FDG-PET after radiotherapy is a good prognostic indicator of rectal cancer.

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study was to elucidate the regional differences between brain perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images reconstructed with a uniform attenuation correction using Chang's method (AC-Chang) and a non-uniform attenuation correction with CT using SPECT/CT (AC-CT). METHODS:...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ishii K,Hanaoka K,Okada M,Kumano S,Komeya Y,Tsuchiya N,Hosono M,Murakami T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of viral myocarditis is essential for the clinician to assess the prognosis. In this study, Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy and Tc-99m gated cardiac blood pool scan were performed in 16 patients with myocarditis diagnosed by clinical symptoms and laboratory findings and these nuclear medicine techniques were...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kawamura Y,Morishita T,Yamazaki J,Okuzumi I,Wakakura M,Muto T,Saji T,Matsuura H,Matsuo N,Yabe Y

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclides of rare earth elements are gaining importance as emerging therapeutic agents in nuclear medicine. β(-)-particle emitter 142Pr [T (1/2) = 19.12 h, E(-)β = 2.162 MeV (96.3%), Eγ = 1575 keV (3.7%)] is one of the praseodymium-141 (100% abundant) radioisotopes. Production routes and therapy aspects of 142Pr w...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Bakht MK,Sadeghi M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in differentiating pulmonary artery sarcoma from pulmonary embolism. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We evaluated three patients with pulmonary artery sarcoma and 10 patients with proximal pulmon...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ito K,Kubota K,Morooka M,Shida Y,Hasuo K,Endo H,Matsuda H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) represents an attractive target for tumor diagnosis agents. Previously, radioiodinated 4-(3-iodophenoxy)-6,7-diethoxyquinazoline (PHY) was reported to possess good characteristics as a tumor imaging agent. We have explored the feasibility of developin...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Hirata M,Kanai Y,Naka S,Yoshimoto M,Kagawa S,Matsumuro K,Katsuma H,Yamaguchi H,Magata Y,Ohmomo Y

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the optimal accumulation time for three-dimensional positron emission tomography (3D-PET) with (18)F-2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) to detect the brain uptake pattern typical of Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:Patients with mild AD or amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and normal...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takahashi R,Ishii K,Senda M,Ito K,Ishii K,Kato T,Makishi Y,Nishio T,Ikari Y,Iwatsubo T,Japanese Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reinjection images were obtained in 23 patients with myocardial infarction by the additional injection of 37 MBq of thallium-201 after obtaining 4 hour delayed images on exercise thallium-201 SPECT (TSPECT). A redistribution index (RI) was derived of the changes in perfusion defects between immediate and 4 hour delaye...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Tomiguchi S,Takahashi M,Shimomura O,Kojima A,Hara M,Koga Y,Minoda K,Yasue H,Hayasaki K

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Breast cancer is the most common malignancy for females worldwide. This study was to evaluate the application of dual-phase breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) in detecting primary breast cancer. METHODS:Seventy-six patients with indeterminate breast lesions that underwent dual-phase BSGI enrolled in this ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Tan H,Jiang L,Gu Y,Xiu Y,Han L,Wu P,Zhang H,Shi H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT is widely applied to diagnose ischemic heart disease, and such findings are useful to predict patient prognosis. However, Japan does not have a database that correlates SPECT image findings with the prognosis of patients who have ischemic heart disease. METHODS:A large-s...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kusuoka H,Nishimura S,Yamashina A,Nakajima K,Nishimura T

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The purpose of the study was to determine the lung toxicity caused by amiodarone (AD) and bleomycin (BLM) in rats, by means of Tc-99m HMPAO lung scintigraphy. METHODS:Thirty albino rats were randomly divided into five groups. After AD or BLM was dissolved with isotonic saline (SF), a 0.5 ml solution was applied to...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Gumuser G,Vural K,Varol T,Parlak Y,Tuglu I,Topal G,Sayit E

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DTPA clearance rate is a reliable index of alveolar epithelial permeability, and is a highly sensitive marker of pulmonary epithelial damage, even of mild degree. In this study, 99mTc-DTPA aerosol inhalation scintigraphy was used to assesss the pulmonary epithelial membrane permeability and to investigate the possible...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Okudan B,Han S,Baldemir M,Yildiz M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone imaging is commonly used as a sensitive indicator of metastatic bone diseases or other bone pathology. Furthermore, it is now generally known that technetium-99m (99mTc) phosphonates tend to concentrate in various tissues other than bones. Ultrasonography is also widely used for the evaluation of pelvic masses. U...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Inoue H,Aizawa N,Mizuno T,Akashi T,Shimizu T,Fukushima Y,Suzuki Y

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is the established treatment for patients with chronic and severe heart failure, and it has been reported that the presence of left ventricular (LV) dyssynchrony is one of the most important factors which predict positive response of this therapy. In the present study,...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kiso K,Imoto A,Nishimura Y,Kanzaki H,Noda T,Kamakura S,Ishida Y

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nerve growth factor (NGF) exerts various actions on neuronal and non-neuronal tissues and has potential therapeutic utility, but difficulties in using the whole protein have stimulated interest in small NGF fragments. We radioiodinated a small cyclic peptide derived from NGF using the Bolton-Hunter method [125I-C(92-9...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Jung KH,Kim DH,Paik JY,Ko BH,Bae JS,Choe YS,Lee KH,Kim BT

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a patient with DTPA and DMSA uptake on unsuspected bone metastases. He had severe pain due to grade 3 hydronephrosis of his left kidney. When Tc-99m DTPA and DMSA renal scanning were performed for preoperative evaluation, abnormal radiopharmaceutical uptake on the iliac area was noted. Pancreatic adenocarcin...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Balci TA,Ciftci I,Karaoglu A

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the diagnostic value of brain perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) using voxel-based statistical analysis with CT-based attenuation correction (CT-AC) by comparing it to that with Chang's AC in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) patients and attempted to locate brain areas tha...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sohara K,Kiriyama T,Mizumura S,Ishiwata A,Yamazaki M,Kimura K,Kumita SI

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of postoperative fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) as a surveillance modality for advanced gastric cancer patients who were asymptomatic and negative by conventional...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Lee DY,Lee CH,Seo MJ,Lee SH,Ryu JS,Lee JJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to determine whether (11)C-hydroxyephedrine ((11)C-HED) can predict adverse events including all-cause death in Japanese patients with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. BACKGROUND:Although (11)C-HED PET has been used to assess cardiac sympathetic innervation in various disease con...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Fujita W,Matsunari I,Aoki H,Nekolla SG,Kajinami K

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:An artificial neural network (ANN) has been applied to detect myocardial perfusion defects and ischemia. The present study compares the diagnostic accuracy of a more recent ANN version (1.1) with the initial version 1.0. METHODS:We examined 106 patients (age, 77 ± 10 years) with coronary angiographic findings,...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakajima K,Okuda K,Watanabe S,Matsuo S,Kinuya S,Toth K,Edenbrandt L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine ((131)I-MIBG) therapy is an effective treatment for patients with malignant paraganglioma for which surgical resection is not indicated. We performed high-dose (131)I-MIBG therapy on two patients with malignant paraganglioma and multiple bone metastases. The bone metastases were diag...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Inoue T,Yoshinaga K,Morita K,Shiga T,Kanegae K,Hirata K,Okamoto S,Tamaki N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radium-223 dichloride (Ra-223) is the first targeted alpha therapy approved for the treatment of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) with bone metastasis. Ra-223 improved overall survival in the international Phase III ALSYMPCA (ALpharadin in SYMPtomatic Prostate Cancer) study. Ra-223 was also de...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Hosono M,Ikebuchi H,Nakamura Y,Yanagida S,Kinuya S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Among different PET tracers, 18F-fludeoxyglucose (FDG) and 11C-choline are known to have a high tumor uptake correlated with a high mitotic index of tumor cells. Thus, the uptake of 18F-FDG and 11C-choline may be dependent on the cell cycle. In the present study, we examined the uptake of 18F-FDG and 11C-chol...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Roppongi M,Izumisawa M,Terasaki K,Muraki Y,Shozushima M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We assessed Takotsubo (ampulla) cardiomyopathy compared with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) using two-dimensional echocardiography and 99mTc-tetrofosmin myocardial SPECT. METHODS:We examined 10 patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and 16 with ACS at the time of emergency admission (acute phase), at three t...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ito K,Sugihara H,Katoh S,Azuma A,Nakagawa M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:Computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) software for bone scintigrams have recently been introduced as a clinical quality assurance tool. The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of two CAD systems, one based on a European and one on a Japanese training database, in a group of bone scans from Japanes...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Horikoshi H,Kikuchi A,Onoguchi M,Sjöstrand K,Edenbrandt L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To design a mathematical model for quantifying cerebral blood flow using 99mTc-hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxime (HM-PAO), basic studies were performed in animals and human volunteers. Microautoradiography revealed that HM-PAO crossed the blood-brain barrier. Thin layer chromatographic studies demonstrated the rapid dis...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Matsuda H,Oba H,Terada H,Tsuji S,Sumiya H,Shiba K,Seki H,Imai K,Mori H,Hisada K

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the difference of (18)F-FDG uptake kinetics between FDG-avid metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and FDG-avid benign LNs associated with various etiologies on dual-time point PET/CT scan, and to determine the optimal parameter for differentiation. METHO...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Suga K,Kawakami Y,Hiyama A,Sugi K,Okabe K,Matsumoto T,Ueda K,Tanaka N,Matsunaga N

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the assessment of thyroid nodules is unclear as there are several conflicting reports on the usefulness of SUV as an indicator to distinguish benign from malignant thyroid lesions. This study incorporated an additional parameter, namely dual time point imaging, to determine the ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： D'Souza MM,Marwaha RK,Sharma R,Jaimini A,Thomas S,Singh D,Jain M,Bhalla PJ,Tripathi M,Tiwari A,Mishra A,Mondal A,Tripathi RP

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:Cerebral perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has been used to confirm the localization of the epileptic focus and the evaluation of seizure. Recently, diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) has been recognized for evaluation of seizure activity. We describe a case of transient seizure activity de...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sagiuchi T,Ishii K,Asano Y,Aoki Y,Woodhams R,Yanaihara H,Kan S,Hayakawa K

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole body imaging with radioiodine can detect functioning metastases, which can often be effectively treated with appropriate amounts of radioiodine. Non-physiologic I-131 uptake detected on images is usually interpreted as suggesting functioning thyroid metastases. However, extra-thyroidal I-131 accumulation does no...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ozguven M,Ilgan S,Arslan N,Karacalioglu AO,Yuksel D,Dundar S

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00