Clinical Investigations:

Catherine Pérault, Dimitri Papathanassiou, Hubert Wampach, Pierre Véra, Anna Kaminska, Catherine Chiron, Philippe Peruzzi, and Jean-Claude Liehn

Computer-Aided Intrapatient Comparison of Brain SPECT Images: The Gray-Level Normalization Issue Applied to Children with Epilepsy
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 715-724. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stelvio Sestini, Anita Scotto di Luzio, Franco Ammannati, Maria Teresa R. De Cristofaro, Alessandro Passeri, Sara Martini, and Alberto Pupi

Changes in Regional Cerebral Blood Flow Caused by Deep-Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus in Parkinson’s Disease
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 725-732. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Koenraad Van Laere, Kristl Vonck, Paul Boon, Jan Versijpt, and Rudi Dierckx

Perfusion SPECT Changes After Acute and Chronic Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Relation to Prestimulus Condition and Long-Term Clinical Efficacy
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 733-744. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rosa Sciuto, Rosella Pasqualoni, Serenella Bergomi, Germana Petrilli, Patrizia Vici, Franca Belli, Claudio Botti, Marcella Mottolese, and Carlo L. Maini

Prognostic Value of ^99mTc-Sestamibi Washout in Predicting Response of Locally Advanced Breast Cancer to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 745-751. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc A. Seltzer, Cecelia S. Yap, Daniel H. Silverman, Joubin Meta, Christiaan Schiepers, Michael E. Phelps, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Jyotsna Rao, Peter E. Valk, and Johannes Czernin

The Impact of PET on the Management of Lung Cancer: The Referring Physician’s Perspective
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 752-756. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kazuki Fukuchi, Kohei Hayashida, Norifumi Nakanishi, Masayuki Inubushi, Shingo Kyotani, Noritoshi Nagaya, and Yoshio Ishida

Quantitative Analysis of Lung Perfusion in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 757-761. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charles D. Russell, Andrew T. Taylor, Jr, and Eva V. Dubovsky

A Bayesian Regression Model for Plasma Clearance
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 762-766. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arend F.L. Schinkel, Abdou Elhendy, Ron T. van Domburg, Jeroen J. Bax, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt, and Don Poldermans

Prognostic Value of Dobutamine-Atropine Stress ^99mTc-Tetrofosmin Myocardial Perfusion SPECT in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 767-772. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mikko Pietilä, Kimmo Malminiemi, Risto Vesalainen, Tuomas Jartti, Mika Teräs, Kjell Någren, Pertti Lehikoinen, and Liisa-Maria Voipio-Pulkki

Exercise Training in Chronic Heart Failure: Beneficial Effects on Cardiac ¹¹C-Hydroxyephedrine PET, Autonomic Nervous Control, and Ventricular Repolarization
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 773-779. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nobuyuki Ohte, Kazuyuki Kurokawa, Akihiko Iida, Hitomi Narita, Sachie Akita, Kazuhiro Yajima, Hiromichi Miyabe, Junichiro Hayano, and Genjiro Kimura

Myocardial Oxidative Metabolism in Remote Normal Regions in the Left Ventricles with Remodeling After Myocardial Infarction: Effect of ß-Adrenoceptor Blockers
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 780-785. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bing Feng, Arkadiusz Sitek, and Grant T. Gullberg

Calculation of the Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Without Edge Detection: Application to Small Hearts
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 786-794. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeroen J. Bax, Jamshid Maddahi, Don Poldermans, Abdou Elhendy, Jan H. Cornel, Eric Boersma, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt, and Paolo M. Fioretti

Sequential ²⁰¹Tl Imaging and Dobutamine Echocardiography to Enhance Accuracy of Predicting Improved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction After Revascularization
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 795-802. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ichiro Matsunari, Junichi Taki, and Norihisa Tonami

Invited Commentary Sequential Strategy Using Multimodality Viability Tests: Does It Work?
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 803-805. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communications:

Kim Rajappan, Lefteris Livieratos, Paolo G. Camici, and Dudley J. Pennell

Measurement of Ventricular Volumes and Function: A Comparison of Gated PET and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 806-810. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuing Education:

Giuliano Mariani, Marco Gipponi, Luciano Moresco, Giuseppe Villa, Mirco Bartolomei, Giovanni Mazzarol, Maria Claudia Bagnara, Antonella Romanini, Ferdinando Cafiero, Giovanni Paganelli, and H. William Strauss

Radioguided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Malignant Cutaneous Melanoma*
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 811-827. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

Per Postgård, Jakob Himmelman, Ulrika Lindencrona, Nirmal Bhogal, Dennis Wiberg, Gertrud Berg, Svante Jansson, Ernst Nyström, Eva Forssell-Aronsson, and Mikael Nilsson

Stunning of Iodide Transport by ¹³¹I Irradiation in Cultured Thyroid Epithelial Cells
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 828-834. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Winfried Brenner

Invited Commentary Is Thyroid Stunning a Real Phenomenon or Just Fiction?
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 835-836. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Edward L. Engelhardt, Richard F. Schneider, Steven H. Seeholzer, Corinne C. Stobbe, and J. Donald Chapman

The Synthesis and Radiolabeling of 2-Nitroimidazole Derivatives of Cyclam and Their Preclinical Evaluation as Positive Markers of Tumor Hypoxia
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 837-850. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jacob D. Kuyvenhoven, Hamphrey R. Ham, and Amy Piepsz

Influence of Renal Function on Renal Output Efficiency
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 851-855. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Procedure Guidelines:

Donald A. Meier, David R. Brill, David V. Becker, Susan E.M. Clarke, Edward B. Silberstein, Henry D. Royal, and Helena R. Balon

Procedure Guideline for Therapy of Thyroid Disease with ¹³¹Iodine
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 856-861. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Departments:

Erratum Erratum
J Nucl Med 2002 43: 744. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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