Annals of nuclear medicine
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This study aimed to compare the diagnostic value of (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) myocardial scintigraphy, N-isopropyl-p[(123)I]iodoamphetamine (IMP) brain perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) voxel-based morphometry (VBM) for the differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). ⋯ (123)I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy was superior to brain perfusion SPECT and brain MRI using an advanced statistical technique to differentiate DLB and AD.
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The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between (99m)Tc-MIBI and (99m)Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy and clinical or pathological variables, including preoperative serum PTH levels and tumor diameter, in patients with newly diagnosed PHPT. ⋯ The utility of delayed neck and thorax SPECT/CT over dual-phase (99m)Tc-MIBI planar scintigraphy is that it can identify and locate a parathyroid tumor in about more than 70 % of patients in PHPT and provide the assistance for surgical planning. These studies also suggest that (99m)Tc-MIBI scintigraphy and (99m)Tc-MDP bone scintigraphy are closely correlated with tumor diameter and PTH; which may show negative results when tumor diameter is small and serum PTH level is low.
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of postoperative fluorine-18 fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) as a surveillance modality for advanced gastric cancer patients who were asymptomatic and negative by conventional follow-up. ⋯ Our study showed good specificity of postoperative surveillance (18)F-FDG PET/CT for detecting recurrence. Careful caution should be made for interpreting some false-positive hypermetabolic lesions in postoperative (18)F-FDG PET/CT, especially at the local anastomosis site.
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To investigate clinical usefulness of a novel program "Heart Function View (HFV)" for evaluating left ventricular (LV) function from myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS), we compared LV functional parameters (F(x)) calculated by HFV with those obtained by the other similar programs QGS and cardioGRAF or by ultrasound echocardiography (UCG) and examined their correlations with clinical markers of heart failure: plasma BNP concentrations (BNPs) and exercise capacity. ⋯ HFV-derived LVF(x) are correlated with LVF(x) from the other programs or UCG, or with the clinical markers of heart failure and are thus useful in the functional assessment for patients with heart disease.