SNM Newsline:

Maryanne Shanahan

Nuclear Regulation: Toward a Balanced Perspective

J Nucl Med 1993 34: 17N-32N. [PDF]  

Lantz Miller

New Boss in Town Touts Self-Regulation

J Nucl Med 1993 34: 23N-35N. [PDF]  

SNM Restructuring Plan Passes Board of Trustees

J Nucl Med 1993 34: 26N-34N. [PDF]  

News Brief

J Nucl Med 1993 34: 30N-35N. [PDF]  

Editorials:

Peter Liu and Robert J. Burns

Easy Come, Easy Go: Time to Pause and Put Thallium Reverse Redistribution in Perspective
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1692-1694. [PDF]  

Jack E. Juni

Doing Well Under Pressure: Dedicated SPECT Cameras Come of Age
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1789-1792. [PDF]  

Departments:

Calendar
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 38A-40A. [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

H. William Strauss

Commentaries Spark Debate
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1825. [PDF]  

Philippe Tellier

Human Element Integral to the Future of Nuclear Medicine
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1825-a-1826-a. [PDF]  

Michael F. Tweedle

No More Edsel Mechanics Needed in Nuclear Medicine
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1826. [PDF]  

Dov Front and Ora Israel

Nuclear Medicine in Israel: Independent, Alive and Well
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1826-a. [PDF]  

Michael P. Cecil

Cultivating Subspecialists for Nuclear Medicine
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1826-b-1827-b. [PDF]  

Robert J. Lull

1993 Payment Schedule Threatens Future of Nuclear Medicine Specialty
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1827. [PDF]  

R. Uren and R. Howman-Giles

The "Cold Hip" Sign Versus the Avascular Femoral Head
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1827-a-1828-a. [PDF]  

Barry A. Siegel

The "Cold Hip" Sign Versus the Avascular Femoral Head—Reply
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1828. [PDF]  

Richard B. Setlow

Brookhaven National Laboratory and the BLIP Upgrade
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1828-a. [PDF]  

P.J. Fourie

Production of High Purity Fission Molybdenum-99 in South Africa
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1828-b-1829-b. [PDF]  

Alvin L. Ureles and James R. Cronmiller

The Low Occurrence of Clinically Significant Ophthalmopathy after Ablative Treatment with Radioactive Iodine for Graves' Hyperthyroidism
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1829. [PDF]  

E. Gordon DePuey

In an Era of Tough Choices, What Is Your Comfort Level?
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1829-a-1831-a. [PDF]  

Nizar A. Mullani

Is the Patlak Graphical Analysis Method Applicable to Measurement of Myocardial Blood Flow with Nitrogen-13-Ammonia
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1831-1832. [PDF]  

Yong Choi, Sung-Cheng Huang, Randall A. Hawkins, Magnus Dahlbom, Carl K. Hoh, Johanes Czernin, Michael E. Phelps, and Heinrich R. Schelbert

Is the Patlak Graphical Analysis Method Applicable to Measurement of Myocardial Blood Flow with Nitrogen-13-Ammonia—Reply
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1832-1834. [PDF]  

R.J. Burns

Rubidium-82 PET—Essential or Not?
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1834. [PDF]  

William J. MacIntyre, Raymond T. Go, Janet L. King, Sebastian A. Cook, Donald R. Neumann, Gopal B. Saha, and Mohamed A. Antar

Rubidium-82 PET—Essential or Not?—Reply
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1834-a. [PDF]  

Edwin J.R. van Beek and Anthonie W.A. Lensing

Interobserver Variability in Lung Scintigraphy Interpretation
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1834-b-1835-b. [PDF]  

Gopal R. Korupolu and Lionel S. Zuckier

Complete Nose Closure and Radioaerosol Lung Ventilation Imaging
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1835. [PDF]  

Michael Spieth

Advantages and Disadvantages of the SCANWriter^TM Report Generating Program
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1835-a. [PDF]  

Joseph Jay Sanger

Advantages and Disadvantages of the SCANWriter^TM Report Generating Program—Reply
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1835-b-1836-b. [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Edwin L. Palmer

Nuclear Medicine Procedure Manual: W.C. Klingensmith, editor; D. Eshima, J. Goddard, associate editors. Wick Publishing,Englewood, Colorado, 500 pages, 1993, $175.00
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1837. [PDF]  

James A. Scott

Atlas of Nuclear Medicine Imaging 2nd edition: S. Baum, R.J. Campeau, E.V. Dubovsky, R.A. Goldstein, N. Milne, E. Oates, R. Tafflefer, J. Villaneuva-Meyer, N.R. Vincent. Appleton & Lange; Norwalk, Connecticut, 1993, 470 pages, $175.00
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1837-a. [PDF]  

James A. Scott

Dose and Risk in Diagnostic Radiology: How Big? How Little?: EW Webster, NCRP Lauriston S. Taylor Lecture Series, No. 16. NCRP: Bethesda, MD, 65 pages
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1838. [PDF]  

Case Reports:

Hisataka Kobayashi, Harumi Sakahara, Makoto Hosono, Makoto Shirato, Junji Konishi, Yoshihiko Kotoura, Takao Yamamuro, and Keigo Endo

Scintigraphic Evaluation of Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor Using Technetium-99m(V)-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1745-1747. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Shobha P. Desai and David L. Yuille

Visualization of a Recurrent Carcinoid Tumor and an Occult Distant Metastasis by Technetium-99m-Sestamibi
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1748-1751. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Commentary:

Kristen D.W. Morris, Valerie A. Fedio, David C. Nichols, and Sandra K. Bilko

Government Relations Update

J Nucl Med 1993 34: 28N-32N. [PDF]  

D. Douglas Miller

On Proselytism, Retroversion and Fiscal Nihilism in Nuclear Cardiology
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1823-1824. [PDF]  

Correction:

Iododeoxyuridine Uptake and Retention as a Measure of Tumor Growth
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1645. [PDF]  

Human Studies:

John R. Buscombe, Wim J.G. Oyen, Alison Grant, Roland A.M.J. Claessens, Jos van der Meer, Frans H.M. Corstens, Peter J. Ell, and Robert F. Miller

Indium-111-Labeled Polyclonal Human Immunoglobulin: Identifying Focal Infection in Patients Positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1621-1625. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dario Casara, Domenico Rubello, Giorgio Saladini, Guido Masarotto, Adriano Favero, Maria Elisa Girelli, and Benedetto Busnardo

Different Features of Pulmonary Metastases in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Natural History and Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Prognostic Variables
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1626-1631. [Abstract] [PDF]  

A. Bockisch, T. Jamitzky, R. Derwanz, and H. J. Biersack

Optimized Dose Planning of Radioiodine Therapy of Benign Thyroidal Diseases
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1632-1638. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brahm Shapiro

Optimization of Radioiodine Therapy of Thyrotoxicosis: What Have we Learned After 50 Years?
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1638-1641. [PDF]  

Daniel Urbain, Vinciane Muls, Michel Dupont, Omer Jeghers, Olivier Thys, and Hamphrey R. Ham

Physiopathological Significance of Thallium-201 per Rectum Scintigraphy in Liver Cirrhosis
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1642-1645. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Gunnar Flivik, Maja Sloth, Urban Rydholm, Kristian Herrlin, and Lars Lidgren

Technetium-99m-Nanocolloid Scintigraphy in Orthopedic Infections: A Comparison with Indium-111-Labeled Leukocytes
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1646-1650. [Abstract] [PDF]  

June-Key Chung, Soon-Beom Kang, Hyo-Pyo Lee, Myung-Chul Lee, Chang-Soon Koh, Harumi Sakahara, and Keigo Endo

Clinical Immunoscintigraphy of Ovarian Carcinoma Using Iodine-131-Labeled 145-9 Monoclonal Antibody
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1651-1655. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C.R. Divgi, K. McDermott, T.W. Griffin, D.K. Johnson, K.E. Schnobrich, P.S. Fallone, A.M. Scott, S. Hilton, A.M. Cohen, and S.M. Larson

Lesion-by-Lesion Comparison of Computerized Tomography and Indium-111-Labeled Monoclonal Antibody C110 Radioimmunoscintigraphy in Colorectal Carcinoma: A Multicenter Trial
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1656-1661. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jean-Marc Le Doussal, Alain Chetanneau, Anne Gruaz-Guyon, Marie Martin, Emmanuel Gautherot, Paul-Antoine Lehur, Jean-François Chatal, Michel Delaage, and Jacques Barbet

Bispecific Monoclonal Antibody-Mediated Targeting of an Indium-111-Labeled DTPA Dimer to Primary Colorectal Tumors: Pharmacokinetics , Biodistribution, Scintigraphy and Immune Response
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1662-1671. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Norihiro Sadato, Yoshiharu Yonekura, Michio Senada, Yasuski Iwasaki, Naoki Matoba, Nagara Tamaki, Santoshi Sasayama, Yasuhiro Magata, and Junji Konishi

PET and the Autoradiographic Method with Continuous Inhalation of Oxygen-15-Gas: Theoretical Analysis and Comparison with Conventional Steady-State Methods
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1672-1680. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Abass Alavi, Andrew B. Newberg, Elaine Souder, and Jesse A. Berlin

Quantitative Analysis of PET and MRI Data in Normal Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: Atrophy Weighted Total Brain Metabolism and Absolute Whole Brain Metabolism as Reliable Discriminators
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1681-1687. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Leonardo Pace, Alberto Cuocolo, Simone Maurea, Emanuele Nicolai, Massimo Imbriaco, Antonio Nappi, Carmine Morisco, Massimo Chiariello, Bruno Trimarco, and Marco Salvatore

Reverse Redistribution in Resting Thallium-201 Myocardial Scintigraphy in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: Relation to Coronary Anatomy and Ventricular Function
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1688-1692. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Douglas S. Schulman, Jason M. Lazar, Galal Ziady, Donald J. Grandis, Angel R. Flores, and Judith E. One

Right Ventricular Thallium-201 Kinetics in Pulmonary Hypertension: Relation to Right Ventricular Size and Function
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1695-1700. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Babington C.K. Yung and Samuel Sostre

Lag Phase in Solid Gastric Emptying: Comparison of Quantification by Physiological and Mathematical Definitions
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1701-1705. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Otto S. Hoekstra, Gert J. Ossenkoppele, Richard Golding, Arthur van Lingen, Gerard W.M. Visser, Gerritt J.J. Teule, and Peter C. Huijgens

Early Treatment Response in Malignant Lymphoma, as Determined by Planar Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Scintigraphy
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1706-1710. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Paula Lindholm, Sirkku Leskinen-Kallio, Heikki Minn, Jörgen Bergman, Merja Haaparanta, Pertti Lehikoine, Kjell Någren, Ulla Ruotsalainen, Mika Teräs, and Heikki Joensuu

Comparison of Fluorine-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose and Carbon-11-Methionine in Head and Neck Cancer
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1711-1716. [Abstract] [PDF]  

C. Chiron, C. Bulteau, C. Loc'h, C. Raynaud, B. Garreau, A. Syrota, and B. Mazière

Dopaminergic D2 Receptor SPECT Imaging in Rett Syndrome: Increase of Specific Binding in Striatum
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1717-1721. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Laboratory Studies:

Christopher P. Reinhardt, Howard Weinstein, John Wironen, and Jeffrey A. Leppo

Effect of Triphenyl Tetrazolium Chloride Staining on the Distribution of Radiolabeled Pharmaceuticals
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1722-1727. [Abstract] [PDF]  

James R. Duncan and Michael J. Welch

Intracellular Metabolism of Indium-111-DTPA-Labeled Receptor Targeted Proteins
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1728-1738. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Héric Valette, Christian Loc'h, Karine Mardon, Bernard Bendriem, Pascal Merlet, Chantal Fuseau, Sana Sabry, David Raffel, Bernard Mazière, and André Syrota

Bromine-76-Metabromobenzylguanidine: A PET Radiotracer for Mapping Sympathetic Nerves of the Heart
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1739-1744. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Methodology:

Patrick Tan, Dale L. Bailey, Steven R. Meikle, Stefan Eberl, Roger R. Fulton, and Brian F. Hutton

A Scanning Line Source for Simultaneous Emission and Transmission Measurements in SPECT
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1752-1760. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Charles D. Russell

Optimum Sample Times for Single-Injection, Multisample Renal Clearance Methods
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1761-1765. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Andrew Taylor, Curtis Lewis, Andrea Giacometti, E.C. Hall, and Kaye P. Barefield

Improved Formulas for the Estimation of Renal Depth in Adults
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1766-1769. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. van den Hoff, W. Burchert, W. Müller-Schauenburg, G.-J. Meyer, and H. Hundeshagen

Accurate Local Blood Flow Measurements with Dynamic PET: Fast Determination of Input Function Delay and Dispersion by Multilinear Minimization
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1770-1777. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Kypros Kouris, Gillian A. Clarke, Peter H. Jarritt, Caroline E. Townsend, and Shane N. Thomas

Physical Performance Evaluation of the Toshiba GCA-9300A Triple-Headed System
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1778-1789. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jerold W. Wallis and Tom R. Miller

Rapidly Converging Iterative Reconstruction Algorithms in Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1793-1800. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dandamudi V. Rao and Roger W. Howell

Time-Dose-Fractionation in Radioimmunotherapy: Implications for Selecting Radionuclides
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1801-1810. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J.L. Humm, R.M. Macklis, K. Bump, L.M. Cobb, and L.M. Chin

Internal Dosimetry Using Data Derived from Autoradiographs
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1811-1817. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hani Abdel Nabi, Ralph J. Doerr, Daya Balu, Linda Rogan, Elongia L. Farrell, and Nancy H. Evans

Gamma Probe Assisted Ex Vivo Detection of Small Lymph Node Metastases Following the Administration of Indium-111-Labeled Monoclonal Antibodies to Colorectal Cancers
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 1818-1822. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Please Read:

Meeting Memo
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 0NP. [PDF]  

Randoms:

H. William Strauss

Hope Is a Waking Dream
J Nucl Med 1993 34: 3A. [PDF]  

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