Ventilation/perfusion imaging predicts response to balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
ConclusionBPA significantly restored pulmonary blood flow, predominantly in the right and inferior lobes. V/Q scanning has the potential to predict the therapeutic response to BPA for CTEPH. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 22, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Myocardial perfusion quantification with Rb-82 PET: good interobserver agreement of Carimas software on global, regional, and segmental levels
ConclusionInterobserver agreement for Rb-82 PET myocardial perfusion quantification analyzed with Carimas is good at any LV segmentation level —global, regional, and segmental. It is good for all the estimates—rest MBF, stress MBF, and MFR. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 22, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Ventilation/perfusion imaging predicts response to balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
ConclusionBPA significantly restored pulmonary blood flow, predominantly in the right and inferior lobes. V/Q scanning has the potential to predict the therapeutic response to BPA for CTEPH. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 22, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Myocardial perfusion quantification with Rb-82 PET: good interobserver agreement of Carimas software on global, regional, and segmental levels
ConclusionInterobserver agreement for Rb-82 PET myocardial perfusion quantification analyzed with Carimas is good at any LV segmentation level —global, regional, and segmental. It is good for all the estimates—rest MBF, stress MBF, and MFR. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 22, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Influence of antidepressant use on 123I-MIBG heart and lung uptakes in the diagnosis of Lewy body disease
ConclusionsAntidepressants probably blocked MIBG uptake in the lungs, and a decreased lung uptake was not significantly associated with heart uptake. A remarkable decrease in lung uptake can be a signal to check a patient ’s medication status. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 19, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Deep learning-based detection of parathyroid adenoma by 99mTc-MIBI scintigraphy in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
ConclusionsThe DL-based models were able to detect parathyroid adenomas with a high sensitivity using parathyroid scintigraphy with 99m-technetium sestamibi. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 18, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Prediction of cardiac events following concurrent chemoradiation therapy for non-small-cell lung cancer using FDG PET
ConclusionsEarly FDG PET after CCRT for NSCLC could aid in predicting late cardiac events, especially in patients with higher mean heart dose. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 17, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Voxel-based analysis of age and gender effects on striatal [123I] FP-CIT binding in healthy Japanese adults
ConclusionOur findings of striatal subregional age- and gender-related differences may provide useful information to construct a more detailed DaT database in healthy Japanese subjects. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 16, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
Initial evaluation of a new maximum-likelihood attenuation correction factor-based attenuation correction for time-of-flight brain PET
ConclusionThe ML-ACF-based attenuation correction implemented for TOF brain PET worked well and obtained practical levels of accuracy. (Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine)
Source: Annals of Nuclear Medicine - February 9, 2022 Category: Nuclear Medicine Source Type: research
