Clinical Investigations:

Margaret R. Davis, John R. Votaw, J. Douglas Bremner, Michael G. Byas-Smith, Tracy L. Faber, Ronald J. Voll, John M. Hoffman, Scott T. Grafton, Clinton D. Kilts, and Mark M. Goodman

Initial Human PET Imaging Studies with the Dopamine Transporter Ligand ¹⁸F-FECNT
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 855-861. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Klaus Tatsch, Walter Koch, Rainer Linke, Gabriele Poepperl, Nils Peters, Markus Holtmannspoetter, and Martin Dichgans

Cortical Hypometabolism and Crossed Cerebellar Diaschisis Suggest Subcortically Induced Disconnection in CADASIL: An ¹⁸F-FDG PET Study
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 862-869. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sang Eun Kim, Joon Young Choi, Yearn Seong Choe, Yong Choi, and Won Yong Lee

Serotonin Transporters in the Midbrain of Parkinson’s Disease Patients: A Study with ¹²³I-ß-CIT SPECT
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 870-876. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Arend F.L. Schinkel, Jeroen J. Bax, Roelf Valkema, Abdou Elhendy, Ron T. van Domburg, Eleni C. Vourvouri, Manolis A. Bountioukos, Eric P. Krenning, Jos R.T.C. Roelandt, and Don Poldermans

Effect of Diabetes Mellitus on Myocardial ¹⁸F-FDG SPECT Using Acipimox for the Assessment of Myocardial Viability
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 877-883. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shu Kasama, Takuji Toyama, Hisao Kumakura, Yoshiaki Takayama, Shuichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Suzuki, and Masahiko Kurabayashi

Addition of Valsartan to an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Improves Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Left Ventricular Function in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 884-890. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amelia E.B. Moore, Sharon F. Hain, Glen M. Blake, and Ignac Fogelman

Validation of Ultrafiltration as a Method of Measuring Free ^99mTc-MDP
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 891-897. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James C. Sisson, Barry L. Shulkin, and Susan Lawson

Increasing Efficacy and Safety of Treatments of Patients with Well-Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma by Measuring Body Retentions of ¹³¹I
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 898-903. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mordechai Lorberboym, Irit Minski, Sorina Macadziob, Galina Nikolov, and Pinhas Schachter

Incremental Diagnostic Value of Preoperative ^99mTc-MIBI SPECT in Patients with a Parathyroid Adenoma
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 904-908. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonard P. Connolly, Pierre A. d’Hemecourt, Susan A. Connolly, Laura A. Drubach, Lyle J. Micheli, and S. Ted Treves

Skeletal Scintigraphy of Young Patients with Low-Back Pain and a Lumbosacral Transitional Vertebra
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 909-914. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael A. Schmidt, Anjan Chakrabarti, Qurratul Shamim-Uzzaman, Niko Kaciroti, Robert A. Koeppe, and Sanjay Rajagopalan

Calf Flow Reserve with H₂¹⁵O PET as a Quantifiable Index of Lower Extremity Flow
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 915-919. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laure Sarda, Anne-Claude Crémieux, Yves Lebellec, Alain Meulemans, Rachida Lebtahi, Gilles Hayem, Rémi Génin, Nicolas Delahaye, Denis Huten, and Dominique Le Guludec

Inability of ^99mTc-Ciprofloxacin Scintigraphy to Discriminate Between Septic and Sterile Osteoarticular Diseases
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 920-926. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communications:

Christopher R. Chitambar and Janine P. Wereley

Expression of the Hemochromatosis (HFE) Gene Modulates the Cellular Uptake of ⁶⁷Ga
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 943-946. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Invited Commentary:

Christopher J. Palestro

Nuclear Medicine, the Painful Prosthetic Joint, and Orthopedic Infection
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 927-929. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuing Education:

Winfried Brenner, Karl H. Bohuslavizki, and Janet F. Eary

PET Imaging of Osteosarcoma
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 930-942. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

Gerrit J. Kemerink, Xuan Liu, Davy Kieffer, Sarah Ceyssens, Luc Mortelmans, Alfons M. Verbruggen, Neil D. Steinmetz, Jean-Luc Vanderheyden, Allan M. Green, and Kristin Verbeke

Safety, Biodistribution, and Dosimetry of ^99mTc-HYNIC-Annexin V, a Novel Human Recombinant Annexin V for Human Application
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 947-952. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Knut Liepe, Reiner Hliscs, Joachim Kropp, Roswitha Runge, Furn F. Knapp, Jr., and Wolf-Gunter Franke

Dosimetry of ¹⁸⁸Re-Hydroxyethylidene Diphosphonate in Human Prostate Cancer Skeletal Metastases
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 953-960. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

William Robeson, Vijay Dhawan, Abdel Belakhlef, Yilong Ma, Von Pillai, Thomas Chaly, Claude Margouleff, David Bjelke, and David Eidelberg

Dosimetry of the Dopamine Transporter Radioligand ¹⁸F-FPCIT in Human Subjects
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 961-966. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pieter De Bondt, Kenneth Nichols, Stijn Vandenberghe, Patrick Segers, Olivier De Winter, Christophe Van de Wiele, Pascal Verdonck, Arsalan Shazad, Abu H. Shoyeb, and Johan De Sutter

Validation of Gated Blood-Pool SPECT Cardiac Measurements Tested Using a Biventricular Dynamic Physical Phantom
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 967-972. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annette Altmann, Maria Kissel, Sabine Zitzmann, Wolfgang Kübler, Miriam Mahmut, Peter Peschke, and Uwe Haberkorn

Increased MIBG Uptake After Transfer of the Human Norepinephrine Transporter Gene in Rat Hepatoma
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 973-980. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Laurent M. Riou, Catherine Ghezzi, Gérald Vanzetto, Alexis Broisat, Jean-Paul Mathieu, René Bontron, Roberto Pasqualini, and Daniel Fagret

Verapamil Does Not Inhibit ^99mTcN-NOET Uptake In Situ in Normal or Ischemic Canine Myocardium
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 981-987. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

ABNM Position Statement:

Abass Alavi, William H. Blahd, Sally J. DeNardo, Michael M. Graham, Lawrence E. Holder, Steven M. Larson, Alan H. Maurer, Tom R. Miller, Martin L. Nusynowitz, Christopher J. Palestro, J. Anthony Parker, Heinrich R. Schelbert, Andrew T. Taylor, Jr., and S. Ted Treves

Components of Professional Competence for Nuclear Medicine Physicians
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 988-990. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Departments:

Lawrence E. Williams

Book Review Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 991. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Authors of the Letter and the Reply:
Borys R. Krynyckyi, Chun K. Kim, Martin Goyenechea, Josef Machac, and Elizabeth Clarke

Methods to Outline the Patient During Lymphoscintigraphy
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 992-993. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dennis Kirch, John Koss, Peter Steele, and Todd Bublitz

Effect of Acquisition Orbit on SPECT in Phantoms
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 993-995. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors of the Letter and the Reply:
Wei-Jen Shih, Becky Wierzbinski, Yi-Hwa Liu, Albert J. Sinusas, Frans J. Th. Wackers, and Peter T. Lam

Cardiac SPECT: 360° Circular Acquisition May Resolve Defects of 180° Data
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 995-996. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors of the Letter and the Reply:
Nadja Hamscho, Frank Grünwald, Christiane Franzius, Stefan Bielack, Silke Flege, Joachim Sciuk, Heribert Jürgens, and Otmar Schober

Prognosis of Primary Osteosarcoma
J Nucl Med 2003 44: 996-997. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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