Thematic planning: the role of the International Atomic Energy Agency in promoting education, medical research, and technology transfer among nuclear medicine communities of developing countries.

abstract：:The advantage of immunoscintigraphy over autologous leukocyte techniques in the imaging of infection is the simplicity of its use compared with techniques that require the isolation of autologous white blood cells. The advantage over 99mTc- or 111In-labeled nonspecific human immunoglobulin is the excellent target-to-b...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Becker W,Goldenberg DM,Wolf F

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide angiocardiography and myocardial perfusion imaging with exercise are valuable methods to assess patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Successful angioplasty results in improvement in ventricular systolic and diastolic function and regional perfusion. Complications of angiopla...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： DePuey EG

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image registration is finding increased clinical use both in aiding diagnosis and guiding therapy. There are numerous algorithms for registration, which all involve maximizing a measure of similarity between a transformed floating image and a fixed reference image. The choice of the similarity measure depends, to some...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Hutton BF,Braun M

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review is directed at the clinically useful highlights of ultrasound and radionuclide testing in adults with coronary and valvular heart disease, intracardiac shunts, and hypertrophic and congestive cardiomyopathies. As a clinical toto, the radionuclide procedures are currently more useful than ultrasound examina...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Horowitz SF,Goldsmith SJ,Meller J,Patterson RE,Teichholz LE

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) makes it possible for the first time to examine in living humans the chemistry of the brain, which relates the structures of the brain to the functions of the mind. PET scans make it possible to assess the state of neurotransmitter receptors, such as the dopamine, serotonin, muscarin...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Wagner HN Jr

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past, T3 suppression testing was often required to confirm the presence of autonomous thyroid function in patients with borderline clinical and laboratory findings suggestive of hyperthyroidism or in euthyroid patients with the stigmata of Graves' disease. Similarly, TSH stimulation testing was used to document...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Hurley JR,Becker DV

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is little information in the literature concerning the role of bone scanning in benign bone neoplasms except for sporadic reports. Since the advent of 99mTc-polyphosphate, bone imaging has proven feasible and useful in locating the cause of bone pain, such as in osteoid osteomas, which are not always radiologica...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Gilday DL,Ash JM

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When serious infections are suspected, patients are often treated empirically with broad-spectrum antibiotics while awaiting results that provide information on the bacterial class and species causing the infection, as well as drug susceptibilities. For deep-seated infections, these traditional diagnostic techniques o...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ordonez AA,Jain SK

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma of the lung is one of the most frequent malignancies and a major cause of mortality. The use of positron emission tomography (PET) has been extensively investigated in patients with carcinoma of the lung and has established clinical utility and cost-effectiveness in characterization of solitary pulmonary nod...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Shon IH,O'doherty MJ,Maisey MN

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of radioactive tracer is associated with specific histological changes. Awareness of these changes permits a more specific interpretation of a positive bone scan, especially when correlating the radionuclide image with the plain radiographs. Increased uptake in the flow phase of an imaging study usual...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： McCarthy EF

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most positron emission tomography (PET) imaging studies in head and neck cancer are performed using the radiotracer 18-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)FDG). PET with FDG has become a standard clinical imaging modality in patients with head and neck cancer. It contributes valuable information in localizing a primary tumor in p...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Schöder H,Yeung HW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of quantitative analysis of planar thallium-201 stress scintigraphy are superior to those of visual analysis. The increased sensitivity for detection of coronary artery disease is associated with maintenance of specificity. Consequently, we believe that quantitative analysis is the state-of-the-art for pla...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Wackers FJ,Fetterman RC,Mattera JA,Clements JP

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last few years there has been a remarkable increase in the amount of clinical data in the average hospital chart, and more and more problem-solving algorithms have been developed. We need better "thinking tools" to help us handle the flow of information. The term "clinical decision making" is used to describe a...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Patton DD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monoclonal antibody (MoAb) imaging has contributed greatly to the diagnosis and staging of both colorectal and ovarian cancers, and recently has been tested in patients with prostate cancer. Anatomic imaging modalities such as computed tomography, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging have deficiencies in imaging...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Neal CE,Meis LC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal scintigraphy is a unique nuclear medicine procedure that provides noninvasive, functional information concerning the status of the adrenal cortex. The uptake of iodocholesterol, in addition to localizing adrenal cortical abnormalities, can be manipulate to focus on adrenal cortical dysfunction in either the al...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Gross MD,Valk TW,Swanson DP,Thrall JH,Grekin RJ,Beirewaltes WH

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While 99mTc sulfur colloid imaging, because of its availability and convenience, remains the initial procedure of choice for spleen imaging, selective spleen scanning with damaged 99mTc-labeled RBCs can provide additional information in some cases. These cases include overlapping left hepatic lobe and suspected spleni...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Armas RR

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of cholescintigraphy to diagnose acute cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, and biliary leakage dates back to the late 1970s. Today, despite the many advances in imaging instrumentation, radiopharmaceuticals, and methodology over these years, cholescintigraphy still plays an important role in confirming or excl...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ziessman HA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of localization of gallium in the lungs in a large variety of inflammatory pulmonary diseases, the chest radiograph is and will continue to be the principal diagnostic tool for evaluation of pulmonary inflammatory disease. The 67Ga-citrate scan, however, serves as a study complementary to chest radiography be...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Bekerman C,Hoffer PB,Bitran JD,Gupta RG

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of gallium for pulmonary diseases is hampered by its relative lack of specificity, typical 1- to 3-day delay between injection and imaging time, and suboptimal imaging characteristics. Other nuclear and nonnuclear imaging modalities, such as (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) and high-...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Schuster DM,Alazraki N

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular medicine enhances the clinician's ability to accurately diagnose and treat disease, and many technological advances in diverse fields have made the translation of molecular medicine to the clinic possible. Nuclear medicine encompasses 2 technologies--single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and pos...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Rowland DJ,Cherry SR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) using the radiotracer 3'-deoxy-3'-[(18)F]fluorothymidine (FLT) can image cellular proliferation in human cancers in vivo. FLT uptake has been shown to correlate with pathology-based proliferation measurements, including the Ki-67 score, in a variety of human cancers. Unlike pathology...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Salskov A,Tammisetti VS,Grierson J,Vesselle H

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of brain death has gained importance in the past few decades to prevent futile attempts to sustain ventilation and blood circulation when the brain has lost all function and to procure beneficial tissues or life-saving organs for transplantation. However, differences remain among professional societies and...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Sinha P,Conrad GR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radionuclide (99m)Tc-MDP bone scan is one of the most commonly performed nuclear medicine studies and helps in the diagnosis of different pathologies relating to the musculoskeletal system. With its increasing utility in clinical practice, it becomes more important to be aware of various limitations of this imagin...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Agrawal K,Marafi F,Gnanasegaran G,Van der Wall H,Fogelman I

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to SEER Cancer Statistics Review there are around 165,000 new prostate cancer cases estimated in 2018 accounting for 9.5% of all newly diagnosed cancers. Accurate staging of primary prostate cancer is important for therapy selection (local vs systemic). Recent developments in molecular imaging may significan...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Pomykala KL,Farolfi A,Hadaschik B,Fendler WP,Herrmann K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:(18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is the radiotracer used in the vast majority of positron emission tomography (PET) cancer studies. FDG is a powerful radiotracer that provides valuable data in many cancer types. Normal FDG biodistribution is easily identified. In the PET-only era, physiological uptake provided important...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Cohade C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) findings and their application to cerebrovascular disease are reviewed. Although the coupling of cerebral blood flow and metabolism are best studied with positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography measurements of rCBF can contribute to patient managemen...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Hellman RS,Tikofsky RS

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diphosphonate bone scan is ideally suited to assess many global, focal or multifocal metabolic bone disorders and there remains a role for conventional bone scintigraphy in metabolic bone disorders at diagnosis, investigation of complications, and treatment response assessment. In contrast, the role of bone scinti...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Cook GJ,Gnanasegaran G,Chua S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high-level expression of somatostatin receptors (SSTR) on various tumor cells has provided the molecular basis for successful use of radiolabeled peptide analogues as tumor tracers in nuclear medicine. The vast majority of human tumors seem to overexpress one or the other of 5 distinct hSSTR subtype receptors. Whe...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Virgolini I,Britton K,Buscombe J,Moncayo R,Paganelli G,Riva P

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comprehensive review of the effects of exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation, BEIR VII-Phase 2: Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, was published in 2006. The BEIR (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation) reports are a series of publications by the National Academy of Sciences. T...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Royal HD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much efficacy is gained in clinical practice if a single agent can be used for both diagnosis and therapy, a practice termed theranostics. Metaiodobenzylguanidine (mIBG), a norepinephrine analogue with high sensitivity and specificity for neuroblastoma, is an exemplar of theranostics. The physiologic biodistribution o...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Parisi MT,Eslamy H,Park JR,Shulkin BL,Yanik GA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00