Present diagnostic strategies for acute pulmonary thromboembolism; results of a questionnaire in a retrospective trial conducted by the Respiratory Nuclear Medicine Working Group of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine.

abstract：UNLABELLED:In the management of rectal cancer after the combined therapy of the radiation and surgical operation, the evaluation of the prognosis is important. Although fluoro- 18-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is considered as a useful tool for evaluation of therapeutic effect of this cancer as we...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Oku S,Nakagawa K,Momose T,Kumakura Y,Abe A,Watanabe T,Ohtomo K

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The variability of physiologic 18F-FDG uptake in the myocardium has hampered the accurate evaluation of cardiac glucose metabolism. We investigated the effects of multiple factors, including fasting duration and physical activity, on the physiologic uptake of 18F-FDG by the myocardium in healthy participants....

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kang JY,Lee MY,Kim YH

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL) is a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma developing in the pleural cavity after a long-standing history of chronic pyothorax (CP). F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging is a useful modality for determination of disease extent of various malignant tumors, includin...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Asakura H,Togami T,Mitani M,Takashima H,Yokoe K,Yamamoto Y,Nishiyama Y,Monden T,Toyama Y,Ohkawa M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a functional neuroimaging study of a 43-year-old woman with Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD). Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) images were measured with technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). rCBF was decreased in the bilateral frontal lobes and thalamus. This f...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takeshita T,Kaminaga T,Tatsumi T,Hatanaka Y,Furui S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary involvement secondary to Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WMG) is described in a 40-year-old male by incidental findings on a bone scan. He was examined for right leg pain, and bone scan revealed unexpected pulmonary uptake of Tc-99m MDP. CT scan of the thorax revealed pleural effusion and slightly dissemina...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ortapamuk H,Alp A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:67Ga-citrate and 99mTc(V)-DMSA images were obtained in a patient with recurrent extraabdominal fibromatosis of the left calf. The 67Ga-citrate image showed abnormal uptake in the left calf lesion and right calf, which was considered due to probable myositis caused by overexertion. On the other hand, the 99mTc(V)-DMSA ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ohta H,Komibuchi T,Tomihara M,Watanabe H,Fujikawa S,Shintaku M

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether or not transferrin is involved in the uptake of 67Ga by inflamed liver (acute inflammatory tissues) the uptake of 67Ga by the liver of mice treated with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was studied. The serum GPT value reached its maximum on the 1st day after the CCl4 treatment. The uptake o...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ohkubo Y,Sasayama A,Takegahara I,Katoh S,Abe K,Kohno H,Kubodera A

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (18FDG) powder was obtained by adding diethyl ether into a methyl alcohol solution of 18FDG and other sugar as seed. When micronized particles of sodium N-acetyl-neuraminate (Neu5Ac-Na) were used as seed crystals, particles containing 18FDG were obtained and 80% of them were smalle...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ojima F,Ido T,Takahashi T,Hatazawa J,Ito M,Sasaki H,Yanai M,Aikawa T,Takishima T,Abiko K

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:99mTc-tetrofosmin, Thallium-201-chloride (201Tl) and 99mTc-MIBI imagings were performed in a patient with malignant thymoma. Tracer uptake in the primary tumor was demonstrated. The tumor-to-background ratios of planar and SPECT imagings were 1.60 and 1.98 for 99mTc-tetrofosmin, 1.12 and 2.09 for 201Tl, and 1.19 and 1...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Hashimoto T,Goto K,Hishinuma Y,Yachuda K,Sugioka Y,Arai K,Harada S,Goto M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman experienced headache and rapidly progressive left hemiparesis over 2 weeks. Diffusion-weighted and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MR images of the head showed increased signal intensity in the right basal ganglia, periventricular white matter and the brain stem. Enhancement was not observed on...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kawai N,Kawanishi M,Tamiya T,Nagao S

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:Using the fuzzy set theory, a method was developed for analyzing the extent and severity of ischemia by comparing the exercise and delayed SPECT images with Thallium-201. For each short axial image (slice) for exercise and delayed study, a defect probability matrix (DPM) is created so that it shows the severity of isc...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Jamzad M,Uchiyama A,Toyama H,Murata H

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early image of intra-tumor distribution of 14C-labeled fluorodeoxy glucose (14C-FDG) was compared with a late image of 18F-labeled FDG (18F-FDG) using mouse fibrosarcoma. Heterogeneous intra-tumor distribution of 14C-FDG was observed 1 minute post injection of the tracer, whereas relatively homogeneous distribution...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Inoue O,Shukuri M,Hosoi R,Amitani M,Matsuura N,Hatazawa J,Takai N

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radium-223 (223Ra) is used in unsealed radionuclide therapy for metastatic bone tumors. The aim of this study is to apply a computational model observer to 223Ra planar images, and to assess the performance of collimators in 223Ra imaging. METHODS:The 223Ra planar images were created via an in-house Monte Ca...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takahashi A,Baba S,Sasaki M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scintigraphy with 99mTc-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) was performed on 102 patients, then the hepatic extraction fraction (HEF), the rate constant for liver uptake of the tracer from the blood (K1) and the hepatic blood flow index (HBFI) were determined by spectral anal...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Fukui A,Murase K,Tsuda T,Fujii T,Ikezoe J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Accurate and validated methods for estimating regional PET image noise are helpful for optimizing image processing. The bootstrap is a data-based simulation method for statistical inference, which can be used to estimate the PET image noise without repeated measurements. The aim of this study was to experimen...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ibaraki M,Matsubara K,Nakamura K,Yamaguchi H,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The motion of the head during brain positron emission tomography (PET) acquisitions has been identified as a source of artifact in the reconstructed image. In this study, a method is described to develop an image-based motion correction technique for correcting the post-acquisition data without using external optic...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nazarparvar B,Shamsaei M,Rajabi H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied various liver tumors by positron emission tomography with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-PET) to examine the diagnostic usefulness of this technique. We also examined the relation between findings on FDG-PET and the characteristics of hepatocellular carcinoma. FDG-PET was performed in 78 patients with ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Iwata Y,Shiomi S,Sasaki N,Jomura H,Nishiguchi S,Seki S,Kawabe J,Ochi H

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study is to survey the situation of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) cancer screening in Japan and to describe its performance profile. METHODS:"FDG-PET for cancer screening" was defined as FDG-PET or positron emission tomography and computed tomography (PET/CT)...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Minamimoto R,Senda M,Uno K,Jinnouchi S,Iinuma T,Ito K,Okuyama C,Oguchi K,Kawamoto M,Suzuki Y,Tsukamoto E,Terauchi T,Nakashima R,Nishio M,Nishizawa S,Fukuda H,Yoshida T,Inoue T

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tumor recurrence of colorectal cancers (CRC) is generally followed up by analyses of the serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) levels. However, recent evidence suggests that tumor recurrence can also be visualized by 18F-fluoro-deoxyglucose emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in patients with no...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sanli Y,Kuyumcu S,Ozkan ZG,Kilic L,Balik E,Turkmen C,Has D,Isik G,Asoglu O,Kapran Y,Adalet I

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pre-clinical studies with gallium-68 zoledronate ([68Ga]Ga-DOTAZOL) have proposed it to be a potent bisphosphonate for PET/CT diagnosis of bone diseases and diagnostic counterpart to [177Lu]Lu-DOTAZOL and [225Ac]Ac-DOTAZOL. This study aims to be the first human biodistribution and dosimetric analysis of [68Ga...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

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

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Image segmentation is an essential step in quantifying the extent of reduced or absent lung function. The aim of this study is to develop and validate a new tool for automatic segmentation of lungs in ventilation and perfusion SPECT images and compare automatic and manual SPECT lung segmentations with referen...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Cheimariotis GA,Al-Mashat M,Haris K,Aletras AH,Jögi J,Bajc M,Maglaveras N,Heiberg E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported here is a case of an inferior mesenteric varix demonstrated by 99mTc-red blood cell (RBC) scintigraphy performed for gastrointestinal bleeding in a 47-year-old man. It was shaped like a question mark ranging from the left upper abdomen to the pelvis. This is the first report of scintigraphic recognition of an...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yoshikai T,Yokomizo Y,Iwashita I,Okada Y,Koga H,Kudo S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner using a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM PET) in place of a photomultiplier tube significantly improves the spatial and time resolution. It may also improve the evaluation of smaller lesions compared to conventional (non-SiPM) PET scanners. We compared the maximum sta...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kojima I,Takanami K,Ogawa T,Sakamoto M,Nagai H,Miyashita H,Iikubo M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In high-risk patients with left bundle-branch block (LBBB), functional but not perfusion parameters yield incremental prognostic information. The aim of our study was to evaluate the prognostic value of gated single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in low-intermediate risk LBBB patients. METHODS:O...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Fovino LN,Saladini G,Mormino GP,Saladini F,Razzolini R,Evangelista L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic value of fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) using standard uptake values (SUV) in the differential diagnoses of indeterminate pulmonary nodules. Specifically, we assessed the probability of malignancy for various SUV ranges, and compared the di...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kim SC,Machac J,Krynyckyi BR,Knesaurek K,Krellenstein D,Schultz B,Gribetz A,DePalo L,Teirstein A,Kim CK

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:We quantitated the protective effect of verapamil on reperfusion injury in canine myocardial infarct using 111In-anticardiac myosin antibody and correlated to the electronmicroscopic findings. Experimental myocardial infarction was performed by one hour occlusion of the anterior descending coronary artery and followed...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Chung JK,Lim SM,Lee MC,Koh CS,Lee M,Seo JW

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:4-Benzyl-1-(3-iodobenzylsulfonyl)piperidine, 4-B-IBSP, has shown high-binding affinity to both sigma (σ) receptors in our previous work. In current study, radiolabeling and preclinical evaluation of 4-benzyl-1-(3-[125I]-iodobenzylsulfonyl)piperidine, 4-B-[125I]IBSP, in human ductal breast carcinoma (T47D) cel...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sadeghzadeh M,Alirezapour B,Charkhlooie GA,Baghery MK,Khorouti A

更新日期：2017-05-01 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