Value of analyzing deep gray matter and occipital lobe perfusion to differentiate dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer's disease.

abstract：:Iodine-131 metaiodobenzylguanidine ((131)I-MIBG) therapy is an effective treatment for patients with malignant paraganglioma for which surgical resection is not indicated. We performed high-dose (131)I-MIBG therapy on two patients with malignant paraganglioma and multiple bone metastases. The bone metastases were diag...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Inoue T,Yoshinaga K,Morita K,Shiga T,Kanegae K,Hirata K,Okamoto S,Tamaki N

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：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：:A more accurate quantitative method for the measurement of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) with the microsphere model and N-isopropyl-p-[123I]iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) and ring-type single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) was developed. Continuous withdrawal of arterial blood was carried out for 5 minu...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takahashi N

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the difference of (18)F-FDG uptake kinetics between FDG-avid metastatic lymph nodes (LNs) in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and FDG-avid benign LNs associated with various etiologies on dual-time point PET/CT scan, and to determine the optimal parameter for differentiation. METHO...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Suga K,Kawakami Y,Hiyama A,Sugi K,Okabe K,Matsumoto T,Ueda K,Tanaka N,Matsunaga N

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study investigated the prognostic value of preoperative breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) uptake measured by a semi-quantitative method in invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). METHODS:One hundred and sixty-two women with IDC who underwent preoperative BSGI were retrospectively enrolled. The tumor-to-nor...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yoon HJ,Kim Y,Chang KT,Kim BS

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG-PET) plays an important role in differentiating benign from malignant tumors. However, some false-positive findings, such as tuberculosis, may occur. We report a case referred for F-18 FDG whole-body PET computed tomography (PET/CT) scan owing to an elevate...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Chen CJ,Yao WJ,Chou CY,Chiu NT,Lee BF,Wu PS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osmotic demyelination syndrome can result from the rapid correction of hyponatremia, and is categorized by central pontine myelinolysis and extrapontine myelinolysis (EPM). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is currently the most useful modality for visualizing EPM lesions. However, MRI is unable to delineate the severi...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Wu YC,Peng GS,Cheng CA,Lin CC,Huang WS,Hsueh CJ,Lee JT

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:We studied the causative mechanism of ampulla (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy. METHODS:We examined 7 patients with ampulla cardiomyopathy by means of coronary angiography, two-dimensional echocardiography and 99Tc-tetrofosmin myocardial SPECT at the time of emergency admission (acute phase), at 3 to 5 days after...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ito K,Sugihara H,Kawasaki T,Yuba T,Doue T,Tanabe T,Adachi Y,Katoh S,Azuma A,Nakagawa M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:123I-BMIPP (beta-methyl-iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid) has shown unique properties for potential use in assessing myocardial metabolism. Previous basic and clinical studies demonstrated that the disturbances of myocardial metabolism precede the occurrence of myocardial perfusion abnormalities by using 201Tl in hypertr...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nishimura T,Nagata S,Uehara T,Morozumi T,Ishida Y,Nakata T,Iimura O,Kurata C,Wakabayashi Y,Sugihara H,Otsuki K,Wada T,Koga Y

更新日期：1996-02-01 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:(11)C-Methionine positron emission tomography (MET-PET) has been used to distinguish brain tumor recurrence from radiation necrosis. Because the spatial resolution of conventional PET scanners is low, partial volume effect (PVE) may decrease the detectability of small tumor recurrence. The aim of this study i...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Okamoto S,Shiga T,Hattori N,Kubo N,Takei T,Katoh N,Sawamura Y,Nishijima K,Kuge Y,Tamaki N

更新日期：2011-04-01 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:While high-energy gamma and beta probes have gained considerable attention due to their ability to detect cancerous lesions using (18)F-FDG in humans intraoperatively, it is unknown whether the sensitivity of such probes would allow the detection of remaining tumor tissue in the resection bed after removal of...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Garcia-Parra R,Clinthorne N,Wang L,Picchio M,Piert M

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：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:To investigate whether [(11)C]PK-11195, a specific peripheral benzodiazepine receptors (PBRs) ligand for positron emission tomography (PET), can show activated microglia in a rat brain injury model. METHODS:On day 1, ethanol was injected into the rat's right striatum (ST) using a stereotaxic operative proced...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Toyama H,Hatano K,Suzuki H,Ichise M,Momosaki S,Kudo G,Ito F,Kato T,Yamaguchi H,Katada K,Sawada M,Ito K

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Breast cancer is the most common malignancy for females worldwide. This study was to evaluate the application of dual-phase breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) in detecting primary breast cancer. METHODS:Seventy-six patients with indeterminate breast lesions that underwent dual-phase BSGI enrolled in this ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Tan H,Jiang L,Gu Y,Xiu Y,Han L,Wu P,Zhang H,Shi H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radium-223 dichloride (Ra-223) is the first targeted alpha therapy approved for the treatment of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) with bone metastasis. Ra-223 improved overall survival in the international Phase III ALSYMPCA (ALpharadin in SYMPtomatic Prostate Cancer) study. Ra-223 was also de...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Hosono M,Ikebuchi H,Nakamura Y,Yanagida S,Kinuya S

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：: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：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:Iodine-123-labeled N-isopropyl-4-iodoamphetamine (IMP) is used as a tracer for the measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF) by single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Two IMP products, IMP(A) (Nihon Medi-Physics Co., Ltd.) and IMP(B) (FUJIFILM RI Pharma Co., Ltd.), produced by different radiopharm...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ogura T,Ito H,Hida K,Masuzuka T,Fukuda H,Hatazawa J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node biopsy are used for the detection of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients. However, currently there is no standardized technique. For the detection of axillary lymph node metastasis by lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel node biopsy, in patients with breast...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Seok JW,Kim IJ,Heo YJ,Yang YJ,Choi YS,Kim BG,Park SJ

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Dopamine transporter imaging with SPECT is a valuable tool for both clinical routine and research studies. Semi-quantitative analysis plays a key role in interpreting the scans, but is dependent on numerous factors, rotational radius being one of them. This study systematically evaluates the potential influen...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Koch W,Bartenstein P,la Fougère C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Currently, the diagnosis of bone flap osteomyelitis (BFO) remains a challenge for medical imaging. The present study aimed to identify predictive scintigraphic patterns of BFO. METHODS:This retrospective study reviewed planar bone scan of patients with suspected BFO between 2010, and 2016. A total of 15 pati...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Bani Sadr A,Gregoire B,Tordo J,Guyotat J,Boibieux A,Janier M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Advances in radiopharmaceuticals and clinical understanding have escalated the use of intraoperative gamma probes in surgery. However, most probes on the market are non-imaging gamma probes that suffer from the lack of ancillary information of the surveyed tissue area. We have developed a novel, hand-held di...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Singh B,Stack BC Jr,Thacker S,Gaysinskiy V,Bartel T,Lowe V,Cool S,Entine G,Nagarkar V

更新日期：2013-04-01 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:In clinical practice, measurement of the rCBF has mainly been conducted by I-123-N-isopropyl-p-iodoamphetamine ((123)I-IMP) SPECT using the microsphere (MS) method, with continuous arterial blood sampling. While several non-invasive (123)I-IMP quantification methods have been developed, their accuracy has bee...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ofuji A,Mimura H,Yamashita K,Takaki A,Sone T,Ito S

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of viral myocarditis is essential for the clinician to assess the prognosis. In this study, Tl-201 myocardial scintigraphy and Tc-99m gated cardiac blood pool scan were performed in 16 patients with myocarditis diagnosed by clinical symptoms and laboratory findings and these nuclear medicine techniques were...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kawamura Y,Morishita T,Yamazaki J,Okuzumi I,Wakakura M,Muto T,Saji T,Matsuura H,Matsuo N,Yabe Y

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00