SNM Newsline:

SNM 2000 Annual Meeting: Fusion Is the Theme as Nuclear Medicine Enters the New Century

J Nucl Med 2000 41: 13N-15N. [PDF]  

Jonathan M. Links and Alan H. Maurer

From the SNM President and President-Elect

J Nucl Med 2000 41: 16N-19N. [PDF]  

Kristen Waterstram-Rich

From the SNM-TS President

J Nucl Med 2000 41: 20N-22N. [PDF]  

Annual Business Meeting Features Nuclear Medicine Highlights and Awards

J Nucl Med 2000 41: 27N-30N. [PDF]  

Quantitative Cardiac Phantom Study Program Joins Ranks of SNM Quality Assurance Programs

J Nucl Med 2000 41: 34N-36N. [PDF]  

William Uffelman and Amanda Sullivan

Public Affairs Update

J Nucl Med 2000 41: 37N. [PDF]  

Newsbriefs

J Nucl Med 2000 41: 38N-42N. [PDF]  

Editorials:

Martin P. Sandler

PubMed Central: The JNM Perspective
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1123-1124. [PDF]  

Peter E. Valk

Randomized Controlled Trials Are Not Appropriate for Imaging Technology Evaluation
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1125-1126. [PDF]  

Clinical Investigations:

Fumio Sakamaki, Toru Satoh, Noritoshi Nagaya, Shingo Kyotani, Hideo Oya, Norifumi Nakanishi, Sachio Kuribayashi, and Yoshio Ishida

Correlation Between Severity of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and ¹²³I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine Left Ventricular Imaging
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1127-1133. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tohru Yoshizumi, Shuichi Nozaki, Kazuki Fukuchi, Koichi Yamasaki, Takahiro Fukuchi, Takao Maruyama, Yoshiaki Tomiyama, Shizuya Yamashita, Tsunehiko Nishimura, and Yuji Matsuzawa

Pharmacokinetics and Metabolism of ¹²³I-BMIPP Fatty Acid Analog in Healthy and CD36-Deficient Subjects
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1134-1138. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Luis I. Araujo, Jose M. Jimenez-Hoyuela, Joseph R. McClellan, Eugene Lin, Joseph Viggiano, and Abass Alavi

Improved Uniformity in Tomographic Myocardial Perfusion Imaging with Attenuation Correction and Enhanced Acquisition and Processing
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1139-1144. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Koenraad Van Laere, Kristl Vonck, Paul Boon, Boudewijn Brans, Tom Vandekerckhove, and Rudi Dierckx

Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Refractory Epilepsy: SPECT Activation Study
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1145-1154. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Daiji Kogure, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takashi Ohnishi, Takashi Asada, Masatake Uno, Toshiyuki Kunihiro, Seigo Nakano, and Masaru Takasaki

Longitudinal Evaluation of Early Alzheimer's Disease Using Brain Perfusion SPECT
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1155-1162. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Tanju Yusuf Erdil, Çetin Önsel, Bedii Kanmaz, Biray Caner, Kerim Sönmezoglu, Ismail Çiftçi, Turgut Turoglu, Levent Kabasakal, Haluk Burçak Sayman, and Ilhami Uslu

Comparison of ^99mTc-Methoxyisobutyl Isonitrile and ²⁰¹Tl Scintigraphy in Visualization of Suppressed Thyroid Tissue
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1163-1167. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Iwona van Zanten-Przybysz, Carla F. Molthoff, Jan C. Roos, Marian A. Plaizier, Gerard W. Visser, Rik Pijpers, Peter Kenemans, and René H. Verheijen

Radioimmunotherapy with Intravenously Administered ¹³¹I-Labeled Chimeric Monoclonal Antibody MOv18 in Patients with Ovarian Cancer
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1168-1176. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Ralf H. Huebner, Kenneth C. Park, James E. Shepherd, Judy Schwimmer, Johannes Czernin, Michael E. Phelps, and Sanjiv S. Gambhir

A Meta-Analysis of the Literature for Whole-Body FDG PET Detection of Recurrent Colorectal Cancer
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1177-1189. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Claudia Bacher-Stier, Tali Sharir, Paul B. Kavanagh, Howard C. Lewin, John D. Friedman, Romalisa Miranda, Guido Germano, and Daniel S. Berman

Postexercise Lung Uptake of ^99mTc-Sestamibi Determined by a New Automatic Technique: Validation and Application in Detection of Severe and Extensive Coronary Artery Disease and Reduced Left Ventricular Function
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1190-1197. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Scott P. Cholewinski, Kenny S. Yoo, Peter S. Klieger, and Robert E. O'Mara

Absence of Thyroid Stunning After Diagnostic Whole-Body Scanning with 185 MBq ¹³¹I
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1198-1202. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Roland Müller-Suur, Bo Tidgren, Anders Fehrm, and Hans-Jerker Lundberg

Captopril-Induced Changes in MAG3 Clearance in Patients with Renal Arterial Stenosis and the Effect of Renal Angioplasty
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1203-1208. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Chiang-Hsuan Lee, Pei-Wen Wang, Ting-Ting Lee, Mao-Meng Tiao, Fu-Chen Huang, Jiin-Haur Chuang, Chih-Sung Shieh, and Yu-Fan Cheng

The Significance of Functioning Gallbladder Visualization on Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy in Infants with Persistent Jaundice
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1209-1213. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Raymond Taillefer, Stephen Edell, Grant Innes, and John Lister-James

Acute Thromboscintigraphy with ^99mTc-Apcitide: Results of the Phase 3 Multicenter Clinical Trial Comparing ^99mTc-Apcitide Scintigraphy with Contrast Venography for Imaging Acute DVT
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1214-1223. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Invited Commentary:

Christopher J. Palestro

Diagnosing Deep Venous Thrombosis: Dawn of a New Era?
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1224-1226. [PDF]  

Steven T. Mast and Salvador Borges-Neto

Myocardial Hibernation and Stunning: Still Much to Learn
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1235-1236. [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

Marcelo F. Di Carli, Petar Prcevski, Tajinder P. Singh, James Janisse, Joel Ager, Otto Muzik, and Richard Vander Heide

Myocardial Blood Flow, Function, and Metabolism in Repetitive Stunning
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1227-1234. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Lynne L. Johnson, Lorraine Schofield, Tammy Donahay, and Patricia Mastrofrancesco

Myocardial Uptake of a ^99mTc-Nitroheterocycle in a Swine Model of Occlusion and Reperfusion
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1237-1243. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Seigo Kinuya, Kunihiko Yokoyama, Atsuhiro Kawashima, Takashi Hiramatsu, Shota Konishi, Noriyuki Shuke, Naoto Watanabe, Teruhiko Takayama, Takatoshi Michigishi, and Norihisa Tonami

Pharmacologic Intervention with Angiotensin II and Kininase Inhibitor Enhanced Efficacy of Radioimmunotherapy in Human Colon Cancer Xenografts
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1244-1249. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Karl-Josef Langen, Heinz Mühlensiepen, Marcus Holschbach, Hubertus Hautzel, Paul Jansen, and Heinz H. Coenen

Transport Mechanisms of 3-[¹²³I]Iodo--Methyl-L-Tyrosine in a Human Glioma Cell Line: Comparison with [³H-methyl]-L-Methionine
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1250-1255. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Conrad A. Hornick, Catherine T. Anthony, Susan Hughey, Bryan M. Gebhardt, Gregory D. Espenan, and Eugene A. Woltering

Progressive Nuclear Translocation of Somatostatin Analogs
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1256-1263. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Bruce R. Line, Peter B. Weber, Roberta Lukasiewicz, and Raymond N. Dansereau

Reduction of Background Activity Through Radiolabeling of Antifibrin Fab' with ^99mTc-Dextran
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1264-1270. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Stefan Guhlke, Arnold L. Beets, Katrin Oetjen, Saed Mirzadeh, Hans-J. Biersack, and Furn F. Knapp, Jr.

Simple New Method for Effective Concentration of ¹⁸⁸Re Solutions from Alumina-Based ¹⁸⁸W—¹⁸⁸Re Generator
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1271-1278. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Hans-J. Wester, Frode Willoch, Thomas R. Tölle, Frank Munz, Michael Herz, Ivar Øye, Jan Schadrack, Markus Schwaiger, and Peter Bartenstein

6-O-(2-[¹⁸F]Fluoroethyl)-6-O-Desmethyldiprenorphine ([¹⁸F]DPN): Synthesis, Biologic Evaluation, and Comparison with [¹¹C]DPN in Humans
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1279-1286. [Abstract] [PDF]  

J. Keenan Brown, H. Roger Tang, Robert S. Hattner, Moshe Bocher, Neil W. Ratzlaff, Prajoy P. Kadkade, Bruce H. Hasegawa, and Elias H. Botvinick

Intrinsic Dual-Energy Processing of Myocardial Perfusion Images
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1287-1297. [Abstract] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Douglas W. Mackey, Vivienne Bush, Mark Pearson, and Hans Van der Wall

When the Lights Go on Again: An Unusual Problem with a Gamma Camera
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1298. [PDF]  

Michael K. O'Connor

Evaluation of Motion-Correction Techniques in Cardiac SPECT
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 1298-a. [PDF]  

Department:

Calendar
J Nucl Med 2000 41: 43A-44A. [PDF]  

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