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Booster administration of Tc-99m PMT for delayed static imaging in patients with biliary atresia
Tc-99m N-pyridoxyl-5-methyl-tryptophan (PMT) hepatobiliary scintigraphy has high diagnostic performance for biliary atresia. Our hospital implements standard Tc-99m PMT administration followed by a 6 h static ima...
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Retrospective case–control study examining the relationship between recurrence-free survival and changes in pre- and post-radioiodine therapy serum thyroglobulin levels in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer
Thyroglobulin assay is important to assess the residual or recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC). Patients with positive serum thyroglobulin levels after radioactive iodine (RAI) adjuvant therapy c...
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Incidence of renal scarring on technetium-99 m dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scintigraphy after acute pyelonephritis, acute focal bacterial nephritis, and renal abscess
To evaluate the association between the incidence of renal scarring on technetium-99 m dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) renal scintigraphy and the severity of renal parenchymal infections, such as acute pyelone...
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Open AccessClinical practice guidelines for high-resolution breast PET, 2019 edition
Breast positron emission tomography (PET) has had insurance coverage when performed with conventional whole-body PET in Japan since 2013. Together with whole-body PET, accurate examination of breast cancer and...
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Relapse-free survival after adjuvant radioactive iodine therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma with a microscopically positive tumor margin
In patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) with a microscopically positive tumor margin, the optimal first dose of I-131 during adjuvant radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy to improve relapse-free su...
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Diagnostic value of ultrasonography and TI-201/Tc-99m dual scintigraphy in differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules
To evaluate the performance of ultrasonography (US) and TI-201/Tc-99m dual (Tl/Tc) scintigraphy in differentiating between benign and malignant thyroid nodules.
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The outcome of I-131 ablation therapy for intermediate and high-risk differentiated thyroid cancer using a strict definition of successful ablation
This article examines the outcome of radioactive iodine ablation therapy for thyroid cancer in high-risk patients and investigates background factors influencing ablation failure.
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Open AccessClinical practice guideline for dedicated breast PET
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Open AccessJapanese consensus guidelines for pediatric nuclear medicine
The Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine has recently published the consensus guidelines for pediatric nuclear medicine. This article is the English version of the guidelines. Part 1 proposes the dose optimiz...
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New knowledge about the bremsstrahlung image of strontium-89 with the scintillation camera
Strontium-89 (89Sr) chloride has been used to treat metastases in bone. A method to visualize the distribution of 89Sr chloride with a scintillation camera was developed in 1996. Studies using bremsstrahlung imag...
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Thyroid remnant ablation using 1,110 MBq of I-131 after total thyroidectomy: regulatory considerations on release of patients after unsealed radioiodine therapy
This study was undertaken to measure the radiation exposure level of caregivers following outpatient NaI (I-131) 1,110 MBq therapy for remnant thyroid ablation after total thyroidectomy in patients with differ...
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Influence of hilar deposition in the evaluation of the alveolar epithelial permeability on 99mTc-DTPA aerosol inhaled scintigraphy
We investigated whether hilar radioaerosol deposition affects the clearance rate of technetium-99m-labeled diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (99mTc-DTPA) from peripheral alveolar regions.
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Effects of diazepam on125I-iomazenil-benzodiazepine receptor binding and epileptic seizures in the El mouse
To investigate changes in free benzodiazepine receptor density in response to repeated, long-term administration of diazepam in epilepsy, we assessed125I-iomazenil (125I-IMZ) binding in a mouse model.
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A case of ganglioneuroma in which131I-6ß-iodomethyl-19-norcholest-5(10)-en-3ß-ol scintigraphy showed high uptake in the adrenal gland leading to a misdiagnosis
We experienced a case in which131I-6ßiodomethyl-l9norcholest-5(10)-en-3ß-ol (131I-adosterol) scintigraphy showed high uptake in the right adrenal gland. We diagnosed functional cortical adenoma because of the fin...
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The usefulness of radio-guided surgery in secondary hyperparathyroidism
Recent reports have shown that radio-guided surgery with an intraoperative gamma probe (IGP) is useful for identifying parathyroid adenomas. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of IGP map** ...
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A comparative study of prostate specific antigen (PSA), C-terminal propeptide of blood type I procollagen (PICP) and urine type I collagen-crosslinked N telopeptide (NTx) levels using bone scintigraphy in prostate cancer patients
We compared the ability to diagnose skeletal metastasis between serum prostate specific antigen (PSA), C-terminal propeptide of blood type I procollagen (PICP), and urine type I collagen-crosslinked N telopept...
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125I-iomazenil-benzodiazepine receptor binding during psychological stress in rats
Objective: We investigated the changes in125I-iomazenil (125I-IMZ) benzodiazepine receptor (BZR) binding with psychological stress in a rat model.Methods: Six male Wistar rats were placed under psychological stre...
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Use of digirad 2020tc ImagerTM, a multi-crystal scintillation camera with solid-state detectors in one case for the imaging of autografts of parathyroid glands
99mTc-methoxy-isobutyl-isonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) scintigraphy with Digirad 2020tc ImagerTM (2020tc), which was a multi-crystal scintillation camera with solid-state detectors was performed for patients with seconda...
