Imaging of adenosine A1 receptors in the human brain by positron emission tomography with [11C]MPDX.

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：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：: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：: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：PURPOSE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the degree of technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) uptake and its retention in delayed imaging in small cell lung cancer (SCLC) was correlated with the response to multiagent chemotherapy and to investigate if there was a relationship between the surv...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Akgun A,Cok G,Karapolat I,Goksel T,Burak Z

更新日期：2006-05-01 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:The objective of this study was to evaluate the incidence of incidental parotid masses with conventional whole-body ¹⁸F-deoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT and assess the ability of PET/CT to characterize these unexpected parotid lesions. METHODS:Fifty eight incidental findings of parotid masses with routine FDG PET/C...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Wang HC,Zuo CT,Hua FC,Huang ZM,Tan HB,Zhao J,Guan YH

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Because thickening of the gallbladder wall is observed not only in patients with gallbladder cancer but also in those with benign diseases such as chronic cholecystitis and gallbladder adenomyosis, it is difficult to distinguish between benign and malignant gallbladder wall thickening by conventional techniqu...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Oe A,Kawabe J,Torii K,Kawamura E,Higashiyama S,Kotani J,Hayashi T,Kurooka H,Tsumoto C,Kubo S,Shiomi S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to perform a systematic review of the prognostic value of texture parameters derived by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET) in patients with lung cancer. METHODS:PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched up to March 12, 2018, for original articles invol...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Han S,Woo S,Suh CH,Kim YJ,Oh JS,Lee JJ

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：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：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：UNLABELLED:Poor and variable spatial resolution of the gamma camera, the movement of the heart and, above all, the inclusion of scattered photons in the acquisition data contribute to the deterioration of image contrast in 201Tl myocardium perfusion studies. Scatter correction algorithms may correct for the latter fact...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Blokland KJ,de Vos tot Nederveen Cappel WH,van Eck-Smit BL,Pauwels EK

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of computed tomography (CT) artifacts caused by dental metal prostheses on positron emission tomography (PET) images. METHODS:A dental arch cast was fixed in a cylindrical water-bath phantom. A spherical phantom positioned in the vicinity of the dent...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Shimamoto H,Kakimoto N,Fujino K,Hamada S,Shimosegawa E,Murakami S,Furukawa S,Hatazawa J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Technetium etarfolatide ((99m)Tc-EF) is a radioactive diagnostic imaging agent that was developed to assess the expression of folate receptors in tumors. Administering folic acid prior to the administration of (99m)Tc-EF has been shown to improve SPECT images. Here, we conducted a phase I clinical trial to as...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yamada Y,Nakatani H,Yanaihara H,Omote M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old man with a soft, non-tender, movable mass 2.5 x 2.5-cm in diameter in the volar surface of the right index finger over the proximal phalanx underwent Tc-99m RBC perfusion and blood-pool scintigraphy to evaluate the vascular nature and extent of the mass. Highly increased activity on early and delayed blo...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Lim ST,Kim MW,Sohn MH

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：:Tl-201 SPECT and Tc-99m-Human serum albumin (HSA) multigated radionuclide ventriculography were performed on 11 patients with progressive muscular dystrophy (Becker type 2, Fukuyama type 2, Limb-girdle type 7) to evaluate myocardial involvement. Hypoperfusion was detected in 8 patients on Tl-201 SPECT. Decreases in bo...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nagamachi S,Inoue K,Jinnouchi S,Hoshi H,Ono S,Ohnishi T,Futami S,Watanabe K,Hayashi T

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To investigate the diagnostic performance of early acquisition compared to late imaging for the detection of local recurrence of prostate cancer by means of ¹⁸F-FCH PET/CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:99 patients with radical prostatectomy (mean PSA 3.9 ± 5.03) were subjected to early dynamic PET/CT acquisition of the p...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Di Biagio D,Chiaravalloti A,Tavolozza M,Abbatiello P,Schillaci O

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：: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:Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening disorder with high mortality. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is essential for reducing the mortality rate. The purpose of the study is to evaluate if lung perfusion scintigraphy (LPS) continues to have a role in the clinical management of patients suspecte...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Koukouraki SI,Hatzidakis AA,Mitrouska I,Stathaki MI,Perisinakis K

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An iterative reconstruction method in combination with resolution recovery, attenuation and scatter corrections (IR-RASC) can improve image quality. It, however, is undetermined whether this technique can improve the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) when automated quantitative analysis is used. This...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Chono T,Onoguchi M,Shibutani T,Hashimoto A,Nakata T,Yama N,Tsuchihashi K,Hatakenaka M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTS:The purpose was to evaluate the correlation of the pre-treatment hematological parameters with metabolic parameters of primary tumor in baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and estimate the prognostic value of both. METHODS:We retrospectively investigated 231 patients with CRC who u...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Xu J,Li Y,Hu S,Lu L,Gao Z,Yuan H

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of an atypical bronchial carcinoid showing sestamibi uptake. A 27-year-old man with Kallmann's syndrome and hyperparathyroidism had parathyroid scintigraphy with 99mTc-sestamibi. A focal uptake was observed on the right perihilar region, and this right perihilar mass was demonstrated on computed tomog...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yapar Z,Kibar M,Sükan A,Paydaş S,Zeren H,Inal M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient with acute herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis, positron emission tomography (PET) demonstrated increased cerebral blood flow in the affected temporal lobe accompanied by reduction in the cerebral oxygen extraction fraction and the cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen, i.e., luxury perfusion. Follow-up P...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Tanaka M,Uesugi M,Igeta Y,Kondo S,Sun X,Hirai S

更新日期：1995-02-01 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