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Sang Eun Kim
Oncology
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Open AccessRadiosynthesis and characterization of [18F]BS224: a next-generation TSPO PET ligand insensitive to the rs6971 polymorphism
Translocator protein 18-kDa (TSPO) positron emission tomography (PET) is a valuable tool to detect neuroinflammed areas in a broad spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases. However, the clinical application of s...
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Use of Molecular Imaging in Clinical Drug Development: a Systematic Review
Molecular imaging such as positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can provide the crucial pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic information of a drug non-invasively ...
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Open AccessEffects of common anesthetic agents on [18F]flumazenil binding to the GABAA receptor
The availability of GABAA receptor binding sites in the brain can be assessed by positron emission tomography (PET) using the radioligand, [18F]flumazenil. However, the brain uptake and binding of this PET radiol...
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Prediction of neoadjuvant radiation chemotherapy response and survival using pretreatment [18F]FDG PET/CT scans in locally advanced rectal cancer
The aim of this study was to investigate metabolic and textural parameters from pretreatment [18F]FDG PET/CT scans for the prediction of neoadjuvant radiation chemotherapy response and 3-year disease-free surviva...
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Does 131I Radioactivity Interfere with Thyroglobulin Measurement in Patients Undergoing Radioactive Iodine Therapy with Recombinant Human TSH?
Recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone (rhTSH) is widely used in radioactive iodine therapy (RIT) to avoid side effects caused by hypothyroidism during the therapy. Owing to RIT with rhTSH, serum thyrog...
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Tc-99m Hydroxymethylene Diphosphonate (HMDP) Renal Uptake as a Surrogate Marker of Postoperative Impairment of the Glomerular Filtration Rate in Renal Tumor Patients Following Nephron-Sparing Surgery
Purpose: We investigated Tc-99m hydroxymethylene diphosphonate (HMDP) scintigraphy findings in renal tumor patients from the perspective of postoperative renal dysfunction following nephron-sparing surgery (NS...
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Evaluation of Flap Tissue Viability by F-18 FDG PET/CT
A 60-year-old man underwent vertical rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap to reconstruct a left lateral chest wall defect. For assessment of viability of muscle flap, F-18 fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron em...
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A Case of Habitual Neck Compression Induced Electroencephalogram Abnormalities: Differentiating from Epileptic Seizures Using a Tc-99m HMPAO SPECT
Self-induced hypoxia has been reported particularly in adolescents, and it can result in neurological injury. Here, we present a case of electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities induced by habitual neck compre...
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99mTc-Labeled RBC Scan in a Patient with Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome: A Case Report
Blue rubber bleb nevus syndrome (BRBNS) is a rare disorder characterized by cutaneous and gastrointestinal vascular malformations. We report here the case of a 13-year-old patient with BRBNS who was suffering ...
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Usefulness of Combined Metabolic–Volumetric Indices of 18F-FDG PET/CT for the Early Prediction of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Outcomes in Breast Cancer
The purpose of this study was to investigate the usefulness of metabolic-volumetric indices of 18F- fluorodeoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the evaluation of ...
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Evaluation of Salivary Gland Dysfunction Using Salivary Gland Scintigraphy in Sjögren’s Syndrome Patients and in Thyroid Cancer Patients after Radioactive Iodine Therapy
Salivary gland scintigraphy (SGS) provides an objective means of diagnosing salivary gland dysfunction in Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) patients and in thyroid cancer patients after radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy....
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Detection of Thyroid Metastasis of Renal Transitional Cell Carcinoma Using FDG PET/CT
A 69-year-old man who was diagnosed with renal transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) underwent F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography with computed tomography (PET/CT) for detecting recurrence ...
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FDG-PET/CT Is Superior to Enhanced CT in Detecting Recurrent Subcentimeter Lesions in the Abdominopelvic Cavity in Colorectal Cancer
This study aims to compare the performance of contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CeCT) and 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in detecting small tumor imp...
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18F-FDG PET Demonstration of Cancer Recurrence Presenting as Dermatomyositis in a Rare Case of Primary Pleural Lymphoma
Dermatomyositis (DM) or polymyositis (PM) are possibly considered to have an association with malignancies. We describe a case of dermatomyositis in which 18F-fluorodeoxy glucose (FDG)positron emission tomography...
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Bone Scintigraphy Findings of A Case with Maffucci’s Syndrome
Maffucci’s syndrome is a sporadic rare congenital disease that is characterized by enchondromatosis and soft tissue hemangiomas. A systemic evaluation should be considered because this syndrome is related to g...
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Clinical Usefulness of 18F-fluoride Bone PET
18F-fluoride bone positron emission tomography (PET) has been reported as a useful bone imaging modality. However, no clinical bone PET study had been performed previously in Korea. The authors investigated the ....
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Tumor Burden Assessed by the Maximum Standardized Uptake Value and Greatest Diameter on FDG-PET Predicts Prognosis in Untreated Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma
It is uncertain whether the tumor burden as assessed using FDG-PET has prognostic significance in newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). The authors undertook this study to determine whether a ...
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Dementia and Cerebrovascular Disease
Dementia is a major public health challenge, not only for clinicians, but also for society as a whole. Prevalence rates of dementia are dependent on age, being reported as high as 24% to 48% in those older tha...
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Extratemporal hypometabolism on FDG PET in temporal lobe epilepsy as a predictor of seizure outcome after temporal lobectomy
We investigated the relationship between the presence of extratemporal hypometabolism on fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG PET) and seizure outcome after temporal lobectomy in pa...
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Brain Tumor Imaging with 99mTc-tetrofosmin: Comparison with 201Tl, 99mTc-MIBI, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose
The purpose of the present study was to assess the ability of technetium-99m-tetrofosmin (99mTc-TF) to predict tumor malignancy and to compare its uptake with that of thallium-201 (201Tl), technetium-99m-hexakis-...
