FDG-PET of patients with suspected renal failure: standardized uptake values in normal tissues.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Praseodymium-142 [T 1/2 = 19.12 h, [Formula: see text] = 2.162 MeV (96.3%), Eγ = 1575 keV (3.7%)] is one of the (141)Pr radioisotopes. Many studies have been attempted to assess the significance of usage (142)Pr in radionuclide therapy. In many studies, the dosimetric parameters of (142)Pr sources were calcul...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Bakht MK,Jabal-Ameli H,Ahmadi SJ,Sadeghi M,Sadjadi S,Tenreiro C

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV infection results in profound alterations of immunologic function that render the patient severely immunocompromised, and susceptible to malignancies and opportunistic infections. Three AIDS-defining malignancies include Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and invasive cervical cancer. In AIDS pati...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Liu Y

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Metastatic calcification is often detected by bone scintigraphy. We recently saw metastatic calcification in the stomach and kidneys of a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Tc-99m HMDP accumulation into both organs was noted even in the first frame of dynamic data acquisition of 4 min/frame, suggest...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kinuya S,Taki J,Fujioka M,Michigishi T,Tonami N

更新日期：1996-11-01 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：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:Although extensive work has been done on cigarette smoking and its effects on pulmonary function, there are limited number of studies on water-pipe smoking. The effects of water-pipe smoking on health are not widely investigated. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of water-pipe smoking on pulm...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Aydin A,Kiter G,Durak H,Ucan ES,Kaya GC,Ceylan E

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：PURPOSE:Nitrate administration has been proposed to enhance the detection of myocardial viability when performing myocardial perfusion imaging. In this study, we aimed to compare Tl-201 exercise-rest-reinjection protocol with rest isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN)-Tc99m MIBI study in the same population examined for the myoc...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Günel SE,Akgun A

更新日期：2009-07-01 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 present a case of inferior vena cava (IVC) tumor thrombus detected by fluorine- 18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET). A man underwent operations for the treatment of sigmoid colon cancer at the age of 63. Because tumor markers [carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and CA19-9] were increased at...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kaida H,Ishibashi M,Kurata S,Uchida M,Hayabuchi N

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined the cardiac function of patients who underwent Tc-99m sestamibi quantitative gated myocardial single photon emission computed tomography with 16-framing data acquisition between January 1, 2004 and March 31, 2006 for an evaluation of suspected or known heart disease in our hospital. METHODS:In 19...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakae I,Matsuo S,Tsutamoto T,Matsumoto T,Mitsunami K,Horie M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the lesion detectability of a gamma camera based coincidence detector system (c-PET system) in comparison to the dedicated PET system (d-PET system), and thereby clarify the feasibility of the clinical application of this system and also describe any factors influencin...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Koga H,Sasaki M,Kuwabara Y,Nakagawa M,Hayashi K,Kaneko K,Chen T,Honda H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) with H2(15)O-PET and the distribution of central benzodiazepine receptor (BZR) with C-11 flumazenil (FMZ) by PET and I-123 iomazenil (IMZ) by SPECT in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In AD, whereas the CBF was diminished in the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occi...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ohyama M,Senda M,Ishiwata K,Kitamura S,Mishina M,Ishii K,Toyama H,Oda K,Katayama Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed a bibliometric analysis of scientific publications focused on positron emission tomography (PET) over a 10-year period. METHODS:The MEDLINE and ISI Web of Knowledge databases were searched for English language original articles focused on PET in SCI/SCIE-indexed journals in 2002, 2007, and 2012....

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Baek S,Yoon DY,Min KJ,Lim KJ,Seo YL,Yun EJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：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：: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：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：OBJECTIVE:Estimation of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and coronary flow reserve (CFR) by SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) remains challenging. Our aim was to approximate MBF and CFR by quantifying the absolute Tc-99m tetrofosmin retention in the myocardium via gated-SPECT/CT MPI. METHODS:Tracer retention was cal...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Apostolopoulos DJ,Kaspiri A,Spyridonidis T,Patsouras N,Savvopoulos CA,Davlouros P,Vassilakos PJ,Alexopoulos D

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial normal databases for stress myocardial perfusion study have been created by the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine Working Group. The databases comprised gender-, camera rotation range- and radiopharmaceutical-specific data-sets from multiple institutions, and normal database files were created for instal...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakajima K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The physiology of gastrointestinal transfer function after proximal gastrectomy with bypass-tract reconstruction is not well understood. We applied a simultaneous dual-radionuclide method with a hepatobiliary imaging and gastric emptying study to evaluate physiologic alterations occurring after surgery. METH...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakajima K,Kawano M,Kinami S,Fujimura T,Miwa K,Tonami N

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In mCRPC patients treated with 223Ra, a major issue is the validation of reliable prognostic and predictive biomarkers to maximize clinical benefit and minimize toxicities and costs. Bearing in mind how changes in tALP did not meet statistical requirements as surrogate marker for survival, aim of this single-...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Frantellizzi V,Farcomeni A,Follacchio GA,Pacilio M,Pellegrini R,Pani R,De Vincentis G

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The relationships among regional diastolic impairment, the elongation of global time to peak filling rate (g-TPF), and global diastolic function were examined by a novel program using electrocardiography-gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) (GMPS) in heart failure (HF)...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yamamoto A,Takahashi N,Munakata K,Abe K,Kobayashi Y,Tamai J,Shiiba M,Okuyama T,Kaneshiro T,Tsuruta H,Takama T,Satou M

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：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:To investigate the correlation between the F-18 FDG uptake in the normal testis as assessed by PET-CT and patient age in a pediatric study population. METHODS:The study population consisted of 22 subjects aged between 9 and 17 years. For these subjects 42 PET-CT scans were available for analysis. The testis ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Goethals I,De Vriendt C,Hoste P,Smeets P,Ham H

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Portal-systemic shunting was studied in 54 portal hypertensive rats both in vivo and in vitro using radioactive microspheres. The animals underwent partial portal vein ligation around needles of varying diameter to produce a wide range of shunting. Two to four weeks later, quantitative lung-liver scintigraphic and who...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Stauber RE,Mochizuki T,Van Thiel DH,Tauxe WN

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported two Tc-99m(V) DMSA scintigrams in patients with idiopathic synovial chondromatosis which affected the metacarpo-phalangeal joint and shoulder joint. Tc-99m(V) DMSA accumulated markedly and diffusely in the tumor. Tc-99m(V) DMSA scintigraphy would be valuable for deciding the optimal site for biopsy. ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kobayashi H,Kotoura Y,Hosono M,Tsuboyama T,Nishijima N,Sakahara H,Konishi J

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00