Vital dyes in sentinel node localization.

abstract：:We describe our all-digital, filmless, department of nuclear medicine, which has been fully operational for 3 years. The approach to the design and implementation of a nuclear medicine picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is discussed, as well as enhancements found to be necessary or desirable during our ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Cohen AM,Parker JA,Donohoe K,Jansons D,Kolodny GM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunotherapy is a form of targeted radionuclide therapy that uses a monoclonal antibody to deliver localized radiation. It is most appropriate for treatment of multiple tumor sites that cannot be readily excised surgically or irradiated using external beam radiation or brachytherapy. At present, 2 products, Bexx...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Goldsmith SJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When serious infections are suspected, patients are often treated empirically with broad-spectrum antibiotics while awaiting results that provide information on the bacterial class and species causing the infection, as well as drug susceptibilities. For deep-seated infections, these traditional diagnostic techniques o...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ordonez AA,Jain SK

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review describes the use of monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) for immunoscintigraphic detection of thrombosis and thromboembolism. Two major groups of MoAbs have been tested: Antibodies directed against platelets and antibodies directed against fibrin. Several antiplatelet antibodies have been developed that are dire...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Koblik PD,De Nardo GL,Berger HJ

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cause of bone metastases in women. Imaging studies are useful to identify bone involvement and associated complications, for follow-up of disease spread and for the assessment of response to therapy. Bone scintigraphy with (99m)technetium-labeled diphosphonates is most widely used, due...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ben-Haim S,Israel O

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear dacryocystography is simple, relatively harmless method of evaluating patients suspected of having abnormalities of the nasolacrimal drainage system. A group of normal saline containing approximately 100 muCi of 99mTc-pertechnetate is placed on the conjunctiva near the lateral canthus, and serial scintigrams a...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Brown M,El Gammal TA,Luxenberg MN,Eubig C

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although planar radionuclide techniques provide accurate, noninvasive measurements of myocardial perfusion and function that are of proven clinical value in the evaluation of the cardiac patient, they are limited by poor object contrast and superimposition of surrounding structures. Due to incomplete angular sampling ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Cerqueira MD,Harp GD,Ritchie JL

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Board of Nuclear Medicine gave its first certifying examination in 1972 to 1,096 candidates. It was established with the support of the Society of Nuclear Medicine amid considerable conflict involving the American Board of Radiology, the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the American Board of Patho...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ross JF

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of cholescintigraphy to diagnose acute cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, and biliary leakage dates back to the late 1970s. Today, despite the many advances in imaging instrumentation, radiopharmaceuticals, and methodology over these years, cholescintigraphy still plays an important role in confirming or excl...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ziessman HA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide angiocardiography and myocardial perfusion imaging with exercise are valuable methods to assess patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Successful angioplasty results in improvement in ventricular systolic and diastolic function and regional perfusion. Complications of angiopla...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： DePuey EG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose (18FDG) was developed in 1976 in a collaboration between scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. It was developed for the specific purpose of mapping brain glucose metabolism in living humans, thereby serving ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Fowler JS,Ido T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There seems little doubt that the ability to prepare antibodies with a unique specificity for surface tumor antigens will have a tremendous usefulness in the diagnostic and therapeutics of cancer. This usefulness will be wide-ranged when the antibodies are labeled with radioisotopes as tools for screening for primary ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Spar IL

更新日期：1976-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New software methods that incorporate iterative reconstruction, resolution recovery, and noise compensation now provide the ability to maintain or improve myocardial perfusion SPECT image quality with conventional sodium iodide cameras. Despite lower image counting statistics associated with significantly decreased in...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Gordon DePuey E 3rd

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of quantitative analysis of planar thallium-201 stress scintigraphy are superior to those of visual analysis. The increased sensitivity for detection of coronary artery disease is associated with maintenance of specificity. Consequently, we believe that quantitative analysis is the state-of-the-art for pla...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Wackers FJ,Fetterman RC,Mattera JA,Clements JP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major mechanisms of implementing the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) programs in nuclear medicine has been through coordinated research projects (CRPs). In recent years, the IAEA has initiated a new type of CRP, called Doctoral CRP, in an attempt to further improve the effectiveness of its progr...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Padhy AK,Dondi M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best option for the treatment of end-stage renal disease is kidney transplantation. Prompt diagnosis and management of early posttransplantation complications is of utmost importance for graft survival. Biochemical markers, allograft biopsies, and imaging modalities are used for the timely recognition and manageme...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Aktaş A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years there has been a remarkable increase in the amount of clinical data in the average hospital chart, and more and more problem-solving algorithms have been developed. We need better "thinking tools" to help us handle the flow of information. The term "clinical decision making" is used to describe a...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Patton DD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The advantage of immunoscintigraphy over autologous leukocyte techniques in the imaging of infection is the simplicity of its use compared with techniques that require the isolation of autologous white blood cells. The advantage over 99mTc- or 111In-labeled nonspecific human immunoglobulin is the excellent target-to-b...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Becker W,Goldenberg DM,Wolf F

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While 99mTc sulfur colloid imaging, because of its availability and convenience, remains the initial procedure of choice for spleen imaging, selective spleen scanning with damaged 99mTc-labeled RBCs can provide additional information in some cases. These cases include overlapping left hepatic lobe and suspected spleni...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Armas RR

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) is a rapidly expanding imaging modality, thanks to the availability of compact medical cyclotrons and automated chemistry synthesis modules for the production of PET radiopharmaceuticals. Despite the availability of many radiotracers, [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucos...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Vallabhajosula S,Solnes L,Vallabhajosula B

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hybrid positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MR) systems are now more and more available for clinical use. PET/MR combines the unique features of MR including excellent soft tissue contrast, diffusion-weighted imaging, dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging, fMRI and other specialized sequences as we...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Sollini M,Berchiolli R,Kirienko M,Rossi A,Glaudemans AWJM,Slart R,Erba PA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomas represent a diverse range of diseases with manifold presentations, outlook, and therapeutic approaches. Key to the modern management of lymphoma is accurate delineation of the extent of disease. The inability of computed tomography (CT) to identify the involvement of nonenlarged nodes and its relatively poor...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Hicks RJ,Mac Manus MP,Seymour JF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunotherapy is a promising new therapeutic option for the treatment of B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Several monoclonal antibody and radionuclide conjugates, including I-131 tositumomab and Y-90 ibritumomab, have been investigated in clinical trials. Yttrium 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan (Zevalin; Biogen Idec Inc, C...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Zimmer AM

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FDG-PET/CT has an established role in the initial staging of locally advanced cervical cancers, particularly in evaluation of nodal disease and distant metastases. It is common practice to perform FDG-PET/CT 3 months postcompletion of chemoradiotherapy as it can predict outcome and be used to tailor management, includ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Gandy N,Arshad MA,Park WE,Rockall AG,Barwick TD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much efficacy is gained in clinical practice if a single agent can be used for both diagnosis and therapy, a practice termed theranostics. Metaiodobenzylguanidine (mIBG), a norepinephrine analogue with high sensitivity and specificity for neuroblastoma, is an exemplar of theranostics. The physiologic biodistribution o...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Parisi MT,Eslamy H,Park JR,Shulkin BL,Yanik GA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radionuclide (99m)Tc-MDP bone scan is one of the most commonly performed nuclear medicine studies and helps in the diagnosis of different pathologies relating to the musculoskeletal system. With its increasing utility in clinical practice, it becomes more important to be aware of various limitations of this imagin...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Agrawal K,Marafi F,Gnanasegaran G,Van der Wall H,Fogelman I

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning has been a powerful research tool since its inception. Changes in the marketplace that have allowed PET to move into the clinical environment include the commercial availability of appropriate radiopharmaceuticals, reimbursement of procedures by insurance companies, and incr...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Lissak RJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diphosphonate bone scan is ideally suited to assess many global, focal or multifocal metabolic bone disorders and there remains a role for conventional bone scintigraphy in metabolic bone disorders at diagnosis, investigation of complications, and treatment response assessment. In contrast, the role of bone scinti...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Cook GJ,Gnanasegaran G,Chua S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with planar imaging, ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy performed with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has a greater sensitivity and specificity, greater accuracy, improved reproducibility, and a lower number of inconclusive reports in the detection of pulmonary embolism. Despite these impr...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Roach PJ,Bailey DL,Schembri GP,Thomas PA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we provide preliminary data and a review of the literature regarding normal structural and functional changes that occur in the aging uterus, ovary, testicle, and prostate gland. It is expected that such knowledge will help physicians to distinguish physiologic changes from pathologic changes at an early...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Well D,Yang H,Houseni M,Iruvuri S,Alzeair S,Sansovini M,Wintering N,Alavi A,Torigian DA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00