Nuclear medicine communications
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Clinical Trial
Interpretation, accuracy and management implications of FDG PET/CT in cutaneous malignant melanoma.
To investigate the accuracy of different interpretative approaches and to evaluate the management implications of fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in cutaneous malignant melanoma. ⋯ When interpreted with a high threshold approach, PET/CT demonstrates high accuracy for the diagnosis of both regional and distant disease in cutaneous malignant melanoma and frequently changes management in patients with stage II-IV disease referred for a variety of indications.
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Does passive smoking have a measurable effect on lung function in otherwise healthy subjects? There is current interest concerning passive smoking but no objective evidence showing that it has any impact on lung function. ⋯ Passive smoking has a functional impact on the lung blood/gas barrier.
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Comparative Study
Comparison of lesion-to-cerebellum uptake ratios and standardized uptake values in the evaluation of lung nodules with 18F-FDG PET.
To evaluate the clinical performance of the lesion-to-cerebellum uptake ratio (LCR), a semiquantitative index for differentiating malignant from benign lung nodules with [F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-FDG PET). ⋯ The LCR method appears to be a valuable semiquantitative index for the evaluation of malignancy in pulmonary nodules with F-FDG PET, which is simple to perform clinically and does not require accurate measurements of body weight or the residual activity in the syringe utilized for F-FDG injection.
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Comparative Study
Regional cerebral blood flow in Parkinson's disease as an indicator of cognitive impairment.
To investigate the pattern of regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) deficits in Parkinson's disease patients in relation to cognitive decline and to assess the clinical usefulness of single photon emission tomography (SPET) scanning in differentiation between Parkinson's disease patients with dementia and those without cognitive deficits. ⋯ Parkinson's disease patients with dementia showed left temporo-parietal hypoperfusion as compared to a group of patients without dementia, which resembles perfusion deficits described in Alzheimer's disease. The hypoperfusion of the left temporal lobe with increase of rCBF within the left thalamus might be clinically useful in discrimination of Parkinson's disease patients with dementia against those without cognitive impairment.
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Comparative Study Controlled Clinical Trial
Pre-surgical identification of epileptogenic areas in temporal lobe epilepsy by 123I-iomazenil SPECT: a comparison with IMP SPECT and FDG PET.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of (123)I-iomazenil (IMZ) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) for the pre-surgical identification of epileptogenic areas in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and to compare the results with those of (123)I-IMP SPECT and (18)Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET). ⋯ IMZ SPECT was considered to be useful for pre-surgical determination of the epileptogenic areas in temporal lobe epilepsy with no remarkable MRI findings, and it was also found to be superior to IMP SPECT and FDG PET for this purpose.