Quantitative 18F-FDG PET-CT scan characteristics correlate with tuberculosis treatment response.

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to better understand the concept of mechanical dyssynchrony, a promising hallmark of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) response, we investigated its effect on regional myocardial metabolism and myocardial blood flow (MBF) in non-ischemic CRT candidates. RESULTS:Thirty consecutive non-ischemic...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Degtiarova G,Claus P,Duchenne J,Cvijic M,Schramm G,Nuyts J,Voigt JU,Gheysens O

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:PET/MRI can be used for the detection of disease in biochemical recurrence (BCR) patients imaged with 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET. This study was designed to determine the optimal MRI sequences to localize positive findings on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET of patients with BCR after definitive therapy. Fifty-five consecutive prosta...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Lake ST,Greene KL,Westphalen AC,Behr SC,Zagoria R,Small EJ,Carroll PR,Hope TA

更新日期：2017-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship of CT-perfusion (CTP), 18F-FDG-PET/CT and histological parameters, and the possible added value of CTP to FDG-PET/CT in the initial staging of lung cancer. METHODS:Fifty-four consecutive patients (median age 65 years, 15 females, 39 males) with suspec...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Huellner MW,Collen TD,Gut P,Winterhalder R,Pauli C,Diebold J,Seifert B,Strobel K,Veit-Haibach P

更新日期：2014-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Amyloid PET plays a vital role in detecting the accumulation of in vivo amyloid-β (Aβ). The quantification of Aβ accumulation has been widely performed using the region of interest (ROI)-based mean cortical standardized uptake value ratio (mcSUVR). However, voxel-based statistical analysis has not been well ...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Akamatsu G,Ikari Y,Ohnishi A,Matsumoto K,Nishida H,Yamamoto Y,Senda M,Japanese Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative.

更新日期：2019-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Image-guided surgery may improve surgical outcome for colorectal cancer patients. Here, we evaluated the feasibility of a pretargeting strategy for multimodal imaging in colorectal cancer using an anti-carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) x anti-histamine-succinyl-glycine (HSG) bispecific antibody (TF2) in conjunc...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Elekonawo FMK,Lütje S,Franssen GM,Bos DL,Goldenberg DM,Boerman OC,Rijpkema M

更新日期：2019-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Noninvasive preclinical imaging methodologies such as small animal positron emission tomography (PET) allow the repeated measurement of the same subject which is generally assumed to reduce the variability of the experimental outcome parameter and to produce more robust results. In this study, the variabilit...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Martic-Kehl MI,Ametamey SM,Alf MF,Schubiger PA,Honer M

更新日期：2012-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessment of liver function is critical in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patient management. We evaluated parameters of [(99m)Tc] sulfur colloid (SC) SPECT/CT liver uptake for association with clinical measures of liver function and outcome in HCC patients. METHODS:Thirty patients with HCC and variable Ch...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Bowen SR,Chapman TR,Borgman J,Miyaoka RS,Kinahan PE,Liou IW,Sandison GA,Vesselle HJ,Nyflot MJ,Apisarnthanarax S

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vagus nerve activation impacts inflammation. Therefore, we hypothesized that vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) influenced arterial wall inflammation as measured by 18F-FDG uptake. RESULTS:Ten patients with left-sided VNS for refractory epilepsy were studied during stimulation (VNS-on) and in the hours after sti...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Boswijk E,Franssen R,Vijgen GHEJ,Wierts R,van der Pol JAJ,Mingels AMA,Cornips EMJ,Majoie MHJM,van Marken Lichtenbelt WD,Mottaghy FM,Wildberger JE,Bucerius J

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prostate cancer is highly prevalent worldwide. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) remains the treatment of choice for incurable prostate cancer, but majority of patients develop disease recurrence following ADT. There is therefore an urgent need for early detection of treatment resistance. METHODS:Isogenic ...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Malviya G,Patel R,Salji M,Martinez RS,Repiscak P,Mui E,Champion S,Mrowinska A,Johnson E,AlRasheedi M,Pimlott S,Lewis D,Leung HY

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Treatment with surgery, radioactive iodine (RAI), and TSH suppression is effective in most patients. Five to 15% of patients become RAI refractory and need alternative therapy; however, treatment options are limited. 68Ga-PSMA ...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： de Vries LH,Lodewijk L,Braat AJAT,Krijger GC,Valk GD,Lam MGEH,Borel Rinkes IHM,Vriens MR,de Keizer B

更新日期：2020-03-06 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:In single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), attenuation of photon flux in tissue affects quantitative accuracy of reconstructed images. Attenuation maps derived from X-ray computed tomography (CT) can be employed for attenuation correction. The attenuation coefficients as well as regi...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Wu C,Gratama van Andel HA,Laverman P,Boerman OC,Beekman FJ

更新日期：2013-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Quantification of cerebral blood flow (CBF) is important for the understanding of normal and pathologic brain physiology. Positron emission tomography (PET) with H215O (or C15O2) can quantify CBF and apply kinetic analyses, including autoradiography (ARG) and the basis function methods (BFM). These approache...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Kudomi N,Maeda Y,Sasakawa Y,Monden T,Yamamoto Y,Kawai N,Iida H,Nishiyama Y

更新日期：2013-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this work, the in vitro and in vivo stabilities and the pharmacology of HPMA-made homopolymers were studied by means of radiometal-labeled derivatives. Aiming to identify the fewer amount and the optimal DOTA-linker structure that provides quantitative labeling yields, diverse DOTA-linker systems were con...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Eppard E,de la Fuente A,Mohr N,Allmeroth M,Zentel R,Miederer M,Pektor S,Rösch F

更新日期：2018-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The kidneys are regarded as one of the main dose-limiting organs in the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours with (177)Lu-[DOTA(0), Tyr(3)]-octreotate ((177)Lu-octreotate), despite the successful use of kidney uptake blocking agents such as lysine and arginine. To avoid renal toxicity but still give each pati...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Dalmo J,Westberg E,Barregard L,Svedbom L,Johansson M,Törnqvist M,Forssell-Aronsson E

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxia within solid tumors confers radiation resistance and a poorer prognosis. 124I-iodoazomycin galactopyranoside (124I-IAZGP) has shown promise as a hypoxia radiotracer in animal models. We performed a clinical study to evaluate the safety, biodistribution, and imaging characteristics of 124I-IAZGP in pa...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： O'Donoghue JA,Guillem JG,Schöder H,Lee NY,Divgi CR,Ruby JA,Humm JL,Lee-Kong SA,Burnazi EM,Cai S,Carlin SD,Leibold T,Zanzonico PB,Ling CC

更新日期：2013-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The molecular features of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation and chromosome 1p and 19q (1p/19q) codeletion status have pivotal role for differentiating gliomas and have been integrated in the World Health Organization (WHO) classification in 2016. Positron emission tomography (PET) with 3'-deoxy-3'-[18F...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Ogawa T,Kawai N,Miyake K,Shinomiya A,Yamamoto Y,Nishiyama Y,Tamiya T

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In PET/MRI, linear photon attenuation coefficients for attenuation correction (AC) cannot be directly derived, and cortical bone is, so far, usually not considered. This results in an underestimation of the average PET signal in PET/MRI. Recently introduced MR-AC methods predicting bone information from anat...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Werner P,Rullmann M,Bresch A,Tiepolt S,Jochimsen T,Lobsien D,Schroeter ML,Sabri O,Barthel H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND:Iodine-123-β-CIT, a single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) ligand for dopamine transporters (DATs), has been used for in vivo studies in humans, monkeys, and rats but has not yet been used extensively in mice. To validate the imaging and analysis methods for preclinical DAT imaging, ...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Pitkonen M,Hippeläinen E,Raki M,Andressoo JO,Urtti A,Männistö PT,Savolainen S,Saarma M,Bergström K

更新日期：2012-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High expression of human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2) represents an aggressive subtype of breast cancer. Anti-HER2 treatment requires a theragnostic approach wherein sufficiently high receptor expression in biopsy material is mandatory. Heterogeneity and discordance of HER2 expression betwe...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Alhuseinalkhudhur A,Lubberink M,Lindman H,Tolmachev V,Frejd FY,Feldwisch J,Velikyan I,Sörensen J

更新日期：2020-03-23 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We have developed a multi-modal imaging approach for SIRT, combining 99mTc-MAA SPECT/CT and/or 90Y PET, 18F-FDG PET/CT, and contrast-enhanced CBCT for voxel-based dosimetry, as a tool for treatment planning and verification. For radiation dose prediction calculations, a segmentation of the total liver volume an...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Jafargholi Rangraz E,Coudyzer W,Maleux G,Baete K,Deroose CM,Nuyts J

更新日期：2019-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Biologicals directed against tumour necrosis factor (TNF) have proven their efficacy in the treatment of spondyloarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. We present a radiolabelling method for certolizumab pegol (CZP), a commercially available humanized Fab'-fragment directed against TNF. A biodistribution and do...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Lambert B,Carron P,D'Asseler Y,Bacher K,Van den Bosch F,Elewaut D,Verbruggen G,Beyaert R,Dumolyn C,De Vos F

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanobodies are the recombinant variable domains of heavy-chain-only antibodies, with many unique properties such as small size, excellent solubility, superior stability, quick clearance from blood, and deep tissue penetration. As a result, nanobodies have become a promising tool for the diagnosis and therapy of diseas...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Bao G,Tang M,Zhao J,Zhu X

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The availability of GABAA receptor binding sites in the brain can be assessed by positron emission tomography (PET) using the radioligand, [18F]flumazenil. However, the brain uptake and binding of this PET radioligand are influenced by anesthetic drugs, which are typically needed in preclinical imaging studi...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Palner M,Beinat C,Banister S,Zanderigo F,Park JH,Shen B,Hjoernevik T,Jung JH,Lee BC,Kim SE,Fung L,Chin FT

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) is an aggressive malignancy characterised by an early relapse, a tendency towards drug resistance, and a high incidence of metastasis. SCLC cells are of neuroendocrine origin and express high levels of somatostatin receptors; therefore, future treatment might involve targetin...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Erlandsson A,Forssell-Aronsson E,Seidal T,Bernhardt P

更新日期：2011-08-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:HEPES is a favorable buffer for 68Ga-complexations in radiochemical laboratories. The drawback of this buffer is its prescribed limit of 200 μg per recommended application volume in the final formulation. Currently, a TLC test according to the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) has to be performed for quantif...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Pfaff S,Nehring T,Pichler V,Cardinale J,Mitterhauser M,Hacker M,Wadsak W

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, we reported on the unexpected development of distant metastases in the subcutaneous rat pancreas CA20948 tumor model after 4.5 weeks of treatment with RAD001-only or in combination with [(177)Lu-DOTA(0),Tyr(3)]octreotate ((177)Lu-DOTATATE) (Cancer Res. 73:12-8, 2013). Moreover, the combination th...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Bison SM,Pool SE,Koelewijn SJ,van der Graaf LM,Groen HC,Melis M,de Jong M

更新日期：2014-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technique that can be used to investigate the in vivo pharmacology of drugs. Initial preclinical evaluation of PET tracers is often conducted in rodents due to the accessibility of disease models as well as economic considerations. Compared to larger ...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Shalgunov V,Xiong M,L'Estrade ET,Raval NR,Andersen IV,Edgar FG,Speth NR,Baerentzen SL,Hansen HD,Donovan LL,Nasser A,Peitersen ST,Kjaer A,Knudsen GM,Syvänen S,Palner M,Herth MM

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Assessing the extent of disease in newly diagnosed prostate cancer (PC) patients is crucial for tailoring an appropriate treatment approach. Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) reportedly has greater accuracy than conventional imaging f...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Kuten J,Dekalo S,Mintz I,Yossepowitch O,Mano R,Even-Sapir E

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Depression in patients with brain tumors is associated with impaired quality of life and shorter survival. Altered metabolism of tryptophan to serotonin and kynurenine metabolites may play a role in tumor-associated depression. Our recent studies with alpha[(11)C]methyl-L-tryptophan (AMT)-PET in brain tumor ...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Bosnyák E,Kamson DO,Behen ME,Barger GR,Mittal S,Juhász C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:[11C]methionine (MET) has been used to monitor amino acid metabolism in tumors, the pancreas, liver, and myocardium. The aim of the present study was to standardize [11C]MET positron emission tomography (PET) by optimizing the timing of initiation of the scan and applying correction to the plasma concentrati...

journal_title：EJNMMI research

authors： Isohashi K,Shimosegawa E,Kato H,Kanai Y,Naka S,Fujino K,Watabe H,Hatazawa J

更新日期：2013-04-15 00:00:00