In 19...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakae I,Matsuo S,Tsutamoto T,Matsumoto T,Mitsunami K,Horie M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radium-223 (223Ra) has been approved for treatment in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostatic cancer (mCRPC) and bone metastasis. This α-emitting radionuclide has a beneficial effect on pain and is also capable to increase overall survival (OS). Several studies evaluated the prognostic value o...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Frantellizzi V,Monari F,Mascia M,Costa R,Rubini G,Spanu A,Di Rocco A,Lodi Rizzini E,Cindolo L,Licari M,Lavelli V,Nuvoli S,De Angelis C,Dionisi V,Ferrari C,De Vincentis G

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00