Peritoneal tuberculosis with elevated serum CA125 mimicking peritoneal carcinomatosis on F-18 FDG-PET/CT.

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：OBJECTIVE:Accurate and validated methods for estimating regional PET image noise are helpful for optimizing image processing. The bootstrap is a data-based simulation method for statistical inference, which can be used to estimate the PET image noise without repeated measurements. The aim of this study was to experimen...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ibaraki M,Matsubara K,Nakamura K,Yamaguchi H,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Positron emission tomography (PET) angiography utilizes early dynamic PET acquisitions for depiction of the arterial vasculature. The aim of this study was to assess image quality and to evaluate feasibility of F-18 FDG PET angiography of the abdominal arteries. METHODS:Twenty-seven patients were included in...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Drescher R,Freesmeyer M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to measure the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) value at the region with the highest FDG uptake using sequential (18)F-FDG PET and MRI, and to correlate it with the histological grade of invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) of the breast. METHODS:A retrospective study was conducted o...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Byun BH,Noh WC,Lim I,Lee SS,Cho AR,Park JA,Kim KM,Kim HA,Kim EK,Kim BI,Choi CW,Lim SM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of postoperative fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) as a surveillance modality for advanced gastric cancer patients who were asymptomatic and negative by conventional...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Lee DY,Lee CH,Seo MJ,Lee SH,Ryu JS,Lee JJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of calcifying soft tissue malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) which showed a concentration of Tc-99m MDP and Ga-67 citrate, is presented. Tc-99m MDP and Ga-67 citrate scintigraphies of the thigh mass were correlated with conventional radiography, computed tomography (CT) and angiography. ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kida T,Hoshi K,Hoshino R,Fujita Y,Munakata S,Yanagisawa M

更新日期：1993-02-01 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: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: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：PURPOSE:Esophageal complication is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc), but scintigraphic transit patterns based on each subtype have not been understood well. The aim of this study was to develop a new algorithm for integrating a dynamic esophageal transit study and to apply the method to patients with SSc. METHODS:A ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakajima K,Hasegawa M,Inaki A,Wakabayashi H,Hosoya T,Takehara K,Kinuya S

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The performance characteristics of the SPECT sub-system S102 of the ALBIRA II PET/SPECT/CT are analyzed for the 80 mm field of view (FOV) to evaluate the potential in-vivo imaging in rats, based on measurements of the system response for the commonly used Technetium-99 m (99mTc) in small animal imaging. METH...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Attarwala AA,Hardiansyah D,Romanó C,Jiménez-Franco LD,Roscher M,Wängler B,Glatting G

更新日期：2021-01-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:The maximal safe dose (MSD) on the basis of bone marrow irradiation levels allows the delivery of a large amount of I-131 to thyroid cancer tissue. The efficacy of MSD therapy in differentiated metastatic thyroid cancers that persisted after conventional fixed dose therapy is investigated. METHODS:Forty-seve...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Lee JJ,Chung JK,Kim SE,Kang WJ,Park DJ,Lee DS,Cho BY,Lee MC

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The tumor-to-normal tissue (T/N) boron ratio is determined in a patient prior to boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) using 4-borono-2-18F-fluoro-L-phenylalanine (18F-FBPA) positron emission tomography (PET). The T/N ratio is used as a reference parameter to calculate BNCT dose and to evaluate treatment effec...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Lin YC,Chou FI,Yang BH,Chang CW,Chen YW,Hwang JJ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to quantitatively assess the extent and severity of myocardial ischemia by Tc-99m sestamibi exercise myocardial scintigraphy, we developed a new method of change rate (CR) mapping and examined its efficiency. CR was calculated to divide the counts per pixel in the stress polar map by that in the rest polar ma...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakata S,Higashino H,Kuwahara T,Tanada S,Hamamoto K

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Radium-223 (223Ra) is used in unsealed radionuclide therapy for metastatic bone tumors. The aim of this study is to apply a computational model observer to 223Ra planar images, and to assess the performance of collimators in 223Ra imaging. METHODS:The 223Ra planar images were created via an in-house Monte Ca...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takahashi A,Baba S,Sasaki M

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a transmembrane glycoprotein highly expressed by prostate cancer cells. PSMA-based radioligand therapy (RLT) emerged as a promising therapeutic option for prostate cancer in the early 2000s, and has been clinically validated with great enthusiasm during these past two decad...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Inubushi M,Miura H,Kuji I,Ito K,Minamimoto R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the potential role of Tc-99m depreotide (Tc-DEPR) in the preoperative lymph node (N) staging of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS:Sixty-one patients with NSCLC at the potentially operable stage were enrolled and underwent scintigraphy before surgery (n=56) or mediastinoscopy (n=5). I...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Apostolopoulos DJ,Koletsis EN,Spyridonidis T,Paschali A,Papandrianos N,Stamou E,Vassilakos PJ,Dougenis D

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification and treatment of hibernating myocardium (HM) lead to improvement in LV function and prognosis in patients with post-ischemic heart failure. Different techniques are used to diagnose HM: echocardiography, MRI, SPECT and PET and, in patients with moderate LV impairment, their predictive values are similar...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Camici PG,Rimoldi OE

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary involvement secondary to Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia (WMG) is described in a 40-year-old male by incidental findings on a bone scan. He was examined for right leg pain, and bone scan revealed unexpected pulmonary uptake of Tc-99m MDP. CT scan of the thorax revealed pleural effusion and slightly dissemina...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ortapamuk H,Alp A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:123I-beta-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) can visualize myocardial fatty acid metabolism and has extensive potential for diagnosing cardiac diseases such as acute coronary syndrome in the clinical setting. Increased BMIPP uptake with decreased perfusion occasionally occurs under acute reperfusion...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Fukushima K,Momose M,Kondo C,Hagiwara N,Sakai S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the utility of 13N-ammonia PET/CT imaging in the differential diagnosis of gliomas and brain inflammations. METHODS:13N-ammonia PET/CT imaging data of 77 patients with gliomas and 34 patients with brain inflammations were retrospectively analyzed. No patients received any treatment before 13N-...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yi C,Shi X,Zhang X,Luo G,Zhang B,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because of the urinary excretion of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG), FDG-PET or PET/CT is thought of little value in patients with bladder cancer. The purpose of our study was to investigate the value of (18)F-FDG PET/CT with additional pelvic images in detection of recurrent bladder cancers. METH...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yang Z,Cheng J,Pan L,Hu S,Xu J,Zhang Y,Wang M,Zhang J,Ye D,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the changes in 125I-iomazenil (125I-IMZ) benzodiazepine receptor (BZR) binding with psychological stress in a rat model. METHODS:Six male Wistar rats were placed under psychological stress for 1 hour by using a communication box. No physical stress was not received. 1.85 MBq of 125I-IMZ was i...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Fukumitsu N,Tsuchida D,Ogi S,Uchiyama M,Mori Y

更新日期：2002-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:The deep-inspiration breath-hold PET/CT (DIBH PET/CT) technique improves the limitations of diagnosing a lesion located in an area influenced by respiratory motion that results in spatial misregistrations caused by respiration between PET and CT. However, its reproducibility with regard to calculating the ma...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nagamachi S,Wakamatsu H,Kiyohara S,Fujita S,Futami S,Arita H,Tamura S,Kawai K

更新日期：2010-04-01 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:Attenuation correction (AC) on nuclear images of non-uniform domains is generally performed by a change of the computed tomography (CT) values to μ values, which are then inserted as components into the detection probability of iterative reconstruction techniques (OS-EM Iterative AC). We established an AC tec...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakamura Y,Tomiguchi S

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00