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Open AccessCorrelation between anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody levels and diffuse thyroid uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose in Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a retrospective study
On 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET), diffuse uptake in the thyroid gland is often observed in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. In this study, we evaluated the factors associat...
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Regional cerebral blood flow in a patient with Nasu-Hakola disease
We report a functional neuroimaging study of a 43-year-old woman with Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD). Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) images were measured with technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer single photo...
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Performance of the automated motion correction program for the calculation of left ventricular volume and ejection fraction using quantitative gated SPECT software
The effectiveness of the automated motion correction software (INSTILL, Philips Medical Systems Co. Ltd., Andover, USA) proposed by Matsumoto et al. to prevent motion artifact in quantitative gated SPECT, was ...
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Role of magnetic resonance imaging for evaluation of tumors in the cardiac region
The aim of this study was to review the role of MRI in the assessment of heart neoplasm, 25 cases with heart neoplasm (10 myxoma, 6 rhabdomyoma, 5 angiosarcoma, 2 mesothelioma, 1 lymphoma, and 1 fibroma) were ...
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White blood cell (WBC)99mTc-hexamethylpropyleneamineoxime (HMPAO) scintigraphy was performed in a patient with eosinophilic gastroenteritis. WBC accumulation was detected in the terminal ileum to descending colon...
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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...