Distinctive FDG and FES accumulation pattern of two tamoxifen-treated patients with endometrial hyperplasia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The variability of physiologic 18F-FDG uptake in the myocardium has hampered the accurate evaluation of cardiac glucose metabolism. We investigated the effects of multiple factors, including fasting duration and physical activity, on the physiologic uptake of 18F-FDG by the myocardium in healthy participants....

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kang JY,Lee MY,Kim YH

更新日期：2021-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We performed 67Gallium (Ga) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with integrated low-dose computed tomography (CT) for the interpretation of myocardial outline to investigate the value of co-registered fusion imaging using a hybrid system (SPECT/CT) in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis. METHODS...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Momose M,Kadoya M,Koshikawa M,Matsushita T,Yamada A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a functional neuroimaging study of a 43-year-old woman with Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD). Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) images were measured with technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). rCBF was decreased in the bilateral frontal lobes and thalamus. This f...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takeshita T,Kaminaga T,Tatsumi T,Hatanaka Y,Furui S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the value of Bayesian penalized likelihood (BPL) reconstruction for improving lesion conspicuity of malignant lung tumors on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET/CT) as compared with the ordered subset expectation maximization (OSEM) reconstructi...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kurita Y,Ichikawa Y,Nakanishi T,Tomita Y,Hasegawa D,Murashima S,Hirano T,Sakuma H

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To design, build, and evaluate an animal PET scanner, which can be used with non-human primates under conscious condition, incorporating flat-panel position-sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PS-PMTs). METHODS:The system contains 30 detector modules, each having two PS-PMTs and 16×18 lutetium–yttrium oxyortho-...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Okamoto T,Ote K,Sakai K,Noda A,Shimizu K,Masuda K,Ohmura T,Watanabe M

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a diagnostic context, determination of absorbed dose is required before the introduction of a new radiopharmaceutical to the market to obtain marketing authorization from the relevant agencies. In this work, the absorbed dose of [67 Ga]-ethylenecysteamine cysteine [(67 Ga)ECC] to human organs was determine...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Shanehsazzadeh S,Yousefnia H,Lahooti A,Zolghadri S,Jalilian AR,Afarideh H

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scintigraphy with 99mTc-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid galactosyl human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) was performed on 102 patients, then the hepatic extraction fraction (HEF), the rate constant for liver uptake of the tracer from the blood (K1) and the hepatic blood flow index (HBFI) were determined by spectral anal...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Fukui A,Murase K,Tsuda T,Fujii T,Ikezoe J

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:We conducted a study of rCBF in the primary visual cortex of visually impaired subjects who have not been subjected to external stimulation for a long period, by means of 123I-IMP SPECT and MRI. The four subjects had lost their sight due to brain tumors (n = 2), glaucoma (n = 1) and trauma (n = 1). 123I-IMP SPECT show...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ishikawa N,Nishijo K,Satou M,Takeda T,Itai Y

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare L-3-[18F]-fluoro-a-methyltyrosine (FMT)-positron emission tomography (PET) and 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG)-PET in the differential diagnosis of maxillofacial tumors. METHODS:This study included 36 patients (16 males, 20 females; 31-90 years old) with untreated malignant tumors (34 squa...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Miyakubo M,Oriuchi N,Tsushima Y,Higuchi T,Koyama K,Arai K,Paudyal B,Iida Y,Hanaoka H,Ishikita T,Nakasone Y,Negishi A,Mogi K,Endo K

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：PURPOSE:The utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in the assessment of thyroid nodules is unclear as there are several conflicting reports on the usefulness of SUV as an indicator to distinguish benign from malignant thyroid lesions. This study incorporated an additional parameter, namely dual time point imaging, to determine the ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： D'Souza MM,Marwaha RK,Sharma R,Jaimini A,Thomas S,Singh D,Jain M,Bhalla PJ,Tripathi M,Tiwari A,Mishra A,Mondal A,Tripathi RP

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the initial assessment of thyroid nodules, thyrotropin (TSH) has very low sensitivity for assessing functional thyroid nodules (FTNs). The false negativity in FTNs and the false positivity in non-FTNs misinterpreted by TSH will raise unnecessary assessment costs. Therefore, the aim of this study is to expl...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Cai H,Qiao Y,Huang X,Sun M,Luo Q,Yuan X,Yang Y,Mao W,Lv Z

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) as compared with mammography (MMG) and ultrasonography (US). METHODS:This study retrospectively enrolled 121 women with breast cancer (45.0 ± 8.1 years) and dense breasts (breast density >50 %). All patients underwent pre...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kim BS,Moon BI,Cha ES

更新日期：2012-12-01 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:The main aim of this work is to build a robust Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) algorithm that efficiently and quickly classifies bone scintigraphy images, by determining the presence or absence of prostate cancer metastasis. METHODS:CNN, widely applied in medical image classification, was used for bone sc...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Papandrianos N,Papageorgiou EI,Anagnostis A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old male patient was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea accompanied by orthopnea. Chest x-rays showed a cardiothoracic ratio of 68% and pulmonary congestion. He was diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy. Beta-Blocker (carvedilol) therapy was initiated on Day 22 of the disease using a small initial dose. H...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Matsuo S,Nakae I,Masuda D,Matsumoto T,Horie M

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study is to specify the precise role of bone scintigraphy and serum CEA and CA 15-3 assays in the monitoring of breast cancers in order to optimize their use and to determine whether it is possible to guide the prescription of bone scan by the use of CEA and CA 15-3 assays in the monitoring of b...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yildiz M,Oral B,Bozkurt M,Cobaner A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Among different PET tracers, 18F-fludeoxyglucose (FDG) and 11C-choline are known to have a high tumor uptake correlated with a high mitotic index of tumor cells. Thus, the uptake of 18F-FDG and 11C-choline may be dependent on the cell cycle. In the present study, we examined the uptake of 18F-FDG and 11C-chol...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Roppongi M,Izumisawa M,Terasaki K,Muraki Y,Shozushima M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radioiodide is commonly used to diagnose and treat hyperthyroidism and thyroid carcinoma. However, we could not find any experimental data that strictly compared the biodistribution and thyroid uptake of radioactive iodide between the oral and intravenous (iv) routes with time. This prompted us to compare (12...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kurosawa H,Sakurai K,Hasegawa H,Uchida K,Kasahara H,Minamizawa T,Nakajo M,Nakajo M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:CBF, OEF and CMRO(2) provide us important clinical indices and are used for assessing ischemic degree in cerebrovascular disorders. These quantitative images can be measured by PET using (15)O-labelled tracers such as C(15)O, C(15)O(2) and (15)O(2). To reduce the time of scan, one possibility is to omit the u...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sasakawa Y,Kudomi N,Yamamoto Y,Monden T,Kawai N,Nishiyama Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Uptake value in quantitative PET imaging is biased due to the presence of CT contrast agents when using CT-based attenuation correction. Our aim was to examine spectral CT imaging to suppress inaccuracy of 511 keV attenuation map in the presence of multiple nanoparticulate contrast agents. METHODS:Using a si...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ghadiri H,Shiran MB,Soltanian-Zadeh H,Rahmim A,Zaidi H,Ay MR

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：: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：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：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to elucidate the causes of false-negative cases of technetium-99 m methoxyisobutylisonitrile scintigraphy (MIBI) for hyperparathyroidism. METHODS:Consecutive MIBI examinations performed in 154 patients between April 2011 and March 2017 were retrospectively reviewed. Sensitivities of...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ishii S,Sugawara S,Yaginuma Y,Kobiyama H,Hiruta M,Watanabe H,Yamakuni R,Hakozaki M,Fujimaki H,Ito H

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine an appropriate threshold value for delineation of the target in positron emission tomography (PET) and to investigate whether PET can delineate an internal target volume (ITV), a series of phantom studies were performed. METHODS:An ellipse phantom (background) was filled with 1028 Bq/ml of [(18)...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Okubo M,Nishimura Y,Nakamatsu K,Okumura M,Shibata T,Kanamori S,Hanaoka K,Hosono M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:99mTc-tetrofosmin, Thallium-201-chloride (201Tl) and 99mTc-MIBI imagings were performed in a patient with malignant thymoma. Tracer uptake in the primary tumor was demonstrated. The tumor-to-background ratios of planar and SPECT imagings were 1.60 and 1.98 for 99mTc-tetrofosmin, 1.12 and 2.09 for 201Tl, and 1.19 and 1...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Hashimoto T,Goto K,Hishinuma Y,Yachuda K,Sugioka Y,Arai K,Harada S,Goto M

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exact localization of recurrent iodine-negative thyroid cancer is mandatory, since surgery is the only curative therapy option in patients with iodine-negative tumor tissue. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of (18)F-FDG-PET/CT as a routine diagnostic tool on clinical management in patients wi...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Bannas P,Derlin T,Groth M,Apostolova I,Adam G,Mester J,Klutmann S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00