PET/CT in Lymphoma: Current Overview and Future Directions.

abstract：:In the past, T3 suppression testing was often required to confirm the presence of autonomous thyroid function in patients with borderline clinical and laboratory findings suggestive of hyperthyroidism or in euthyroid patients with the stigmata of Graves' disease. Similarly, TSH stimulation testing was used to document...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Hurley JR,Becker DV

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FDG-PET/CT has an established role in the initial staging of locally advanced cervical cancers, particularly in evaluation of nodal disease and distant metastases. It is common practice to perform FDG-PET/CT 3 months postcompletion of chemoradiotherapy as it can predict outcome and be used to tailor management, includ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Gandy N,Arshad MA,Park WE,Rockall AG,Barwick TD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American Board of Nuclear Medicine gave its first certifying examination in 1972 to 1,096 candidates. It was established with the support of the Society of Nuclear Medicine amid considerable conflict involving the American Board of Radiology, the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the American Board of Patho...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ross JF

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular imaging has revolutionized clinical oncology by imaging-specific facets of cancer biology. Through noninvasive measurements of tumor physiology, targeted radiotracers can serve as biomarkers for disease characterization, prognosis, response assessment, and predicting long-term response/survival. In turn, the...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Gillman JA,Pantel AR,Mankoff DA,Edmonds CE

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with planar imaging, ventilation/perfusion scintigraphy performed with single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has a greater sensitivity and specificity, greater accuracy, improved reproducibility, and a lower number of inconclusive reports in the detection of pulmonary embolism. Despite these impr...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Roach PJ,Bailey DL,Schembri GP,Thomas PA

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:The use of cholescintigraphy to diagnose acute cholecystitis, biliary obstruction, and biliary leakage dates back to the late 1970s. Today, despite the many advances in imaging instrumentation, radiopharmaceuticals, and methodology over these years, cholescintigraphy still plays an important role in confirming or excl...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Ziessman HA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While 99mTc sulfur colloid imaging, because of its availability and convenience, remains the initial procedure of choice for spleen imaging, selective spleen scanning with damaged 99mTc-labeled RBCs can provide additional information in some cases. These cases include overlapping left hepatic lobe and suspected spleni...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Armas RR

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radionuclide bone scan is one of the most commonly performed pediatric nuclear medicine procedures. Bone scintigraphy is used as the diagnostic procedure of choice for diagnosis of bone and soft-tissue infection and can aid in the diagnosis of occult trauma without radiographic findings. There is a complimentary r...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Nadel HR

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:In the early 1970s, when Seminars in Nuclear Medicine started publication, little was known about the quality of reporting in biomedical journals. Senior scholars were invited to become scientific editors of journals based on their research credibility and stature. Their knowledge of journalology (publication science)...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Wilson M,Moher D

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning has been a powerful research tool since its inception. Changes in the marketplace that have allowed PET to move into the clinical environment include the commercial availability of appropriate radiopharmaceuticals, reimbursement of procedures by insurance companies, and incr...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Lissak RJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood cell labeling with 99mTc has progressed through various developmental phases. In the case of red cell labeling, the science seems to have matured sufficiently, although minor refinements in the procedures will no doubt continue to be made. During the last 3 to 5 years, there has been a resurgence of interest in ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Srivastava SC,Straub RF

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in prostate cancer depends on the phase of the disease along the natural history of this prevalent malignancy in men. Incidental high FDG uptake in the prostate gland, although rare, should prompt further investigation with at least a meas...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Jadvar H

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radioimmunoassay of digoxin is one of the most important services of the nuclear medicine laboratory. Precision and accuracy in the performance of the test are especially critical. A number of commerical kits are available and reliable. Pitfalls to be avoided includelimited availability or delay in performance of ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Shapiro B,Kollmann GJ,Heine WI

更新日期：1975-07-01 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：:A comprehensive review of the effects of exposure to low levels of ionizing radiation, BEIR VII-Phase 2: Health Risks From Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation, was published in 2006. The BEIR (Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation) reports are a series of publications by the National Academy of Sciences. T...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Royal HD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past several years have seen marked advances in technetium/rhenium chemistry applicable to the preparation of new 99mTc-labeled radiopharmaceuticals. This article focuses on recent developments in technetium chemistry, including the preparation of "3 + 1" complexes, the preparation and use of (99mTc[CO]3)+ complex...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Mease RC,Lambert C

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：:Several antineuroblastoma monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) have been described and two have been used in radioimmunoimaging and radioimmunotherapy in patients. MoAb 3F8 is a murine IgG3 antibody specific for the ganglioside GD2. Radioiodine-labeled 3F8 has been shown to specifically target human neuroblastoma in patients...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Miraldi F

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of localization of gallium in the lungs in a large variety of inflammatory pulmonary diseases, the chest radiograph is and will continue to be the principal diagnostic tool for evaluation of pulmonary inflammatory disease. The 67Ga-citrate scan, however, serves as a study complementary to chest radiography be...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Bekerman C,Hoffer PB,Bitran JD,Gupta RG

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most positron emission tomography (PET) imaging studies in head and neck cancer are performed using the radiotracer 18-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)FDG). PET with FDG has become a standard clinical imaging modality in patients with head and neck cancer. It contributes valuable information in localizing a primary tumor in p...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Schöder H,Yeung HW

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although planar radionuclide techniques provide accurate, noninvasive measurements of myocardial perfusion and function that are of proven clinical value in the evaluation of the cardiac patient, they are limited by poor object contrast and superimposition of surrounding structures. Due to incomplete angular sampling ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Cerqueira MD,Harp GD,Ritchie JL

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prospective delineation of viable from nonviable myocardium in patients with coronary artery disease in an important factor in deciding whether a patient should be revascularized or treated medically. Two common techniques--single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron-emission computed tomography (P...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Saha GB,MacIntyre WJ,Brunken RC,Go RT,Raja S,Wong CO,Chen EQ

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone scintigraphy of the hands and wrists represents an important adjunct imaging technique that complements plain film radiographic examination. The use of the three-phase bone scan provides clinical information not only regarding osseous uptake but the blood flow and extravascular distribution of the radiotracer as ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Vande Streek P,Carretta RF,Weiland FL,Shelton DK

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Positron emission tomography (PET) of local cerebral glucose utilization is highly sensitive in detecting epileptogenic regions that correspond to electrographic localization in patients with epilepsy. In medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy for which surgical resection of the epileptogenic zone is a therapeuti...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Chugani HT

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of renal function has been a major field of interest in nuclear medicine. Many studies in the literature are still dedicated to this subject, with the aim of replacing the traditional urinary clearance methods with simpler and easier techniques. Simplified plasma clearance methods appear of sufficient ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Fommei E,Volterrani D

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：:2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose (18FDG) was developed in 1976 in a collaboration between scientists at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. It was developed for the specific purpose of mapping brain glucose metabolism in living humans, thereby serving ...

journal_title：Seminars in nuclear medicine

authors： Fowler JS,Ido T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00