SNM Newsline:

William Uffelman and Amanda Sullivan

Public Affairs Update

J Nucl Med 1999 40: 25N-29N. [PDF]  

NCI Announces Initiatives

J Nucl Med 1999 40: 33N. [PDF]  

Editorials:

Marvin W. Kronenberg

Clues to Prognosis in Congestive Heart Failure
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1699-1701. [PDF]  

Clinical Investigations:

Yukari Imon, Hiroshi Matsuda, Masafumi Ogawa, Daiji Kogure, and Nobuhiko Sunohara

SPECT Image Analysis Using Statistical Parametric Mapping in Patients with Parkinson's Disease
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1583-1589. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Keigo Matsumoto, Yoshio Imahori, Ryo Fujii, Yoshio Ohmori, Tatsuyuki Sekimoto, Satoshi Ueda, and Katsuyoshi Mineura

Evaluation of Phosphoinositide Turnover on Ischemic Human Brain with 1-[1-¹¹C]-Butyryl-2-Palmitoyl-rac-Glycerol Using PET
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1590-1594. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Masayuki Sasaki, Yasuo Kuwabara, Yuichi Ichiya, Yuko Akashi, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Makoto Nakagawa, Sadayuki Murayama, and Kouji Masuda

Differential Diagnosis of Thymic Tumors Using a Combination of ¹¹C-Methionine PET and FDG PET
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1595-1601. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Rachida Lebtahi, Guillaume Cadiot, Nicolas Delahaye, Remy Genin, Doumit Daou, Muammer C. Peker, Denis Chosidow, Marc Faraggi, Michel Mignon, and Dominique Le Guludec

Detection of Bone Metastases in Patients with Endocrine Gastroenteropancreatic Tumors: Bone Scintigraphy Compared with Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1602-1608. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Malik E. Juweid, Cun-Hui Zhang, Rosalyn D. Blumenthal, George Hajjar, Robert M. Sharkey, and David M. Goldenberg

Prediction of Hematologic Toxicity After Radioimmunotherapy with ¹³¹I-Labeled Anticarcinoembryonic Antigen Monoclonal Antibodies
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1609-1616. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Claudio Landoni, Luigi Gianolli, Giovanni Lucignani, Patrizia Magnani, Annarita Savi, Laura Travaini, Maria Carla Gilardi, and Ferruccio Fazio

Comparison of Dual-Head Coincidence PET Versus Ring PET in Tumor Patients
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1617-1622. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Holger Schirrmeister, Albrecht Guhlmann, Klaus Elsner, Jörg Kotzerke, Gerhard Glatting, Marion Rentschler, Bernd Neumaier, Harald Träger, Karin Nüssle, and Sven N. Reske

Sensitivity in Detecting Osseous Lesions Depends on Anatomic Localization: Planar Bone Scintigraphy Versus ¹⁸F PET
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1623-1629. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Dario Lisciandrano, Riccardo Benti, Tullio Ranzi, Anna R. Baldassarri, Andrea Bruno, Paolo A. Bianchi, and Paolo Gerundini

Scintigraphic Imaging and Absorption of a 5-Aminosalicylic Acid Enema in Patients with Ileorectal Anastomosis
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1630-1636. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael Schulte, Doris Brecht-Krauss, Mathias Werner, Erich Hartwig, Michael R. Sarkar, Peter Keppler, Jörg Kotzerke, Albrecht Guhlmann, Günter Delling, and Sven N. Reske

Evaluation of Neoadjuvant Therapy Response of Osteogenic Sarcoma Using FDG PET
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1637-1643. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Eui-Hyo Hwang, Junichi Taki, Noriyuki Shuke, Kenichi Nakajima, Seigo Kinuya, Shota Konishi, Takatoshi Michigishi, Tamio Aburano, and Norihisa Tonami

Preoperative Assessment of Residual Hepatic Functional Reserve Using ^99mTc-DTPA-Galactosyl-Human Serum Albumin Dynamic SPECT
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1644-1651. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Nobumitsu Sasaki, Susumu Shiomi, Yoshimori Iwata, Shuhei Nishiguchi, Tetsuo Kuroki, Joji Kawabe, and Hironobu Ochi

Clinical Usefulness of Scintigraphy with ^99mTc-Galactosyl-Human Serum Albumin for Prognosis of Cirrhosis of the Liver
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1652-1656. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ralph Buchert, Karl H. Bohuslavizki, Janos Mester, and Malte Clausen

Quality Assurance in PET: Evaluation of the Clinical Relevance of Detector Defects
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1657-1665. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lindi M. Wahl, Marie-Claude Asselin, and Claude Nahmias

Regions of Interest in the Venous Sinuses as Input Functions for Quantitative PET
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1666-1675. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philippe P. Bruyant, Jacques Sau, and Jean-Jacques Mallet

Noise Removal Using Factor Analysis of Dynamic Structures: Application to Cardiac Gated Studies
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1676-1682. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Letizia Spinelli, Mario Petretta, Alberto Cuocolo, Emanuele Nicolai, Wanda Acampa, Lucia Vicario, and Domenico Bonaduce

Prediction of Recovery of Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparison Between ^99mTc-Sestamibi Cardiac Tomography and Low-Dose Dobutamine Echocardiography
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1683-1692. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Jun Yoshioka, Shinji Hasegawa, Hitoshi Yamaguchi, Naoki Tokita, Asit K. Paul, Mu Xiuli, Atsushi Maruyama, Masatsugu Hori, and Tsunehiko Nishimura

Left Ventricular Volumes and Ejection Fraction Calculated from Quantitative Electrocardiographic-Gated ^99mTc-Tetrofosmin Myocardial SPECT
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1693-1698. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Brief Communications:

Reingard Senekowitsch-Schmidtke, Florian Rüth, and Sabine Bernatz

Radiolabeled Thymidine: A Sensitive Tracer for Early Tumor Response and Recurrence After Irradiation
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1702-1705. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Continuing Education:

Dominique Delbeke

Oncological Applications of FDG PET Imaging
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1706-1715. [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

Claudia Ceccarelli, Paolo Battisti, Maurizio Gasperi, Elena Fantuzzi, Furio Pacini, Gianfranco Gualdrini, Maria Cristina Pierantoni, Andrea Luciani, Darije Djokich, and Aldo Pinchera

Radiation Dose to the Testes after ¹³¹I Therapy for Ablation of Postsurgical Thyroid Remnants in Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1716-1721. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Michael R. McDevitt, Ronald D. Finn, Dangshe Ma, Steven M. Larson, and David A. Scheinberg

Preparation of -Emitting ²¹³Bi-Labeled Antibody Constructs for Clinical Use
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1722-1727. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Oussama Nachar, Jacques A. Rousseau, Bernard Lefebvre, René Ouellet, Hasrat Ali, and Johan E. van Lier

Biodistribution, Dosimetry and Metabolism of 11ß-Methoxy-(17, 20E/Z)-[¹²³I]Iodovinylestradiol in Healthy Women and Breast Cancer Patients
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1728-1736. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ikuo Odano, Masaki Ohkubo, and Takashi Yokoi

Noninvasive Quantification of Cerebral Blood Flow Using ^99mTc-ECD and SPECT
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1737-1744. [Abstract] [PDF]  

John C. Hoefs, Felix W. Wang, David L. Lilien, Barbara Walker, and Gary Kanel

A Novel, Simple Method of Functional Spleen Volume Calculation by Liver-Spleen Scan
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1745-1755. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Philippe Fernandez, Laurence Bordenave, Christophe Celerier, Reine Bareille, Brigitte Brouillaud, and Bernard Basse-Cathalinat

A Novel Potential Application for ^99mTc-HMPAO: Endothelial Cell Labeling for In Vitro Investigation of Cell-Biomaterial Interactions
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1756-1763. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Els C. Barendswaard, Joseph A. O'Donoghue, Steven M. Larson, Jörg Tschmelitsch, Sydney Welt, Ronald D. Finn, and John L. Humm

¹³¹I Radioimmunotherapy and Fractionated External Beam Radiotherapy: Comparative Effectiveness in a Human Tumor Xenograft
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1764-1768. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Veronique Roelants and Christian Beckers

^99mTc-MIBI in Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1769. [PDF]  

Jan G. Fjeld

Attribution of Use of Perchlorate in Parathyroid Scintigraphy
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 1769-a. [PDF]  

Commentary:

John Childs and Eleanore Tapscott

Nuclear Medicine Pioneers: Henry N. Wagner, Jr., MD

J Nucl Med 1999 40: 13N-22N. [PDF]  

Henry N. Wagner, Jr.

Fused Image Tomography: Where Do We Go From Here?

J Nucl Med 1999 40: 30N-33N. [PDF]  

Department:

Calendar
J Nucl Med 1999 40: 45A-46A. [PDF]  

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