Tsubaki, Yuma Kitamura, Takayoshi Shimokawa, Natsumi Akamatsu, Go Sasaki, Masayuki
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
Amyloid PET noninvasively visualizes amyloid-β accumulation in the brain. Visual binary reading is the standard method for interpreting amyloid PET, whereas objective quantitative evaluation is required in research and clinical trials. Anatomic standardization is important for quantitative analysis, and various standard templates are used for this ...
Banks, Kevin P Gunther, Rutger S Farrell, Mary B Peacock, Justin G Costello, Maria Gordon, Leonie L
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
The goal of this work was to determine U.S. diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) and achievable administered activities (AAAs) for adult renal scintigraphy. Methods: Under an Institutional Review Board-approved protocol, data were collected from the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission during one 3-y accreditation cycle encompassing 110 facilities....
Chipeya, Lucky R van Rensburg, Madri Jansen Vangu, Mboyo-Di-Tamba
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
Nuclear medicine technologists (NMTs) are experts in the acquisition of myocardial perfusion (MP) images, in addition to the many other types of images acquired in nuclear medicine departments. NMTs are expected to ensure that images are of optimal quality in order to facilitate accurate interpretation by nuclear medicine physicians (NMPs). However...
Smith, Mathew V Yang, Ming
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
In this report, we present 18F-FDG PET/CT findings of reactive left axillary and supraclavicular hypermetabolic lymphadenopathy, as well as ipsilateral deltoid muscle injection site radiotracer uptake, related to recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in a patient with osteosarcoma. With the growing number of patients receiving COVI...
Halim, Fatin Yahya, Hizwan Jaafar, Khairul Nizam Mansor, Syahir
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
Advances in iterative image reconstruction enable absolute quantification of SPECT/CT studies by incorporating compensations for collimator-detector response, attenuation, and scatter. This study aimed to assess the quantitative accuracy of SPECT/CT based on different levels of 99mTc activity (low/high) using different SUV metrics (SUVmean, SUVmax,...
Foley, Robert W Redman, Stewart L Laurence, Isabel J Graham, Richard N Little, David
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
The aim of this study was to analyze the interobserver agreement of visual and quantitative assessment of cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy. Methods: Planar images were acquired using a low-energy collimator. The heart-to-mediastinum (HM) ratio was adjusted for the use of a low-energy collimator, using a published formula. Interpret...
Zurcher, Kenneth S Houghton, Odette M Shen, Joanne F Seetharam, Mahesh Roarke, Michael C Yang, Ming
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
Ocular melanoma (OM) is a rare noncutaneous malignancy and consists of 2 different subtypes based on the anatomic location in the eye: uveal melanoma and conjunctival melanoma. Like cutaneous melanoma, OM benefits from nuclear medicine and molecular imaging in nodal staging and clinical management. Through the illustration of 2 distinctive cases, w...
Djekidel, Mehdi Syed, Ghulam Kanbour, Aladdin
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
Lung cancer is the number 1 cause of cancer deaths in the United States. The prognosis is quite grim with the exception of stage 1. When faced with several failed therapeutic regimens and rapid progression of the disease, considering alternative therapies such as radiopharmaceutical therapies may be an option. We describe the case of a 36-y-old man...
Currie, Geoffrey M Kamvosoulis, Peter Bushong, Stewart
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
The challenges of hybridizing PET and MRI as a simultaneous modality have been largely overcome in recent times. PET hybridized with MRI has seen the emergence of PET/MRI systems in the clinical setting, and with it comes a responsibility to adapt appropriate facility design, safety practices, protocols and procedures, and clinical opportunity. Thi...
Maaz, Ata Ur Rehman O'Doherty, Jim Djekidel, Mehdi
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Journal of nuclear medicine technology
Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging has been the standard for neuroblastoma staging for many decades. Novel agents such as 18F-DOPA and 68Ga-DOTATATE are being used nowadays in academic centers. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, procurement of 123I-MIBG has proved particularly challenging, necessitating the use of 68Ga-DOT...
