The value of 18F-FDG PET/CT in diagnosing infectious endocarditis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the diagnostic efficacy of (11)C-choline PET/CT in patients with prostate cancer (PC) after radical prostatectomy who presented with increasing PSA levels during follow-up in spite of being on hormone treatment (HT), and therefore showing HT resistance. METHODS:We evaluated a large series of 157 c...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Ceci F,Castellucci P,Mamede M,Schiavina R,Rubello D,Fuccio C,Ambrosini V,Boschi S,Martorana G,Fanti S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This work aims to develop a methodology for automated atlas-guided analysis of small animal positron emission tomography (PET) data through deformable registration to an anatomical mouse model. METHODS:A non-rigid registration technique is used to put into correspondence relevant anatomical regions of rodent C...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Gutierrez DF,Zaidi H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinoma consists of total thyroidectomy followed by ablation of thyroid tissue remnants and possible metastases by means of radioactive iodine. After complete destruction of remnants, metastases or recurrence can be detected by measurement of the serum thyroglobulin level ...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： de Geus-Oei LF,Oei HY,Hennemann G,Krenning EP

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a primary degenerative disease that progressively affects all brain functions, with devastating consequences for the patient, the patient's family and society. Rest regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) could have a strategic role in differentiating between AD patients and normal contr...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Sundström T,Elgh E,Larsson A,Näsman B,Nyberg L,Riklund KA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Genes encoding for intracellular enzymes or transmembrane proteins are suitable as reporters, but may differ in terms of applicability for cardiac imaging. The aim of this study was to compare the human sodium iodide symporter gene (hNIS) with the herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase gene (HSV1-tk) as t...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Miyagawa M,Anton M,Wagner B,Haubner R,Souvatzoglou M,Gansbacher B,Schwaiger M,Bengel FM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple myeloma (MM) is characterized by a monoclonal plasma cell population in the bone marrow. Lytic lesions occur in up to 90 % of patients. For many years, whole-body X-ray (WBX) was the method of choice for detecting skeleton abnormalities. However, the value of WBX in relapsing disease is limited because lesion...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： de Waal EGM,Glaudemans AWJM,Schröder CP,Vellenga E,Slart RHJA

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Tau accumulation is a core pathologic change in various neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration-tau. Recently, tau positron emission tomography tracers such as [18F] AV-1451 and [18F] THK5351 have been developed to detect tau deposition in vivo. In the pres...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Jang YK,Lyoo CH,Park S,Oh SJ,Cho H,Oh M,Ryu YH,Choi JY,Rabinovici GD,Kim HJ,Moon SH,Jang H,Lee JS,Jagust WJ,Na DL,Kim JS,Seo SW

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional imaging of small animals, such as mice and rats, using ultra-high resolution positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission tomography (SPET), is becoming a valuable tool for studying animal models of human disease. While several studies have shown the utility of PET imaging in small animals,...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Acton PD,Choi SR,Plössl K,Kung HF

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assessed the clinical usefulness of a new technetium-99m labelled somatostatin analogue from the standpoint of oncological diagnostics. The study group comprised 40 patients in whom malignant neoplasms (32 primary and 8 metastatic) had been diagnosed. Among the primary tumours there were 21 cases of lung ca...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Płachcińska A,Mikołajczak R,Maecke HR,Młodkowska E,Kunert-Radek J,Michalski A,Rzeszutek K,Kozak J,Kuśmierek J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the accuracy of hypodense regions in non-contrast-enhanced cardiac computed tomography (unenhanced CT) to identify nonviable myocardial scar tissue. METHODS:Hypodense areas were visually identified in unenhanced CT of 80 patients in the left ventricular anterior, ap...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Fuchs TA,Ghadri JR,Stehli J,Gebhard C,Kazakauskaite E,Klaeser B,Gaemperli O,Fiechter M,Kaufmann PA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neuroendocrine diseases are a heterogeneous group of entities with the ability to take up amine precursors, such as L-DOPA, and convert them into biogenic amines, such as dopamine. Congenital hyperinsulinism of infancy (HI) is a neuroendocrine disease secondary to either focal adenomatous hyperplasia or a diffu...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Ribeiro MJ,Boddaert N,Bellanné-Chantelot C,Bourgeois S,Valayannopoulos V,Delzescaux T,Jaubert F,Nihoul-Fékété C,Brunelle F,De Lonlay P

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:FDG PET/CT is an excellent tool to detect melanoma metastases and also allows quantification of FDG uptake using standardized uptake value (SUV). The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the potential prognostic value of SUV for disease-free survival (DFS) and disease-specific survival (DSS) for p...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Bastiaannet E,Hoekstra OS,de Jong JR,Brouwers AH,Suurmeijer AJ,Hoekstra HJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate the combined use of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ((18) F-FDG) and fluorine-18 sodium fluoride ((18) F-NaF) PET/CT in the skeletal assessment of patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and to compare the efficacy of these two PET tracers regarding detection of mye...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Sachpekidis C,Goldschmidt H,Hose D,Pan L,Cheng C,Kopka K,Haberkorn U,Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss A

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether [18F]FDG PET/CT-derived radiomic features alone or in combination with clinical, laboratory and biological parameters are predictive of 2-year progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), and whether they enable outcome prognostication. METHODS:Included in t...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Mayerhoefer ME,Riedl CC,Kumar A,Gibbs P,Weber M,Tal I,Schilksy J,Schöder H

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study was designed to determine safety, tolerability, and radiation burden of a [(68)Ga]NODAGA-RGD-PET for imaging integrin αvβ3 expression in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and liver cirrhosis. Moreover, metabolic stability and biokinetic data were compiled. METHODS:After injection of 154-1...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Haubner R,Finkenstedt A,Stegmayr A,Rangger C,Decristoforo C,Zoller H,Virgolini IJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 blockade can restore tumour-specific T-cell immunity and is an emerging therapy in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We investigated the correlation between 18F-FDG PET/CT-based markers and tumour tissue expression of PD-L1, necrosis and clinical outcome in patients receiving checkpoint inhibi...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Jreige M,Letovanec I,Chaba K,Renaud S,Rusakiewicz S,Cristina V,Peters S,Krueger T,de Leval L,Kandalaft LE,Nicod-Lalonde M,Romero P,Prior JO,Coukos G,Schaefer N

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Here, the expression of F4/80 on the cell surface of murine macrophages was exploited to develop a novel imaging tracer that could visualize macrophages in vivo. METHODS:The immunoreactive fraction and IC50 of anti-F4/80-A3-1, conjugated with diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) and radiolabelled with (11...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Terry SY,Boerman OC,Gerrits D,Franssen GM,Metselaar JM,Lehmann S,Oyen WJ,Gerdes CA,Abiraj K

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to determine the incremental staging information provided by positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) and its impact on management plans in patients with untreated stage III-IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). METHODS:We prospectively studied, betw...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Cacicedo J,Fernandez I,Del Hoyo O,Dolado A,Gómez-Suarez J,Hortelano E,Sancho A,Pijoan JI,Alvarez J,Espinosa JM,Gaafar A,Bilbao P

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:This study evaluated the usefulness of the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) as a measure of histologic response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with extremity osteosarcoma. The correlation between [(18) F]FDG PET SUVmax values and histologic response to preoperative chemotherapy was also asses...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Kong CB,Byun BH,Lim I,Choi CW,Lim SM,Song WS,Cho WH,Jeon DG,Koh JS,Yoo JY,Lee SY

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Previous functional neuroimaging studies suggest that selective aspects of the brain serotonin (5-HT) system change during the aging process. Here, we assessed the effects of aging on the brain regional alpha-[(11)C]methyl-L: -tryptophan (alpha-[(11)C]MTrp) trapping rate constant (K*; microl.g(-1).min(-1)), whi...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Rosa-Neto P,Benkelfat C,Sakai Y,Leyton M,Morais JA,Diksic M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the diagnostic performance of PET/MR in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. METHODS:Fifty consecutive consenting patients who underwent routine (18)F-FDG PET/CT for potentially radically treatable lung cancer following a staging CT scan were recruited for PET/MR imaging on the same day. Two exp...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Fraioli F,Screaton NJ,Janes SM,Win T,Menezes L,Kayani I,Syed R,Zaccagna F,O'Meara C,Barnes A,Bomanji JB,Punwani S,Groves AM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Age-related values of (123)I-orthoiodohippurate (OIH) single kidney clearance rate (Cl) were estimated in a large cohort of likely normal children aged between 0 and 18 years. METHODS:Among 4,111 children examined in the past 10 years, 917 were selected with the following inclusion criteria: (a) mild ultrasono...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Imperiale A,Olianti C,Comis G,La Cava G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterisation of the physical performance of the new integrated PET/CT system Discovery ST (GE Medical Systems) has been performed following the NEMA NU 2-1994 (N-94) and the NEMA NU 2-2001 (N-01) standards in both 2D and 3D acquisition configuration. The Discovery ST combines a four or eight multi-slice helical CT...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Bettinardi V,Danna M,Savi A,Lecchi M,Castiglioni I,Gilardi MC,Bammer H,Lucignani G,Fazio F

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of our study was 1) to evaluate the diagnostic performance of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT), 2) to assess the impact of FDG PET/CT on treatment decision-making, and 3) to estimate the prognostic value of FDG PET/CT in the restaging process a...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Alongi P,Picchio M,Zattoni F,Spallino M,Gianolli L,Saladini G,Evangelista L

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the use of (18)F-FDG PET/CT for the assessment of tocilizumab (TCZ) as first-line treatment in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). METHODS:Patients with PMR were prospectively enrolled in a multicentre clinical trial assessing TCZ therapy (the TENOR trial). The patients underwent FDG PET/CT...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Palard-Novello X,Querellou S,Gouillou M,Saraux A,Marhadour T,Garrigues F,Abgral R,Salaün PY,Devauchelle-Pensec V

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:High-energy gamma probes have recently become commercially available, developed for (18)F-FDG probe-guided surgery. The radiation received by the staff in the operating room might limit the use of it, but has never been determined. We therefore wanted to measure the absorbed staff doses at operations where pati...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Andersen PA,Chakera AH,Klausen TL,Binderup T,Grossjohann HS,Friis E,Palnaes Hansen C,Schmidt G,Kjaer A,Hesse B

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In this study, kinetic parameters of the cellular proliferation tracer (18)F-3'-deoxy-3'-fluoro-L-thymidine (FLT) and the amino acid probe 3,4-dihydroxy-6-(18)F-fluoro-L-phenylalanine (FDOPA) were measured before and early after the start of therapy, and were used to predict the overall survival (OS) of patient...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Wardak M,Schiepers C,Cloughesy TF,Dahlbom M,Phelps ME,Huang SC

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the accuracy of brain perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in discriminating between patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) at the very early stage and age-matched controls before and after partial volume correction (PVC). Three-dimensional MRI was used for PVC. We randomly...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Kanetaka H,Matsuda H,Asada T,Ohnishi T,Yamashita F,Imabayashi E,Tanaka F,Nakano S,Takasaki M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The objective of this study was to evaluate whether 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT whole-body tumor burden (PSMAwbtb) is associated with clinical parameters and laboratory parameters in prostate cancer patients. METHODS:We retrospectively evaluated prostate cancer patients submitted to PSMA PET/CT for primary staging purpos...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： Santos A,Mattiolli A,Carvalheira JB,Ferreira U,Camacho M,Silva C,Costa F,Matheus W,Lima M,Etchebehere E

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gallium(68)-labelled prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiopharmaceuticals can be used to detect prostate cancer (PCa) cells due the their over expression of PSMA. The 68Ga HBED-PSMA (PSMA-HBED) ligand has been most widely used and can be considered the current gold standard agent. Further PSMA ligands...

journal_title：European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

authors： McCarthy M,Langton T,Kumar D,Campbell A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00