Correction of scattered photons in Tc-99m imaging by means of a photopeak dual-energy window acquisition.

abstract：:Written by associate editors of the Annals of Nuclear Medicine, this invited review article is intended to offer our readers a condensed global view on the high-quality research work that has been published in Europe last year. We have divided this article into five sections. The first three sections from the oncology...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Inubushi M,Tatsumi M,Yamamoto Y,Kato K,Tsujikawa T,Nishii R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assembled data from patients with fever of unknown origin who underwent gallium scintigraphy during the past 5 years in order to obtain a more current sampling of patients, and evaluated the role of gallium scintigraphy retrospectively. Of the 36 patients studied, gallium scintigraphy was positive and contribu...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Suga K,Nakagi K,Kuramitsu T,Itou K,Tanaka N,Uchisato H,Nakanishi T,Utsumi H,Yamada N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a functional neuroimaging study of a patient clinically diagnosed with Korsakoff syndrome. Positron emission tomography (PET) with the 15O inhalation method showed decreased regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) and decreased regional cerebral metabolic ratio for oxygen (rCMRO2) in the bilateral fronto-tempora...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Matsuda K,Yamaji S,Ishii K,Sasaki M,Sakamoto S,Kitagaki H,Imamura T,Mori E

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) using gallium (Ga) has been frequently used for diagnosing head and neck tumors in patients. Although the usefulness of Ga-SPECT is well known, the degree of the increase in diagnostic ability with Ga-SPECT for head and neck tumors has not been reported. We c...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kotani J,Kawabe J,Higashiyama S,Kawamura E,Oe A,Hayashi T,Kurooka H,Tsumoto C,Kusuki M,Yamane H,Shiomi S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We propose a new method to quantify regional myocardial blood flow (rMBF) by continuous infusion of Tc-99m MIBI and dynamic SPECT. METHODS:Five patients with old myocardial infarction were studied. During continuous infusion of MIBI (approximately 740 MBq) with a syringe pump in 10 min, dynamic SPECT scan w...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Tsuchida T,Yonekura Y,Takahashi N,Nakano A,Lee JD,Sadato N,Yamamoto K,Waki A,Sugimoto K,Hayashi N,Ishii Y

更新日期：1999-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:We compared the diagnostic value of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) with that of computed tomography (CT) following radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of inoperable recurrent or metastatic cancers in the lung. METHODS:Twelve patients (9 males and 3 females; 5 had recurrent l...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Okuma T,Okamura T,Matsuoka T,Yamamoto A,Oyama Y,Toyoshima M,Koyama K,Inoue K,Nakamura K,Inoue Y

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：UNLABELLED:We evaluated a new semiquantitative procedure to more easily and objectively estimate the striatal uptake of 123I-FP-CIT in patients with Parkinsonian syndrome (PS) and essential tremor (ET), using an anatomical standardization method, the Neurostat. METHODS:Eleven patients with PS and 8 with ET were examin...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takada S,Yoshimura M,Shindo H,Saito K,Koizumi K,Utsumi H,Abe K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman with acute cholecystitis and gallstones underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She suffered from recurrent episodes of cholangitis due to injury of the major bile ducts during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy with Tc-99m Sn-N-pyridoxyl-5-methyltryptophan was performed. Alth...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nishiguchi S,Shiomi S,Sasaki N,Iwata Y,Tanaka H,Kubo S,Hirohashi K,Ochi H

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:We report a case of lung cancer arising from progressive massive fibrosis (PMF) associated with pneumoconiosis. In this case, fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) was able to clearly distinguish the lung cancer from PMF, suggesting a potential usefulness of FDG-PET in cancer screening ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Bandoh S,Fujita J,Yamamoto Y,Nishiyama Y,Ueda Y,Tojo Y,Ishii T,Kubo A,Ishida T

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:In a 43-year-old woman with fibrous dysplasia of the ribs and facial bone and in a 40-year-old man with fibrous dysplasia of the facial bone, there were considerable increases in the uptake of Tc-99m methylenediphosphonate (Tc-99m MDP) and Gallium-67 citrate. Fibrous dysplasia should be added to differential diagnosis...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Hoshi H,Futami S,Ohnishi T,Nagamachi S,Jinnouchi S,Murai N,Watanabe K

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A more accurate quantitative method for the measurement of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) with the microsphere model and N-isopropyl-p-[123I]iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) and ring-type single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was developed. Continuous withdrawal of arterial blood was carried out for 5 minu...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takahashi N

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The presence of central lymph node (LN) metastasis increases the risk of cervical LN recurrence or distant metastasis in patients with papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC). We investigated the value of preoperative (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose-positron emission tomography (FDG PET)-computerized tomography ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Byun BH,Jeong UG,Hong SP,Min JJ,Chong A,Song HC,Bom HS

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:Respiratory motion causes loss of image quality and inaccuracy of quantification in oncologic positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. This study introduces a bioimpedance-based gating method for compensation of respiratory motion artefacts. METHODS:The bioimpedance-based respiratory gating method was stu...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Koivumäki T,Teuho J,Teräs M,Vauhkonen M,Hakulinen MA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) by means of a dynamic state method and H2(15)O was performed to quantify splenic blood flow in 20 patients who had no hepatic functional disorders. Non-linear regression analysis was applied to determine splenic blood flow. In calculating arterial input function for the spleen, our o...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Oguro A,Taniguchi H,Koyama H,Tanaka H,Miyata K,Takeuchi K,Inaba T,Nakahashi H,Takahashi T

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the diagnostic accuracy of whole-body PET/CT and integrated PET/MR in relation to the total scan time durations. METHODS:One hundred and twenty-three (123) patients (40 males and 83 females; mean age 59.6 years; range 20-83 years) with confirmed primary cancer and clinical suspicion of metastatic di...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ishii S,Shimao D,Hara T,Miyajima M,Kikuchi K,Takawa M,Kumamoto K,Ito H,Shishido F

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the prognostic value of preoperative breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) uptake measured by a semi-quantitative method in invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). METHODS:One hundred and sixty-two women with IDC who underwent preoperative BSGI were retrospectively enrolled. The tumor-to-nor...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yoon HJ,Kim Y,Chang KT,Kim BS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the effect of clinicopathological factors on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT positivity at the time of biochemical recurrence (BCR) of localized prostate cancer (PCa) following definitive therapy. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed our institutional database for PCa patients who had BCR and subsequently ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Aydin AM,Haberal B,Artykov M,Bilen CY,Yazici S

更新日期：2019-05-01 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

abstract：:In practical positron emission tomography (PET) diagnosis, a shortened protocol is preferred for patients with brain disorders. In this study, the applicability of a shortened protocol as an alternative to the 90-min PET scan with [(11)C]SA4503 for quantitative sigma(1) receptor measurement was investigated. Tissue ti...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sakata M,Kimura Y,Naganawa M,Ishikawa M,Oda K,Ishii K,Hashimoto K,Chihara K,Ishiwata K

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Myocardial perfusion SPECT is a commonly performed, well established, clinically useful procedure for the management of patients with coronary artery disease. However, the attenuation of photons from myocardium impacts the quantification of infarct sizes. CT-Attenuation Correction (AC) potentially resolves th...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kroiss AS,Nekolla SG,Dobrozemsky G,Grubinger T,Shulkin BL,Schwaiger M

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：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：:Metastatic tumors or secondary lymphoma of the kidney are rare and can often be missed on conventional computed tomography (CT) imaging. On the other hand, many types of metastatic tumor or lymphoma can be detected clearly as hotspots of elevated uptake on FDG PET. However, excreted FDG present in the urinary tract mi...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kaneta T,Hakamatsuka T,Yamada T,Takase K,Sato A,Higano S,Kinomura S,Fukuda H,Takahashi S,Yamada S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) using pyruvate-1-11C was carried out to investigate the in vivo metabolism of pyruvate in the brains of patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy and Leigh's disease. Two epileptic patients were studied as control subjects. Radioactivity was eliminated from the brain tissue of th...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Toyoda M,Sakuragawa N,Arai Y,Yoshikawa H,Sugai K,Arima M,Hara T,Iio M,Satoyoshi E

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00