Myocardial accumulation of a dopamine D2 receptor-binding radioligand, 2'-iodospiperone.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Split renal function (SRF) estimated from the posterior view of (99m)Tc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid planar scintigraphy (DTPA/P) is not sufficiently accurate even after correction for kidney depth by computed tomography (CT). To obtain more accurate SRF using (99m)Tc-DTPA, dynamic SPECT method was car...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Miyazaki C,Harada H,Shuke N,Okizaki A,Miura M,Hirano T

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) contains natural radioactivity that emits beta particles and three gamma photons simultaneously. These beta particles and gamma photons increase the single and random rates in a positron emission tomography (PET) system while a beta particle and gamma photon produced in the sam...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yamamoto S,Horii H,Hurutani M,Matsumoto K,Senda M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite recent technological advances allowing for quantitative single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), quantitative SPECT has not been widely used in the clinical practice of osteoporosis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of quantitative bone SPECT/CT for measuring lumbar sta...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Huang K,Feng Y,Liu D,Liang W,Li L

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) imaging is a useful modality in the detection of various tumors, including colon cancer and gastric cancer. We evaluated a patient with duodenal cancer with multiple metastases including brain metastases using FDG-PET imaging. It revealed multiple tumor up...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Watanabe N,Hayashi S,Kato H,Shimizu M,Kamisaki Y,Noguchi K,Kishida M,Matsunari I,Hisada K,Seto H

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:Despite using various kinds of prognostic indicators, it is still not possible to predict the biological behavior of breast cancer in all patients. Tc-99m-sestaMIBI (MIBI) uptake determined by breast scintigraphy and cadherin expression of tumor tissue revealed by immunohistochemistry are suggested as potential agents...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Uğur Y,Sari O,Uğur O,Korkusuz P,Varoğlu E,Arslan N,Gürcan N,Yildirim M,Sökmensüer C,Aşan E,Aras T

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening disorder with high mortality. A prompt diagnosis and treatment is essential for reducing the mortality rate. The purpose of the study is to evaluate if lung perfusion scintigraphy (LPS) continues to have a role in the clinical management of patients suspecte...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Koukouraki SI,Hatzidakis AA,Mitrouska I,Stathaki MI,Perisinakis K

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:A complication after spinal fusion surgery is pseudarthrosis, but its radiological diagnosis is of limited value. (18)F-fluoride PET with its ability to assess bone metabolism activity could be of value. The goal of this study was to assess the clinical feasibility of calculating the static standardized uptak...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Peters MJ,Wierts R,Jutten EM,Halders SG,Willems PC,Brans B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging is in common use preoperatively to clinically evaluate patients who present with central nervous system mass lesions. The usefulness of PET is also recognized as a method to detect intracranial tumorous lesions. A number of papers reportthat some inflammatory processes also s...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Tsuyuguchi N,Sunada I,Ohata K,Takami T,Nishio A,Hara M,Kawabe J,Okamura T,Ochi H

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rare case of occult low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma (LGMFS) detected by marked 2-[fluorine-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) uptake on positron emission tomography (PET). A 46-year-old woman presented with abnormal FDG uptake in her back when FDG-PET was performed for cancer screening. The maximum stan...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Morii T,Mochizuki K,Sano H,Fujino T,Harasawa A,Satomi K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

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：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: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 purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in differentiating pulmonary artery sarcoma from pulmonary embolism. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We evaluated three patients with pulmonary artery sarcoma and 10 patients with proximal pulmon...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ito K,Kubota K,Morooka M,Shida Y,Hasuo K,Endo H,Matsuda H

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) with H2(15)O-PET and the distribution of central benzodiazepine receptor (BZR) with C-11 flumazenil (FMZ) by PET and I-123 iomazenil (IMZ) by SPECT in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In AD, whereas the CBF was diminished in the frontal, temporal, parietal, and occi...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ohyama M,Senda M,Ishiwata K,Kitamura S,Mishina M,Ishii K,Toyama H,Oda K,Katayama Y

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing life expectancy in our society results in a continuously growing number of patients suffering from neurodegenerative disorders, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD). Apart from the deleterious consequences for patients and their relatives, this issue has also alarming effects on our social systems. The...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Drzezga A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Estimation of nonlinear micro-parameters is a computationally demanding and fairly challenging process, since it involves the use of rather slow iterative nonlinear fitting algorithms and it often results in very noisy voxel-wise parametric maps. Direct reconstruction algorithms can provide parametric maps wi...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Angelis GI,Matthews JC,Kotasidis FA,Markiewicz PJ,Lionheart WR,Reader AJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the potential of sodium [1-(11)C]hexanoate (11C-HA) as a radiopharmaceutical with which to assess oxidative metabolism of the brain by PET. 11C-HA, sodium [1-(14)C]acetate and [3H]deoxyglucose were simultaneously injected into mice under control, hypoxic and starving conditions. In the control, the brain ...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ishiwata K,Ishii K,Ogawa K,Nozaki T,Senda M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic calcification is often detected by bone scintigraphy. We recently saw metastatic calcification in the stomach and kidneys of a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Tc-99m HMDP accumulation into both organs was noted even in the first frame of dynamic data acquisition of 4 min/frame, suggest...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kinuya S,Taki J,Fujioka M,Michigishi T,Tonami N

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner using a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM PET) in place of a photomultiplier tube significantly improves the spatial and time resolution. It may also improve the evaluation of smaller lesions compared to conventional (non-SiPM) PET scanners. We compared the maximum sta...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Kojima I,Takanami K,Ogawa T,Sakamoto M,Nagai H,Miyashita H,Iikubo M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because of the urinary excretion of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG), FDG-PET or PET/CT is thought of little value in patients with bladder cancer. The purpose of our study was to investigate the value of (18)F-FDG PET/CT with additional pelvic images in detection of recurrent bladder cancers. METH...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Yang Z,Cheng J,Pan L,Hu S,Xu J,Zhang Y,Wang M,Zhang J,Ye D,Zhang Y

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to investigate whether or not transferrin is involved in the uptake of 67Ga by inflamed liver (acute inflammatory tissues) the uptake of 67Ga by the liver of mice treated with carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) was studied. The serum GPT value reached its maximum on the 1st day after the CCl4 treatment. The uptake o...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ohkubo Y,Sasayama A,Takegahara I,Katoh S,Abe K,Kohno H,Kubodera A

更新日期：1990-11-01 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:Accurate and validated methods for estimating regional PET image noise are helpful for optimizing image processing. The bootstrap is a data-based simulation method for statistical inference, which can be used to estimate the PET image noise without repeated measurements. The aim of this study was to experimen...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Ibaraki M,Matsubara K,Nakamura K,Yamaguchi H,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (EGFR-TK) represents an attractive target for tumor diagnosis agents. Previously, the radioiodinated 4-(3-iodoanilino)-6,7-diethoxyquinazoline ([(125)I]m-IPQ) has been reported to possess good characteristics as a tumor imaging agent; however, it was also found...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Hirata M,Kanai Y,Naka S,Matsumuro K,Kagawa S,Yoshimoto M,Ohmomo Y

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of postoperative fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) as a surveillance modality for advanced gastric cancer patients who were asymptomatic and negative by conventional...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Lee DY,Lee CH,Seo MJ,Lee SH,Ryu JS,Lee JJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：: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：:Bacterial orbital cellulitis is an infection of the soft tissues behind the orbital septum. Cellulitis is seen as a poorly defined area of increased CT density or T2 signal intensity within the fat. There is an amorphous enhancement following contrast infusion. Radiolabeled leukocytes or granulocytes are now establish...

journal_title：Annals of nuclear medicine

authors： Sayit E,Söylev M,Capa G,Durak I,Ada E,Yilmaz M,Durak H

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00