Clinical Investigations:

Naoya Hattori, Sung-Cheng Huang, Hsiao-Ming Wu, Eric Yeh, Thomas C. Glenn, Paul M. Vespa, David McArthur, Michael E. Phelps, David A. Hovda, and Marvin Bergsneider

Correlation of Regional Metabolic Rates of Glucose with Glasgow Coma Scale After Traumatic Brain Injury
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1709-1716. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Satoshi Isobe, Hideo Izawa, Yasushi Takeichi, Makoto Nonokawa, Mamoru Nanasato, Akitada Ando, Katsuhiko Kato, Mitsuru Ikeda, Toyoaki Murohara, and Mitsuhiro Yokota

Relationship Between Exercise-Induced Myocardial Ischemia and Reduced Left Ventricular Distensibility in Patients with Nonobstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1717-1724. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manoj V. Narayanan, Michael A. King, P. Hendrik Pretorius, Seth T. Dahlberg, Frederick Spencer, Ellen Simon, Eric Ewald, Edward Healy, Kirk MacNaught, and Jeffrey A. Leppo

Human-Observer Receiver-Operating-Characteristic Evaluation of Attenuation, Scatter, and Resolution Compensation Strategies for ^99mTc Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1725-1734. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Won Jun Kang, Dong Soo Lee, Jin Chul Paeng, Ki-Bong Kim, June-Key Chung, and Myung Chul Lee

Prognostic Value of Rest ²⁰¹Tl-Dipyridamole Stress ^99mTc-Sestamibi Gated SPECT for Predicting Patient-Based Clinical Outcomes After Bypass Surgery in Patients with Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1735-1740. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aliasghar Khorsand, Senta Graf, Herbert Frank, Kurt Kletter, Heinz Sochor, Gerald Maurer, Ernst Schuster, Sebastian Globits, Robert Dudczak, and Gerold Porenta

Model-Based Analysis of Electrocardiography-Gated Cardiac ¹⁸F-FDG PET Images to Assess Left Ventricular Geometry and Contractile Function
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1741-1746. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tsuyoshi Arao, Noriaki Takabatake, Makoto Sata, Shuichi Abe, Yoko Shibata, Tsuguo Honma, Kazuei Takahashi, Akio Okada, Yasuchika Takeishi, and Isao Kubota

In Vivo Evidence of Endothelial Injury in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Lung Scintigraphic Assessment of ¹²³I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1747-1754. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alessio Imperiale, Catia Olianti, Stelvio Sestini, Marco Materassi, Seracini Daniela, Rita Ienuso, and Giuseppe La Cava

¹²³I-Hippuran Renal Scintigraphy with Evaluation of Single-Kidney Clearance for Predicting Renal Scarring After Acute Urinary Tract Infection: Comparison with ^99mTc-DMSA Scanning
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1755-1760. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frédéric Comte, Vicenzo De Rosa, Hakim Zekri, Marie Claude Eberlé, Alain Dimeglio, Michel Rossi, and Denis Mariano-Goulart

Confirmation of the Early Prognostic Value of Bone Scanning and Pinhole Imaging of the Hip in Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1761-1766. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michèle Duet, Elisabeth Sauvaget, Boris Pételle, Nathalie Rizzo, Jean-Pierre Guichard, Michel Wassef, Joseph Le Cloirec, Philippe Herman, and Patrice Tran Ba Huy

Clinical Impact of Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy in the Management of Paragangliomas of the Head and Neck
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1767-1774. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shih-Ya Ma, Lai-Chu See, Chyong-Huey Lai, Hung-Hsueh Chou, Chien-Sheng Tsai, Koon-Kwan Ng, Swei Hsueh, Wuu-Jyh Lin, Jenn-Tzong Chen, and Tzu-Chen Yen

Delayed ¹⁸F-FDG PET for Detection of Paraaortic Lymph Node Metastases in Cervical Cancer Patients
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1775-1783. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Iva Kantorová, Ludmila Lipská, Otakar Bêlohlávek, Vladimír Visokai, Miroslav Trubac, and Michaela Schneiderová

Routine ¹⁸F-FDG PET Preoperative Staging of Colorectal Cancer: Comparison with Conventional Staging and Its Impact on Treatment Decision Making
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1784-1788. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry W.D. Yeung, Ravinder K. Grewal, Mithat Gonen, Heiko Schöder, and Steven M. Larson

Patterns of ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake in Adipose Tissue and Muscle: A Potential Source of False-Positives for PET
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1789-1796. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christian Cohade, Medhat Osman, Jeffrey Leal, and Richard L. Wahl

Direct Comparison of ¹⁸F-FDG PET and PET/CT in Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1797-1803. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David A. Mankoff, Lisa K. Dunnwald, Julie R. Gralow, Georgiana K. Ellis, Erin K. Schubert, Jeffrey Tseng, Thomas J. Lawton, Hannah M. Linden, and Robert B. Livingston

Changes in Blood Flow and Metabolism in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Treated with Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1806-1814. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited Commentary:

Christiaan Schiepers

PET/CT in Colorectal Cancer
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1804-1805. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hans J. Biersack and Holger Palmedo

Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Is PET Useful for Monitoring Primary Chemotherapy?
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1815-1817. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuing Education:

Bruce J. Barron and E. Edmund Kim

Ethical Dilemmas in Today’s Nuclear Medicine and Radiology Practice
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1818-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

Sean Carlin, Gamal Akabani, and Michael R. Zalutsky

In Vitro Cytotoxicity of ²¹¹At-Astatide and ¹³¹I-Iodide to Glioma Tumor Cells Expressing the Sodium/Iodide Symporter
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1827-1838. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tadashi Nariai, Yuhei Shimada, Kiichi Ishiwata, Tsukasa Nagaoka, Junichi Shimada, Toshihiko Kuroiwa, Ken-Ichiro Ono, Kikuo Ohno, Kimiyoshi Hirakawa, and Michio Senda

PET Imaging of Adenosine A₁ Receptors with ¹¹C-MPDX as an Indicator of Severe Cerebral Ischemic Insult
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1839-1844. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tadashi Miyagawa, Takamitsu Oku, Toshio Sasajima, Rovathi Dasai, Bradley Beattie, Ronald Finn, Juri Gelovani Tjuvajev, and Ronald Blasberg

Assessment of Treatment Response by Autoradiography with ¹⁴C-Aminocyclopentane Carboxylic Acid, ⁶⁷Ga-DTPA, and ¹⁸F-FDG in a Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase/Ganciclovir Brain Tumor Model
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1845-1854. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chuanyong Bai, Paul E. Kinahan, David Brasse, Claude Comtat, David W. Townsend, Carolyn C. Meltzer, Victor Villemagne, Martin Charron, and Michel Defrise

An Analytic Study of the Effects of Attenuation on Tumor Detection in Whole-Body PET Oncology Imaging
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1855-1861. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ole Lajord Munk, Ludvik Bass, Howard Feng, and Susanne Keiding

Determination of Regional Flow by Use of Intravascular PET Tracers: Microvascular Theory and Experimental Validation for Pig Livers
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1862-1870. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Authors of the Letter and the Reply:
Dieter L. Munz, Roger F. Uren, Robert Howman-Giles, and John F. Thompson

Reconfirmation of Clinical Unpredictability of Lymphatic Drainage in Cutaneous Melanoma and New Developments in Sentinel Lymph Node Diagnostics
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1871-1872. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors of the Letter and the Reply:
Jesus A. Bianco, Eiji Tadamura, Masaki Yamamuro, Shigeto Kubo, Marcelo Mamede, and Roberto Sciagrà

Absolute Quantitation of Myocardial Blood Flow After Nitroglycerin and Ischemic Cardiomyopathy with a Low Ejection Fraction
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1872-1873. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hsiao-Wen Chung

Blood Flow Heterogeneity Versus Cerebral Hypoperfusion Revealed by Fractal Analysis on ^99mTc-HMPAO SPECT
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 1874. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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