Internal radiotherapy techniques using radiolanthanide praseodymium-142: a review of production routes, brachytherapy, unsealed source therapy.

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：: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:Variable uptake of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose (FDG) has been noticed in positron emission tomography (PET) studies of gastric carcinoma patients, with low uptake occurring especially in some particular histological subtypes and early carcinomas. But this phenomenon has not been adequately explained. The ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yamada A,Oguchi K,Fukushima M,Imai Y,Kadoya M

更新日期：2006-11-01 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: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：PURPOSE:Treatment effect of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is traditionally accomplished with MRI and/or CT. The aim of the study was to assess the role of FDG-PET in post RFA hepatic tumor evaluation, in comparison with MRI and CT. MATERIALS AND METHODS:28 patients (33 hepatic RFA lesions) who had post RFA FDG-PET wit...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Chen W,Zhuang H,Cheng G,Torigian DA,Alavi A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the findings of adrenocortical scintigraphy with 131I-6-beta-iodomethyl-19-norcholesterol (NCL-6-131I) of 39 patients to clarify its role in the evaluation of unilateral adrenal or juxtaadrenal masses incidentally discovered by CT, ultrasonography or plain radiography. Twenty-seven benign adrenal masses sh...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Nakajo M,Nakabeppu Y,Yonekura R,Iwashita S,Goto T

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare histological findings of FDG-PET false-positive and true-negative hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes. METHODS:Sixty-seven lymphnode areas in 11 patients who were diagnosed to have N3 lymph nodes by FDG-PET and underwent surgery were histologically examined, and the histopathological findings in fal...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Shiraki N,Hara M,Ogino H,Shibamoto Y,Iida A,Tamaki T,Murase T,Eimoto T

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Nowadays, the number of primary studies on fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been increasing rapidly. Thus, we updated meta-analysis to evaluate the test performance of FDG PET/CT for nodal staging in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) including the most r...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Pak K,Park S,Cheon GJ,Kang KW,Kim IJ,Lee DS,Kim EE,Chung JK

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:The liver itself regenerates after hepatectomy but little is known about how much hepatic function recovers during the regeneration. The liver uptake value (LUV), calculated from Tc-99m-labeled galactosyl-human-serum-albumin ((99m)Tc-GSA) SPECT/CT fused images, is reliable and useful for evaluating hepatic f...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yoshida M,Shiraishi S,Sakamoto F,Beppu T,Utsunomiya D,Okabe H,Tomiguchi S,Baba H,Yamashita Y

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, imaging techniques are the leading methods used to diagnose of metastasis to bone. However, these techniques are expensive, expose patients to toxic and radioactive compounds, and monitor response to treatment poorly; these drawbacks have prompted the search for alternative screening methods. Therefore, bon...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Koizumi M,Ogata E

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leakage is highlighted as a cause of persistent headache, radionuclide cisternography has been increasingly performed in Japan to confirm the disorder, although the limited ability of the examination should be recognized. We present 3 cases in which failure of a tracer injection was str...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Horikoshi T,Asari Y,Watanabe A,Uchida M,Umeda T,Kolzumi H,Kinouchi H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The potential of positron emission tomography/computed tomography using 62Cu-diacetyl-bis (N4-methylthiosemicarbazone) (62Cu-ATSM PET/CT), which was originally developed as a hypoxic tracer, to predict therapeutic resistance and prognosis has been reported in various cancers. Our purpose was to investigate pr...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Toriihara A,Ohtake M,Tateishi K,Hino-Shishikura A,Yoneyama T,Kitazume Y,Inoue T,Kawahara N,Tateishi U

更新日期：2018-05-01 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：: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:Pyothorax-associated lymphoma (PAL) is a rare form of lymphoma and its management on (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) combined computed tomography (CT) has not been well reported. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of FDG PET/CT in patients with PAL. MAT...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ito K,Shida Y,Kubota K,Morooka M,Aruga T,Itami J,Matsuda H

更新日期：2010-11-01 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: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：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：:Duodenogastric reflux, the reflux of duodenal bile into stomach, when suspected clinically requires an objective evaluation for proper management. In this study hepatobiliary scintigraphy in 91 patients of different clinical conditions was evaluated for presence of duodenogastric reflux. Upper gastrointestinal endosco...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Mittal BR,Ibrarullah M,Agarwal DK,Maini A,Ali W,Sikora SS,Das BK

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images provide many details of the anatomical structure. Also about bone scintigraphy, there are many reports of the improvement of diagnosis by SPECT images. Although SPECT is useful, it requires much time. So to perform SPECT for all cases is difficult in t...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kobayashi K,Okuyama C,Kubota T,Nakai T,Ushijima Y,Nishimura T

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation was conducted to determine the ability of 201Tl brain SPECT with respect to preoperative prediction of lesional aggressiveness of meningioma. Fifty-nine lesions in 42 patients were examined. Early (15 min) and late (3 h) SPECT were obtained. Early uptake ratio (ER; lesion to normal brain average cou...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kinuya K,Ohashi M,Itoh S,Sakai S,Yamamoto K,Kakuda K,Nobata K,Terahata S,Taki S,Kinuya S

更新日期：2003-09-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to determine whether a (131)I double-phase whole body scan (WBS) and SPECT-CT images have added value over a single-phase WBS image in identifying benign and malignant lesions in patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) at their first radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment. METHODS:...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Wakabayashi H,Nakajima K,Fukuoka M,Inaki A,Nakamura A,Kayano D,Kinuya S

更新日期：2011-11-01 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：:Positron emission tomography (PET) by means of a dynamic state method and H2(15)O was performed to quantify splenic blood flow in 20 patients who had no hepatic functional disorders. Non-linear regression analysis was applied to determine splenic blood flow. In calculating arterial input function for the spleen, our o...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Oguro A,Taniguchi H,Koyama H,Tanaka H,Miyata K,Takeuchi K,Inaba T,Nakahashi H,Takahashi T

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：UNLABELLED:We evaluated a new semiquantitative procedure to more easily and objectively estimate the striatal uptake of 123I-FP-CIT in patients with Parkinsonian syndrome (PS) and essential tremor (ET), using an anatomical standardization method, the Neurostat. METHODS:Eleven patients with PS and 8 with ET were examin...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Takada S,Yoshimura M,Shindo H,Saito K,Koizumi K,Utsumi H,Abe K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One mechanism that may be responsible for drug resistance in epilepsy is the upregulation of P-glycoprotein (P-gp), a drug efflux pump, at the epileptogenic focus. In this study, we sought to evaluate the potential of a recently developed P-gp PET radiotracer, [(11)C]N-desmethyl-loperamide ([(11)C]dLop), for ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Farwell MD,Chong DJ,Iida Y,Bae SA,Easwaramoorthy B,Ichise M

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00