FDG-PET imaging in duodenal cancer.

abstract：:A case of Plummer's disease that spontaneously progressed to hypothyroidism is presented. A 49-year-old female visited our hospital because of a 3 kg decrease in body weight during the previous month and a painless nodule in the right anterior area of her neck. A diagnosis of Plummer's disease was made based on the re...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakae T,Kawanaka M,Suehiro M,Sugita M,Fukuchi M

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rare case of occult low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma (LGMFS) detected by marked 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography (PET). A 46-year-old woman presented with abnormal FDG uptake in her back when FDG-PET was performed for cancer screening. The maximum stan...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Morii T,Mochizuki K,Sano H,Fujino T,Harasawa A,Satomi K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One mechanism that may be responsible for drug resistance in epilepsy is the upregulation of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), a drug efflux pump, at the epileptogenic focus. In this study, we sought to evaluate the potential of a recently developed P-gp PET radiotracer, [(11)C]N-desmethyl-loperamide ([(11)C]dLop), for ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Farwell MD,Chong DJ,Iida Y,Bae SA,Easwaramoorthy B,Ichise M

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the prognostic role of end-of-treatment (EoT) FDG-PET/CT parameters in diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and then to explore a pilot application of Neural Networks (NN) in predicting time-to-relapse. METHODS:For conventional survival analysis, parameters as Deauville score (DS) and quantitativ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Annunziata S,Pelliccioni A,Hohaus S,Maiolo E,Cuccaro A,Giordano A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:To determine the utility of the myocardial tracer Tc-99m-tetrofosmin in the examination of patients with left bundle branch block (LBBB) and to investigate Tc-99m-tetrofosmin uptake and retention in the myocardium, early and delayed Tc-99m-tetrofosmin SPECT was performed in 10 patients having LBBB without co...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sugihara H,Kinoshita N,Adachi Y,Taniguchi Y,Ohtsuki K,Azuma A,Adachi H,Ushijima Y,Nakagawa M,Maeda T

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to re-evaluate and clarify the diagnostic role of ventilation/perfusion lung scintigraphy in Japan, now that single-detector-row helical CT and multidetector-row CT are available in clinical practice. The Respiratory Nuclear Medicine Working Group of the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine di...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kawamoro M,Ogura Y,Honda N,Satoh K,Suga K,Mori Y,Imai T,Inoue T,Narabayashi I

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technetium-99m tetrofosmin and thallium-201 lung SPECT imaging were performed in a patient with adenocarcinoma of the lung. Significant activities in the lung lesion were clearly depicted on both technetium-99m tetrofosmin and thallium-201 SPECT imaging. The early uptake, delayed uptake ratios and retention indices of...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Matsunari I,Kinuya S,Nishikawa T,Matoba M,Murakita K,Ohguchi M,Ichiyanagi K,Taki J,Tonami N,Hisada K

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chemobrain is a recently proposed pathological entity. 18F-FDG PET/CT can show objective abnormalities to explain brain disorders caused by chemotherapy, although no study has investigated these phenomena in children to date. The main objective of the present study was to examine quantitatively the effects of...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Tauty A,Noblet V,Paillard C,Fornecker LM,Namer IJ,Bund C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Logan plot is a widely used algorithm for the quantitative analysis of neuroreceptors using PET because it is easy to use and simple to implement. The Logan plot is also suitable for receptor imaging because its algorithm is fast. However, use of the Logan plot, and interpretation of the formed receptor images sho...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kimura Y,Naganawa M,Shidahara M,Ikoma Y,Watabe H

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to clarify the effect of renal function on 2-[(18)F] fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging and determine the clinical significance of renal function in this setting. We compared FDG distribution between normal volunteers and patients with suspected renal failu...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Minamimoto R,Takahashi N,Inoue T

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of myocardial stunning after acute myocardial infarction. In the hyperacute phase of myocardial infarction, the patient's coronary arteries showed normal features on coronary angiography during extensive ST-segment elevation observed on a standard 12-lead electrocardiogram and extensive akinesis obser...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sakata K,Yoshida H,Ono N,Matsunaga Y,Hoshino T,Kaburagi T,Mochizuki M,Yoshimura M

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:Scintigraphy with 99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetate with galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) and per-rectal portal scintigraphy are useful for evaluating hepatic functional reserve and portal circulation, respectively. We did the procedures simultaneously in some patients to examine the relationship between ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Shiomi S,Iwata Y,Sasaki N,Kurooka H,Tamori A,Habu D,Takeda T,Nishiguchi S,Kuroki T,Ochi H

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear Medicine is the specialty of medical imaging, which utilizes a variety of radionuclides incorporated into specific compounds for diagnostic imaging and therapeutic applications. During recent years, research efforts in this discipline have concentrated on the decay characteristics of particular radionuclides a...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Finn RD

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：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：AIM:The aim of the study was to compare the kinetic analysis of 18F-labeled choline (FCH) uptake with static analysis and clinicopathological parameters in patients with newly diagnosed prostate cancer (PC). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sixty-one patients were included. PSA was performed few days before FCH PET/CT. Gleason s...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Palard-Novello X,Blin AL,Bourhis D,Garin E,Salaün PY,Devillers A,Querellou S,Bourguet P,Le Jeune F,Saint-Jalmes H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although dual-energy (DE) acquisition with conventional 201Tl myocardial perfusion SPECT has several advantages such as improved attenuation of the inferior wall and increased acquisition counts, the characteristics of IQ-SPECT have not been fully evaluated. We evaluate the difference of characteristics betw...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Shibutani T,Onoguchi M,Yoneyama H,Konishi T,Matsuo S,Nakajima K,Kinuya S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a comprehensive review of Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET) and the current and developing imaging and therapeutic modalities for NET with emphasis on Nuclear Medicine modalities. Subsequently, nanotechnology and its emerging role in cancer management, especially NET, are discussed. The article is both educative ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Arora G,Bandopadhyaya G

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：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：:In an investigation of myocardial metabolic abnormalities in hypertrophic myocardium, the myocardial glucose metabolism was evaluated with F-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in 32 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and the results were compared with those in 9 patients with hypert...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Uehara T,Ishida Y,Hayashida K,Shimonagata T,Miyake Y,Sago M,Oka H,Nagata S,Miyatake K,Nishimura T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to investigate whether total lesion glycolysis (TLG) and metabolic tumor volume (MTV) measured by ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) could predict the aggressiveness and lymph node metastasis (LNM) in patients with incid...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kim BH,Kim SJ,Kim K,Kim H,Kim SJ,Kim WJ,Jeon YK,Kim SS,Kim YK,Kim IJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess I-131 biokinetics in thyroid cancer and remnant tissue in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer using whole-body scan (WBS) and SPECT images acquired after I-131 therapy. The influence of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) stimulation method on the kinetics was also ev...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Hong CM,Kim CY,Son SH,Jung JH,Lee CH,Jeong JH,Jeong SY,Lee SW,Lee J,Ahn BC

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One of the major causes of diabetes and obesity is abnormality in glucose metabolism and glucose uptake in the muscle and adipose tissue based on an insufficient action of insulin. Therefore, many of the drug discovery programs are based on the concept of stimulating glucose uptake in these tissues. Improveme...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ishino S,Sugita T,Kondo Y,Okai M,Tsuchimori K,Watanabe M,Mori I,Hosoya M,Horiguchi T,Kamiguchi H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) with C-11 palmitate has been used in estimating the myocardial utilization of free fatty acid. To assess the metabolic reserve in normal subjects, a PET study was performed at control and during dobutamine infusion at 2 hour intervals in 5 normal subjects. Following monoexponential c...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Tamaki N,Kawamoto M,Takahashi N,Yonekura Y,Magata Y,Nohara R,Kambara H,Kawai C,Konishi J

更新日期：1991-07-01 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：PURPOSE:Treatment effect of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is traditionally accomplished with MRI and/or CT. The aim of the study was to assess the role of FDG-PET in post RFA hepatic tumor evaluation, in comparison with MRI and CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:28 patients (33 hepatic RFA lesions) who had post RFA FDG-PET wit...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Chen W,Zhuang H,Cheng G,Torigian DA,Alavi A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00