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Three-dimensional stereotactic surface projection of brain perfusion SPECT improves diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
Objectives: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is diagnosed by either inspection of the brain perfusion SPECT, or three-dimensional stereotactic surface display (3D-SSP). The purpose was to compare...
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Myocardial fatty acid metabolism in diabetic mice with125I-BMIPP
In patients with diabetes mellitus, the existence of diabetic cardiomyopathy was substantiated. This study was undertaken to evaluate the myocardiac fatty acid metabolism of diabetic mice (n = 21) and controls...
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Bile leakage after laparoscopic cholecystectomy demonstrated with99mTc-PMT hepatobiliary scintigraphy
A 41-year-old woman underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for the treatment of gall-stone and adenomyomatosis. One month after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, hepatobiliary scintigraphy was performed with99mTc-Sn-...
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Recurrent malignant glioma: detection with131I labeled monoclonal antibody G-22, positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging
A 45-year-old man with suspected recurrent malignant glioma was evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET) and131I labeled monoclonal antibody G-22 (G-22) scan. Following Ga...
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Comparison of thallium-201 and technetium-99m teboroxime myocardial single photon emission tomography with coronary arteriography
Myocardial single photon emission tomography (SPET) using technetium-99m teboroxime (teboroxime) was studied and the results compared with those of thallium-201(thallium) SPET and coronary arteriography in 19 ...
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Evaluation of primary lung carcinoma using technetium 99m-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime: preliminary clinical experience
99mTc-labelled hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (HMPAO) is a lipophilic compound with a neutral charge which reflects tumor blood flow and has been previously investigated to estimate brain blood flow. In this st...