abstract：:The aim of this study was to ascertain whether knee SPET can localize lesion sites in patients with internal derangements of the knee. We performed knee SPET as a pre-arthroscopic examination in 63 consecutive patients. SPET imaging was performed with a triple-headed SPET camera 4 h after the injection of 99Tcm-methyl...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： So Y,Chung JK,Seong SC,Sohn YJ,Kang HS,Lee DS,Lee MC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-quality positron emission tomographic (PET) cameras are expensive and, therefore, not available in many centres. To allow access to clinical 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) PET, we began working with an ADAC Vertex camera equipped with a molecular coincidence detection (MCD) module in February 1997. Here we give...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Erler H,Zaknun J,Donnemiller E,Bacher-Stier C,Oberladstätter M,Riccabona G,Moncayo R

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following androgen ablation therapy, skeletal metastases from prostate cancer appear in some instances to show an increase in 99Tcm-methylene diphosphonate (99Tcm-MDP) uptake. Such a phenomenon could represent a mechanism to increase delivery of bone-seeking therapeutic agents to skeletal metastatic sites. The aim of ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Bushnell DL,Madsen M,Kahn D,Nathan M,Williams RD

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to develop a quantitative method to assess viable tumour based on post-operative 201Tl single photon emission tomography (SPET). We studied 15 patients with histologically defined highly malignant gliomas in the post-operative phase before initiation of adjuvant treatment. A 201Tl index was c...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Källén K,Geijer B,Andersson AM,Holtås S,Ryding E,Rosén I

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Marked changes in cardiac function have been noted in patients with hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism due both to changes in sympathetic system function and to biochemical modifications of myocardial tissue. Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), an analogue of norepinephrine, can be used to evaluate myocardial sympathetic t...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Maini CL,Tofani A,Sciuto R,Ferraironi A,Festa A,Rea S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Published values of tissue weighting factors for adolescents and children derived from the life-span study of the atomic bomb survivors have been used to calculate the effective dose to patients aged 1, 5, 10 and 15 years undergoing a common paediatric procedure requiring one of the following radiopharmaceuticals: 99T...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gadd R,Mountford PJ,Oxtoby JW

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using platelet scintigraphy to evaluate early thrombogenicity, we examined 39 new vascular accesses 4 weeks and 3 months after surgery. We found a significant association between platelet deposition and Doppler flow (P < 0.01) and blood pressure (P < 0.01). Compared with arteriovenous fistulae, prosthetic grafts showe...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Neumann I,Meisl FT,Kopriva G,Manker W,Sinzinger H

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic exertional compartment syndrome (CECS) is currently diagnosed using invasive pressure measurements. We report the use of 99Tcm-methoxyisobutyl isonitrile (99Tcm-MIBI) scintigraphy as a new non-invasive method of diagnosis. Forty-six patients with suspected chronic compartment syndrome underwent graded treadmil...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Edwards PD,Miles KA,Owens SJ,Kemp PM,Jenner JR

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fractionation of 99Tcm-exametazime enables several patients doses to be prepared from one vial. To overcome the disadvantages of storage at -70 degrees C, storage at higher temperatures was investigated with replacement of stannous ions before use. Kits were fractionated using a nitrogen-purged 0.9% w/v sodium chlorid...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Baker RJ

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoscintigraphy (RIS) and radioimmunoguided surgery (RIGS) were assessed for their usefulness in patients with colorectal carcinoma. Twenty-nine patients (18 primary tumours, 10 with a suspicion of recurrence and one colonic diverticulitis) were studied. Radioimmunoscintigraphy was performed 48 and 72 h after ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Muxi A,Pons F,Vidal-Sicart S,Setoain FJ,Herranz R,Novell F,Fernandez RM,Trias M,Setoain J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gamma extremity monitoring system (GEMS) has been used to measure finger doses during radio-nuclide dispensing procedures. GEMS uses a small semi-conductor probe that can be attached to a finger from which a continuous read-out can be obtained that is related to dose rate. The pattern of dose accumulation can be ana...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Montgomery A,Anstee DE,Martin CJ,Hilditch TE

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to develop an objective method for assessing rCBF deficits using a statistical image analysis protocol and to validate its effective use in clinical practice. 99Tcm-HMPAO brain SPET images were acquired for 40 normal subjects, 10 patients with Alzheimer's disease and 10 patients with depres...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Imran MB,Kawashima R,Sato K,Kinomura S,Ono S,Qureshy A,Fukuda H

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, it is difficult to distinguish between bacterial infections and sterile inflammatory processes using radiopharmaceuticals. This is so for a variety of reasons, including binding to bacteria with low affinity (e.g. infection) and binding to a specific micro-organism (e.g. radiolabelled monoclonal antibodies...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nibbering PH,Welling MM,van den Broek PJ,van Wyngaarden KE,Pauwels EK,Calame W

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fever of unknown origin is defined as a temperature above 39.0 degrees C together with a white blood cell count > or = 15,000 mm-3, the duration of fever exceeding 2 weeks and a correct diagnosis not being obtained in the first week of hospitalization. In neonates and infants with fever of unknown origin, the localiza...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Gratz S,Behr TM,Herrmann A,Meller J,Conrad M,Zappel H,Becker W

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper considers the different statistics that can be derived from studies on the value of diagnostic tests. Well-accepted quantities, such as sensitivity and specificity, are reviewed and the value of the likelihood ratio in communicating particular test results is highlighted. A new quantity, the 'diagnostic val...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lloyd JJ,Talbot PR,Lawson RS

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:123I-labelled 15-(p-iodophenyl)-9-(R,S)-methylpentadecanoic acid (9MPA) is a modified long-chain fatty acid that shows some beta-oxidation. Some basic aspects of this fatty acid, including myocardial uptake, distribution, clearance and differences from 201Tl myocardial perfusion, have yet to be evaluated. An average o...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nakajima K,Taki J,Yamamoto W,Takata S,Shimizu M,Tonami N

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis patients require pancreatic enzyme supplements to aid food digestion. It is suspected that incorrect delivery of this enzyme may result in both significant malabsorption and the development of strictures in the proximal colon caused by the high-dose supplement reaching this region before the food. Inve...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hillel PG,Tindale WB,Taylor CJ,Frier M,Senior S,Ghosal S

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In normal adults, the maintenance of phosphate balance involves the reabsorption of 85-90% of filtered phosphate by the proximal tubule. At a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) of 125 ml min-1 and a plasma phosphate concentration of 1.3 mmol l-1, the filtered phosphate is approximately 235 mmol day-1. Following intraven...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Nair N,Mahadeo DS,Patel R

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new method to replace the conventional method of quantitatively measuring cerebral blood flow (CBF), in which octanol-extracted radioactivity counts are measured in continuous arterial blood samples. With the new method, the whole-brain time-activity curves early after the intravenous injection of ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Fujioka H,Murase K,Inoue T,Ishimaru Y,Akamune A,Yamamoto Y,Ikezoe J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to imaging, radionuclide venography can be used for studying haemodynamic changes in superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) by using the indices of transit time (TT), time of half peak count (TH) and peak count ratio (PC ratio). The objective of this study was to examine the utility of applying these indices, ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Mahmud AM,Teshima T,Isawa T,Miki M,Horikoshi M,Yanagimachi T,Nukiwa T

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study surveyed practice in nuclear cardiology in the UK in 1994. A questionnaire was sent to 219 centres performing nuclear imaging asking for details of current practice in nuclear cardiology. Replies were received from 192 centres (88%). Activity in performance of myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and radionuc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Pennell DJ,Prvulovich E,Tweddel A,Caplin J

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a prospective study to establish the optimal background correction algorithm for the determination of differential renal function (DRF), using 99Tc(m)-diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (99Tc(m)-DTPA) in the presence of unilateral hydronephrosis, with 24 h 99Tc(m)-dimercaptosuccinic acid (99Tc(m)-DMSA) uptak...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Van de Wiele C,De Sadeleer C,Koole M,D'Asseler Y,Everaert K,Dierckx RA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this prospective study was to assess the efficacy of using whole-kidney, mean parenchymal and pelvic transit times to evaluate renal function following treatment with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Fifteen patients were evaluated 24-48 h before and after ESWL therapy using 99Tcm-DTPA renal sc...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ilgin N,Iftehar SA,Vural G,Bozkirli I,Gokcora N

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparisons of gastric emptying between different centres are difficult because of wide variations in methods. Reproducibility of a method is very important before it is used to compare different subjects or to assess the effect of treatment. The aim of this study was to measure the reproducibility of gastric emptying...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kong MF,Perkins AC,King P,Blackshaw PE,Macdonald IA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combined use of 123I-BMIPP and 99Tcm-MIBI SPET imaging has been proposed as an alternative to PET for the non-invasive detection of jeopardized myocardium after a myocardial infarction, a mismatch accurately indicating jeopardized but still viable tissue. In this paper, a new quantitative approach is described, ex...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hambÿe AS,Dobbeleir A,Franken PR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine if it is possible to exclude renal obstruction using diuresis renography in the first 6 weeks of life (the period of physiological renal immaturity), thus avoiding unnecessary invasive procedures, such as the Whitaker test or surgery. Diuresis renography with 123I-hippuran was pe...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Eising EG,Bonzel KE,Zander C,Farahati J,Reiners C

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this study were to measure semi-quantitatively uptake of 99Tcm-sestamibi (99Tcm-MIBI) by tumour tissue in patients with lung cancer and to investigate its relationship with clinical response to chemotherapy. 99Tcm-MIBI single photon emission tomography was performed at the time of diagnosis in 31 pat...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ceriani L,Giovanella L,Bandera M,Beghe B,Ortelli M,Roncari G

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentavalent 99Tcm-dimercaptosuccinic acid (99Tcm-(V)DMSA) has an established role in imaging medullary thyroid carcinoma. There have been case reports of uptake in bone metastases. Our aims were to compare 99Tcm-(V)DMSA with 99Tcm-hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (99Tcm-HDP) in bone metastases, to assess its value in im...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Lam AS,Kettle AG,O'Doherty MJ,Coakley AJ,Barrington SF,Blower PJ

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone scintigraphy has been shown to be sensitive in determining bone involvement in patients with malignancy, but it does not allow the assessment of bone marrow lesions in early disease. The aim of this study was to detect bone marrow invasion using 99Tcm-labelled monoclonal antigranulocyte antibody (AgMoAb) in patie...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kiraç S,Duman Y,Cüreklibatur I,Yüksel D,Nazli O,Günaydin G,Taner M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planar scintimammography with 99Tcm-sestamibi (99Tcm-MIBI) has been shown to be useful in diagnosing breast carcinoma. The aim of this study was to compare single photon emission tomography (SPET) and planar imaging for scintimammography with 99Tcm-MIBI in the detection of primary breast cancer and axillary lymph node...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Schillaci O,Scopinaro F,Danieli R,Tavolaro R,Picardi V,Cannas P,Colella AC

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scintimammography is a recently verified technique that will expand the use of nuclear medicine to a new group of patients in whom scintigraphic imaging has not been widely used. If performed correctly, and in certain groups of patients, it delivers a sensitivity as high as X-ray mammography or magnetic resonance imag...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Buscombe JR,Cwikla JB,Thakrar DS,Hilson AJ

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Good working practice and legal obligation impose a duty on nuclear medicine departments to check syringe activities before administration to a patient. If syringe guards are used to reduce staff exposure while drawing up injections, the guard has to be removed to measure the activity in a conventional reentrant ioniz...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Hastings DL,Hillel PG,Jeans SP,Waller ML

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal artery stenosis is an important and potentially curable cause of hypertension. Captopril renography is now recognized to have a high sensitivity and specificity in its diagnosis. Ultimately, however, the result is of little benefit if it does not lead to a change in patient management. To assess how patient mana...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Ramsay D,Belton I,Finlay D

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altogether, 147 scintiscans, completed 48-72 h after 74 MBq 131I, were compared with scintiscans obtained on average 7.8 days after therapeutic doses of 131I. The therapeutic doses ranged from 1100 to just over 7400 MBq. The reasons for the investigation were to determine (1) if the diagnostic dose interfered with upt...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： McDougall IR

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the value of an additional atropine injection in patients who do not achieve an adequate heart rate during dobutamine infusion for myocardial perfusion SPET (single photon emission tomography). Patients undergoing dobutamine myocardial SPET who failed to achieve > or = 85% of their...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Caner B,Karanfil A,Uysal U,Tokgozoglu L,Aksoyek S,Ugur O,Ciftci I,Atalar E,Kes S,Bekdik C

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide renography has a role in evaluating perfusion of transplanted kidneys. In the course of rejection, cortical perfusion decreases before urinary excretion changes. Based on the facts that 99Tcm-MAG3 has different pharmacokinetics and shows a higher kidney-to-background count ratio than 99Tcm-DTPA, we postul...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Oriuchi N,Miyamoto K,Hoshino K,Imai J,Takahashi Y,Sakai S,Shimada A,Endo K

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Split and total renal function are commonly assessed from time-activity curves obtained from gamma camera renography with 99Tcm-diethylenetriamine pentaacetate (99Tcm-DTPA) and 99Tcm-mercaptoacetyl-triglycine (99Tcm-MAG3). The impact of the statistical noise associated with these curves on the total precision in split...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Moonen M,Jacobsson L

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The method described by Weisner et al. for stabilizing 99Tcm-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (99Tcm-HMPAO) with cobalt chloride hexahydrate solution is the most promising developed to date. The aim of our work was to study the behaviour of cobalt during the labelling of leukocytes with 99Tcm-HMPAO stabilized in vitro ...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Prangere T,Bowden AD,Beauchat V,Caulier MT,Ziegels P,Huglo D,Pickett RD,Steinling M

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LL1, a monoclonal antibody (MAb) to HLA Class-II-like antigen (li determinant) on the surface of B-lymphocytes, monocytes and histiocytes, was evaluated as an agent for bone marrow imaging. Six patients with diverse diseases (non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, n = 2; multiple myeloma, n = 1; polycythaemia vera, n = 1; lung cance...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Juweid M,Dunn RM,Sharkey RM,Rubin AD,Hansen HJ,Goldenberg DM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the clinical usefulness of 99Tcm-N,N-ethylenedicysteine (99Tcm-EC), a new renal tubular agent, in normal children and in children with various renal disorders and compared it with 99Tcm-mercaptoacetyltriglycine (99Tcm-MAG3). In a first group of children (Group 1), which included 15 patients and 4 normal c...

journal_title：Nuclear medicine communications

authors： Kibar M,Noyan A,Anarat A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00