Radionuclide therapy for osseous metastases in prostate cancer.

abstract：:Consolidating personal computers (PCs) with nuclear medicine technology can create high computational power comparable with that produced by vendor-specific computer equipment, and at more affordable prices. The integration of a standard platform and operating system with a large installed base has enabled our departm...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Tello R,Potter JE,Hill TC

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computer processing can improve the quality of scintigrams in several ways. It can increase the accuracy with which the image approximates the activity distribution by reversing degradation. It can selectively enhance normal or abnormal structures of interest. It can optimize the use of the display system presenting t...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Pizer SM,Todd-Pokropek AE

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although electronic imaging was performed in the early 1950s in nuclear medicine, it was the introduction of computed tomography in 1972 that caused a revolution in medical imaging in that it marked the beginning of the inevitable transformation to digital imaging. This transformation is now more or less complete. Whi...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Yaffe MJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：: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：:The advent of simultaneous PET/MRI brought a large amount of possibilities in research and clinical applications into hybrid imaging. Unlike in PET/CT protocols, the MR component provides an almost unlimited number of pulse sequences and possibilities of different protocols in PET/MRI. Nevertheless, there is an impera...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Barbosa Fde G,von Schulthess G,Veit-Haibach P

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vital blue dyes were used to show the feasibility and accuracy of intraoperative lymphatic mapping of the sentinel node (SN) in patients with melanoma, breast cancer, and other solid tumors. Surgeons who have successfully completed an adequate number of cases of intraoperative mapping and sentinel lymph node dissectio...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Bostick PJ,Giuliano AE

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Holmium microspheres have recently become available in the European market as the third type of microspheres for radioembolization of unresectable liver malignancies. Holmium microspheres come with a dedicated administration system, and since these microspheres contain holmium-166 (166Ho) instead of yttrium-90, unique...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Reinders MTM,Smits MLJ,van Roekel C,Braat AJAT

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe our all-digital, filmless, department of nuclear medicine, which has been fully operational for 3 years. The approach to the design and implementation of a nuclear medicine picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is discussed, as well as enhancements found to be necessary or desirable during our ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Cohen AM,Parker JA,Donohoe K,Jansons D,Kolodny GM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The remarkable progress in immunologic techniques in the development of monoclonal antibodies offers the potential for powerful new tools for the detection of cardiovascular disorders, such as acute myocardial necrosis and acute deep venous thrombosis, in an accurate, safe, and noninvasive manner. Historically the use...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Manspeaker P,Weisman HF,Schaible TF

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of acute myocardial infarction as an area of increased activity has intrigued investigators for some time. Initial attempts with 203Hg-chlormerodrin and 203Hg-fluorescein analogues were successful in man. More recently, however, successful imaging of the acute myocardial infarct has been achieved with severa...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Holman BL,Davis MA,Hanson RN

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) is useful in the evaluation of cerebral vascular disease. However, a single resting study has limitations in that a normal rCBF may be present with diminished cerebral vascular flow reserve and regions of decreased rCBF may be seen with diaschisis or selective neuronal...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Yudd AP,Van Heertum RL,Masdeu JC

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear medicine renal imaging provides important functional data to assist in the diagnosis and management of patients with a variety of renal disorders. Physiologically stable metal chelates like ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) and diethylenetriamine penta-acetate (DTPA) are excreted by glomerular filtration ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Hofman MS,Hicks RJ

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the most common cause of bone metastases in women. Imaging studies are useful to identify bone involvement and associated complications, for follow-up of disease spread and for the assessment of response to therapy. Bone scintigraphy with (99m)technetium-labeled diphosphonates is most widely used, due...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ben-Haim S,Israel O

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphomas represent a diverse range of diseases with manifold presentations, outlook, and therapeutic approaches. Key to the modern management of lymphoma is accurate delineation of the extent of disease. The inability of computed tomography (CT) to identify the involvement of nonenlarged nodes and its relatively poor...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Hicks RJ,Mac Manus MP,Seymour JF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The best option for the treatment of end-stage renal disease is kidney transplantation. Prompt diagnosis and management of early posttransplantation complications is of utmost importance for graft survival. Biochemical markers, allograft biopsies, and imaging modalities are used for the timely recognition and manageme...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Aktaş A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tc-99m pyrophosphate is the grandfather of infarct avid agents. Its value is its clinical availability and ease of use. However, its shortcomings are the delay of 2 to 3 days for reliable interpretation in nonreperfused myocardial infarction (MI) and the overarching bone activity. Antimyosin provides exquisite specifi...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Khaw BA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing use of automated blood chemistry screens for serum calcium levels along with improved methods in measuring parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels have made the diagnosis of parathyroid disease a common clinical problem. Parathyroid adenomas account for the majority of primary hyperparathyroidism with diffuse ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Winzelberg GG,Hydovitz JD

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammographic screening of women age 40 and older can reduce breast cancer deaths by at least 30% to 40%. However, not all cancers are detected by mammography. Although a new supplementary modality for screening could, in theory, fill in this detection gap, such utilization must be based on rigorous demonstration of it...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Feig SA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of ventricular performance is essential in the diagnosis and long-term management of patients with heart disease. This can be most easily performed clinically using simple tools. When more definitive objective assessment of cardiac function is indicated, the equilibrium gated blood pool study provides relia...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Strauss HW,McKusick KA,Boucher CA,Bingham JB,Pohost GM

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart failure presents a significant problem in industrialized countries, with a high prevalence, morbidity, and mortality, where it is most frequently caused by coronary artery disease. Revascularization in patients with symptomatic heart failure has been associated with improved cardiovascular outcomes. Predictors o...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Lim SP,Mc Ardle BA,Beanlands RS,Hessian RC

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant endocrine disorders have been an enigma over the last few decades, from genetic, clinical, and imaging perspectives. The detection of the primary tumor and the identification of recurrent disease have been essentially based on various anatomic techniques, with localization procedures extensively developed fo...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Krausz Y

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epilepsy is the most common serious brain disorder in children, occurring in all parts of the world and within every stratum of the population. Through its effects, it exerts a significant physical, psychological, economic, and social toll on children and their caregivers. Historically, the surgical treatment of epile...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Tamber MS,Mountz JM

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Radionuclide renal studies are particularly well suited to pediatrics as renal problems in children usually are part of a dynamic process which requires serial assessment. The absence of side-effects and the low radiation dose has added to their popularity in pediatrics. A number of different renal parameters can be e...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ash JM,Antico VF,Gilday DL,Houle S

更新日期：1982-10-01 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：:In the 1980s, the (111)In-labeled somatostatin analog OctreoScan (Covidien, Hazelwood, MO) was developed for imaging of somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (sst(2)) overexpressing tumors. On the basis of this success, peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) was developed using similar somatostatin analogs with differ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Pool SE,Krenning EP,Koning GA,van Eijck CH,Teunissen JJ,Kam B,Valkema R,Kwekkeboom DJ,de Jong M

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Nuclear imaging in the definition of the components of the congenitally enlarged extremity is important in the design of a successful therapeutic regimen. In our series of 32 patients evaluated for primary lymphedema, 85% were determined to have abnormalities that were not purely lymphatic in origin. The multiscintigr...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Mandell GA,Alexander MA,Harcke HT

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common cancers in men and is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the USA. In the United States, it is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer after skin cancer, and in Europe it is number one. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 221,000 ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Evans-Axelsson S,Timmermand OV,Bjartell A,Strand SE,Elgqvist J

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00