This Month in JNM:

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

SNM Newsline:

2004 SNM Highlights Lecture: Creating Lifetime Images of Health and Disease

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 11N-41N. [PDF]  

Simon Cherry

IN MEMORIAM: Edward J. Hoffman, PhD, 1942–2004

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 43N-44N. [PDF]  

Naomi P. Alazraki

IN MEMORIAM: William L. Ashburn, MD, 1933–2004

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 45N. [PDF]  

Virginia Pappas

SNM Leadership Update

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 46N. [PDF]  

Nancy A. Burchell

FROM THE SNMTS PRESIDENT: The New SNMTS: Changes and Challenges

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 47N. [PDF]  

NEWSBRIEFS

J Nucl Med 2004 45: 48N-53N. [PDF]  

Invited Perspectives:

Andreas K. Buck, Gerhard Glatting, and Sven N. Reske

Quantification of ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Feasible Prognostic Marker?
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1274-1276. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ursula Scheffel and Martin G. Pomper

PET Imaging of GRP Receptor Expression in Prostate Cancer
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1277-1278. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Editorials:

Heinrich R. Schelbert

Comments and Perspectives
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1273. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Investigations:

Arne-Jörn Lemke, Stefan Markus Niehues, Norbert Hosten, Holger Amthauer, Michael Boehmig, Christian Stroszczynski, Torsten Rohlfing, Stefan Rosewicz, and Roland Felix

Retrospective Digital Image Fusion of Multidetector CT and ¹⁸F-FDG PET: Clinical Value in Pancreatic Lesions—A Prospective Study with 104 Patients
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1279-1286. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yusuf E. Erdi, Sadek A. Nehmeh, Tinsu Pan, Alexander Pevsner, Kenneth E. Rosenzweig, Gikas Mageras, Ellen D. Yorke, Heiko Schoder, Wendy Hsiao, Olivia D. Squire, Phil Vernon, Jonathan B. Ashman, Hassan Mostafavi, Steven M. Larson, and John L. Humm

The CT Motion Quantitation of Lung Lesions and Its Impact on PET-Measured SUVs
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1287-1292. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Benoit Pirotte, Serge Goldman, Nicolas Massager, Philippe David, David Wikler, Arlette Vandesteene, Isabelle Salmon, Jacques Brotchi, and Marc Levivier

Comparison of ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹¹C-Methionine for PET-Guided Stereotactic Brain Biopsy of Gliomas
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1293-1298. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Knaapen, Ronald Boellaard, Marco J.W. Götte, Pieter A. Dijkmans, Linda M.C. van Campen, Carel C. de Cock, Gert Luurtsema, Cees A. Visser, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, and Frans C. Visser

Perfusable Tissue Index as a Potential Marker of Fibrosis in Patients with Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1299-1304. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshio Tanabe, Hiromi Harada, Shuji Sugihara, Toshihide Ogawa, and Yuichi Inoue

¹²³I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine Myocardial Scintigraphy in Panic Disorder
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1305-1308. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Glenn Wells, Troy Farncombe, Edward Chang, and R. Larry Nicholson

Reducing Bladder Artifacts in Clinical Pelvic SPECT Images
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1309-1314. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ashesh B. Jani, Michael J. Blend, Russell Hamilton, Charles Brendler, Charles Pelizzari, Lani Krauz, Bipin Sapra, Srinivasan Vijayakumar, Azhar Awan, and Ralph R. Weichselbaum

Radioimmunoscintigraphy for Postprostatectomy Radiotherapy: Analysis of Toxicity and Biochemical Control
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1315-1322. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

David Fuster, Stephen Chiang, Germaine Johnson, Lynn M. Schuchter, Hongming Zhuang, and Abass Alavi

Is ¹⁸F-FDG PET More Accurate Than Standard Diagnostic Procedures in the Detection of Suspected Recurrent Melanoma?
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1323-1327. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Senthil K. Sundaram, Nanette M.T. Freedman, Jorge A. Carrasquillo, Joann M. Carson, Millie Whatley, Steven K. Libutti, David Sellers, and Stephen L. Bacharach

Simplified Kinetic Analysis of Tumor ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake: A Dynamic Approach
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1328-1333. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

JianFei Guo, Kotaro Higashi, Hajime Yokota, Yosinobu Nagao, Yoshimichi Ueda, Yuko Kodama, Manabu Oguchi, Suzuka Taki, Hisao Tonami, and Itaru Yamamoto

In Vitro Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Lactate and Choline Measurements, ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake, and Prognosis in Patients with Lung Adenocarcinoma
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1334-1339. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Baharak Bagheri, Alan H. Maurer, Libby Cone, Mohan Doss, and Lee Adler

Characterization of the Normal Adrenal Gland with ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1340-1343. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bruno Weber, Gerrit Westera, Valerie Treyer, Cyrill Burger, Nadia Khan, and Alfred Buck

Constant-Infusion H₂¹⁵O PET and Acetazolamide Challenge in the Assessment of Cerebral Perfusion Status
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1344-1350. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Peter S. Oturai, Jann Mortensen, Henriette Enevoldsen, Annika Eigtved, Vibeke Backer, Knud P. Olesen, Henrik W. Nielsen, Hanne Hansen, Poul Stentoft, and Lars Friberg

-Camera ¹⁸F-FDG PET in Diagnosis and Staging of Patients Presenting with Suspected Lung Cancer and Comparison with Dedicated PET
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1351-1357. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuing Education:

Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Maria Batraki, and Chaitanya R. Divgi

Radiopharmaceutical Therapy for Palliation of Bone Pain from Osseous Metastases
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1358-1365. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

George Sgouros, Katherine S. Kolbert, Arif Sheikh, Keith S. Pentlow, Edward F. Mun, Axel Barth, Richard J. Robbins, and Steven M. Larson

Patient-Specific Dosimetry for ¹³¹I Thyroid Cancer Therapy Using ¹²⁴I PET and 3-Dimensional-Internal Dosimetry (3D-ID) Software
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1366-1372. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis G. Blankenberg, Stefanie Mandl, Yu-An Cao, Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell, Christopher Contag, Carina Mari, Timur I. Gaynutdinov, Jean-Luc Vanderheyden, Marina V. Backer, and Joseph M. Backer

Tumor Imaging Using a Standardized Radiolabeled Adapter Protein Docked to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1373-1380. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mathew L. Thakur, Mohan R. Aruva, Jean Gariepy, Paul Acton, Satish Rattan, Shyam Prasad, Eric Wickstrom, and Abass Alavi

PET Imaging of Oncogene Overexpression Using ⁶⁴Cu-Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) Analog: Comparison with ^99mTc-VIP Analog
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1381-1389. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Xiaoyuan Chen, Ryan Park, Yingping Hou, Michel Tohme, Antranik H. Shahinian, James R. Bading, and Peter S. Conti

microPET and Autoradiographic Imaging of GRP Receptor Expression with ⁶⁴Cu-DOTA-[Lys³]Bombesin in Human Prostate Adenocarcinoma Xenografts
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1390-1397. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hiroshi Toyama, Masanori Ichise, Jeih-San Liow, Kendra J. Modell, Douglass C. Vines, Takanori Esaki, Michelle Cook, Jurgen Seidel, Louis Sokoloff, Michael V. Green, and Robert B. Innis

Absolute Quantification of Regional Cerebral Glucose Utilization in Mice by ¹⁸F-FDG Small Animal PET Scanning and 2-¹⁴C-DG Autoradiography
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1398-1405. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jyri K. Koort, Tatu J. Mäkinen, Juhani Knuuti, Jari Jalava, and Hannu T. Aro

Comparative ¹⁸F-FDG PET of Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Osteomyelitis and Normal Bone Healing
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1406-1411. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chaitanya R. Divgi, Joseph A. O’Donoghue, Sydney Welt, Jayne O’Neel, Ron Finn, Robert J. Motzer, Achim Jungbluth, Eric Hoffman, Gerd Ritter, Steve M. Larson, and Lloyd J. Old

Phase I Clinical Trial with Fractionated Radioimmunotherapy Using ¹³¹I-Labeled Chimeric G250 in Metastatic Renal Cancer
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1412-1421. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Departments:

E. Edmund Kim

Book Review Molecular Nuclear Medicine: The Challenge of Genomics and Proteomics to Clinical Practice
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1422. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Authors of the Letter and the Reply:
Rakesh Kumar, Schnall Mitchell, Abass Alavi, Johannes Czernin, and Duska Vranjesevic

¹⁸F-FDG Uptake and Breast Density in Women with Normal Breast Tissue
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1423-1424. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Authors of the Letter and the Reply:
Robert E. Reiman, Winfried Brenner, Janet F. Eary, and Karl H. Bohuslavizki

PET Tracers for Osteosarcoma
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1424-1425. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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