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    Machine learning-based prediction of conversion coefficients for I-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine heart-to-mediastinum ratio

    We developed a method of standardizing the heart-to-mediastinal ratio in 123I-labeled meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) images using a conversion coefficient derived from a dedicated phantom. This study aimed to cr...

    Koichi Okuda, Kenichi Nakajima, Chiemi Kitamura in Journal of Nuclear Cardiology (2023)

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    Calibrated scintigraphic imaging procedures improve quantitative assessment of the cardiac sympathetic nerve activity

    The 123I-labeled meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) is an analogue of noradrenaline that can evaluate cardiac sympathetic activity in scintigraphy. Quantitative analysis of 123I-MIBG images has been verified in pati...

    Koichi Okuda, Kenichi Nakajima, Chiemi Kitamura, Yumiko Kirihara in Scientific Reports (2020)