This Month in JNM:

THIS MONTH IN JNM
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 8A-9A. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SNM Newsline:

Nora D. Volkow

Imaging the Addicted Brain: From Molecules to Behavior

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 13N-24N. [PDF]  

New Internal Radiation Dose and Modeling Software; FDA Approves Commercial MIRDOSE Successor

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 26N. [PDF]  

Howell Honored with Loevinger-Berman Award

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 27N-28N. [PDF]  

Virginia Pappas

SNM LEADERSHIP UPDATE: Our Government Relations Program

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 30N. [PDF]  

NEWSBRIEFS

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 32N-38N. [PDF]  

Invited Perspectives:

Peter L. Weissberg

Noninvasive Imaging of Atherosclerosis: The Biology Behind the Pictures
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1794-1795. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Investigations:

Rakesh Kumar, Yan Xiu, Scott Potenta, Ayse Mavi, Hongming Zhuang, Jian Q. Yu, Thiruvekatasamy Dhurairaj, Simin Dadparvar, and Abass Alavi

¹⁸F-FDG PET for Evaluation of the Treatment Response in Patients with Gastrointestinal Tract Lymphomas
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1796-1803. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ehab M. Kamel, Miriam Thumshirn, Kaspar Truninger, Marc Schiesser, Michael Fried, Barbara Padberg, Didier Schneiter, Sandro J. Stoeckli, Gustav K. von Schulthess, and Katrin D.M. Stumpe

Significance of Incidental ¹⁸F-FDG Accumulations in the Gastrointestinal Tract in PET/CT: Correlation with Endoscopic and Histopathologic Results
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1804-1810. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Wolf-Dieter Heiss, Birgit Habedank, Johannes Christian Klein, Karl Herholz, Klaus Wienhard, Mark Lenox, and Ron Nutt

Metabolic Rates in Small Brain Nuclei Determined by High-Resolution PET
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1811-1815. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simona Ben-Haim, Ela Kupzov, Ada Tamir, and Ora Israel

Evaluation of ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake and Arterial Wall Calcifications Using ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1816-1821. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reinhold Tiling, Katrin Stephan, Harald Sommer, Naim Shabani, Rainer Linke, and Klaus Hahn

Tissue-Specific Effects on Uptake of ^99mTc-Sestamibi by Breast Lesions: A Targeted Analysis of False Scintigraphic Diagnoses
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1822-1828. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey Tseng, Lisa K. Dunnwald, Erin K. Schubert, Jeanne M. Link, Satoshi Minoshima, Mark Muzi, and David A. Mankoff

¹⁸F-FDG Kinetics in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: Correlation with Tumor Blood Flow and Changes in Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1829-1837. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tomohiko Yamane, Osami Daimaru, Satoshi Ito, Kazuhiko Yoshiya, Takeshi Nagata, Shinichi Ito, and Hideo Uchida

Decreased ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake 1 Day After Initiation of Chemotherapy for Malignant Lymphomas
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1838-1842. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joon Young Choi, Hong-Ju Jang, Young Mog Shim, Kwhanmien Kim, Kyung Soo Lee, Kyung-Han Lee, Yong Choi, Yearn Seong Choe, and Byung-Tae Kim

¹⁸F-FDG PET in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Curative Surgery: Prognostic Implications
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1843-1850. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Matthias Bruehlmeier, Ulrich Roelcke, Pius A. Schubiger, and Simon Mensah Ametamey

Assessment of Hypoxia and Perfusion in Human Brain Tumors Using PET with ¹⁸F-Fluoromisonidazole and ¹⁵O-H₂O
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1851-1859. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nan-Tsing Chiu, Bi-Fang Lee, Sigmund Hsiao, and Ming-Chyi Pai

Educational Level Influences Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1860-1863. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Charito Love, Scott E. Marwin, Maria B. Tomas, Eugene S. Krauss, Gene G. Tronco, Kuldeep K. Bhargava, Kenneth J. Nichols, and Christopher J. Palestro

Diagnosing Infection in the Failed Joint Replacement: A Comparison of Coincidence Detection ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹¹¹In-Labeled Leukocyte/^99mTc-Sulfur Colloid Marrow Imaging
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1864-1871. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gerbail T. Krishnamurthy, Shakuntala Krishnamurthy, and Paul H. Brown

Constancy and Variability of Gallbladder Ejection Fraction: Impact on Diagnosis and Therapy
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1872-1877. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Dobutamine Stress ^99mTc-Tetrofosmin Quantitative Gated SPECT Predicts Improvement of Cardiac Function After Carvedilol Treatment in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1878-1884. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Chietsugu Katoh, Rob S.B. Beanlands, Kazuyuki Noriyasu, Kaoru Komuro, Satoshi Yamada, Yuji Kuge, Koichi Morita, Akira Kitabatake, and Nagara Tamaki

Reduced Oxidative Metabolic Response in Dysfunctional Myocardium with Preserved Glucose Metabolism but with Impaired Contractile Reserve
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1885-1891. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brief Communications:

Ching-yee Oliver Wong, Riad Salem, Feng Qing, Kin T. Wong, David Barker, Vanessa Gates, Robert Lewandowski, Elizabeth A. Hill, Howard J. Dworkin, and Conrad Nagle

Metabolic Response After Intraarterial ⁹⁰Y-Glass Microsphere Treatment for Colorectal Liver Metastases: Comparison of Quantitative and Visual Analyses by ¹⁸F-FDG PET
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1892-1897. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuing Education:

John R. Davies, James H. Rudd, and Peter L. Weissberg

Molecular and Metabolic Imaging of Atherosclerosis
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1898-1907. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

Chietsugu Katoh, Koichi Morita, Tohru Shiga, Naoki Kubo, Kunihiro Nakada, and Nagara Tamaki

Improvement of Algorithm for Quantification of Regional Myocardial Blood Flow Using ¹⁵O-Water with PET
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1908-1916. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Masao Miyagawa, Martina Anton, Roland Haubner, Marcus V. Simoes, Christian Städele, Wolf Erhardt, Sybille Reder, Terry Lehner, Bettina Wagner, Steffi Noll, Bernhard Noll, Michaela Grote, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Bernd Gansbacher, Markus Schwaiger, and Frank M. Bengel

PET of Cardiac Transgene Expression: Comparison of 2 Approaches Based on Herpesviral Thymidine Kinase Reporter Gene
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1917-1923. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Etienne Croteau, François Bénard, M’hamed Bentourkia, Jacques Rousseau, Michel Paquette, and Roger Lecomte

Quantitative Myocardial Perfusion and Coronary Reserve in Rats with ¹³N-Ammonia and Small Animal PET: Impact of Anesthesia and Pharmacologic Stress Agents
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1924-1930. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicolas Spaeth, Matthias T. Wyss, Bruno Weber, Stephan Scheidegger, Amelie Lutz, Jorn Verwey, Ivan Radovanovic, Jens Pahnke, Damian Wild, Gerrit Westera, Dominik Weishaupt, Dirk M. Hermann, Barbara Kaser-Hotz, Adriano Aguzzi, and Alfred Buck

Uptake of ¹⁸F-Fluorocholine, ¹⁸F-Fluoroethyl-L-Tyrosine, and ¹⁸F-FDG in Acute Cerebral Radiation Injury in the Rat: Implications for Separation of Radiation Necrosis from Tumor Recurrence
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1931-1938. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aren van Waarde, Anne Rixt Buursma, Geke A.P. Hospers, Kazunori Kawamura, Tadayuki Kobayashi, Kenji Ishii, Keiichi Oda, Kiichi Ishiwata, Willem Vaalburg, and Philip H. Elsinga

Tumor Imaging with 2 -Receptor Ligands, ¹⁸F-FE-SA5845 and ¹¹C-SA4503: A Feasibility Study
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1939-1945. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshihiro Murakami, Hiroyuki Takamatsu, Akihiro Noda, Kazuhiko Osoda, Rikiya Ichise, Mitsuyoshi Tatsumi, Kenji Tabata, Taiji Sawamoto, and Shintaro Nishimura

Pharmacokinetic Animal PET Study of FK506 as a Potent Neuroprotective Agent
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1946-1949. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Robert C. Marshall, Patricia Powers-Risius, Bryan W. Reutter, James P. O’Neil, Michael La Belle, Ronald H. Huesman, and Henry F. VanBrocklin

Kinetic Analysis of ¹⁸F-Fluorodihydrorotenone as a Deposited Myocardial Flow Tracer: Comparison to ²⁰¹Tl
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1950-1959. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Cecilia Hindorf, Michael Ljungberg, and Sven-Erik Strand

Evaluation of Parameters Influencing S Values in Mouse Dosimetry
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1960-1965. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pat B. Zanzonico, Ronald Finn, Keith S. Pentlow, Yusuf Erdi, Bradley Beattie, Timothy Akhurst, Olivia Squire, Michael Morris, Howard Scher, Timothy McCarthy, Michael Welch, Steven M. Larson, and John L. Humm

PET-Based Radiation Dosimetry in Man of ¹⁸F-Fluorodihydrotestosterone, a New Radiotracer for Imaging Prostate Cancer
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1966-1971. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Departments:

James K. O’Donnell

Comments and Perspectives
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1793. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Erratum Errata
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1803. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Armand B. Glassman

Book Review Radiological Imaging in Hematological Malignancies
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1972. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rodney J. Hicks

Book Review Principles and Practice of Positron Emission Tomography
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1973-1974. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Jan-P. Smedema, Marinus J.P.G. van Kroonenburgh, Gabriel Snoep, Sebastian C.A.M. Bekkers, and Anton P. Gorgels

Diagnostic Value of PET in Cardiac Sarcoidosis
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1975. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ted Yaeger

Re: Fischman and Thrall Editorial, "Who Should Read ... PET Studies"
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1975-a. [Full Text]  

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