JNM -- Table of Contents (45 [9])

This Month in JNM:

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

SNM Newsline:

: Nuclear Medicine Makes News at SNM Annual Meeting; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 13N-16N. [PDF]

: SNM 2004: 51st Annual Meeting in Philadelphia; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 28N-29N. [PDF]

: Michael J. Welch Receives Cassen Award; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 30N. [PDF]

: Aebersold Award Presented to Hank F. Kung; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 34N. [PDF]

: Alavi Achievements Recognized with de Hevesy Award; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 36N. [PDF]

: Devous Honored with 2004 Kuhl–Lassen Award; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 38N. [PDF]

: Tetalman Award Goes to Zaidi
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 38N-a. [PDF]

Joseph C. Hung and C. Oliver Wong: CASNM Annual Meeting; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 40N. [PDF]

Chaitanya Divgi: IASNM Annual Meeting
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 40N-a. [PDF]

Mathew Thakur: From the SNM President; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 42N. [PDF]

Virginia Pappas: SNM Leadership Update; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 44N. [PDF]

: NEWSBRIEFS; J Nucl Med 2004 45: 45N-53N. [PDF]

Invited Perspectives:

Ur Metser: ¹⁸F-FDG PET in Evaluating Patients Treated for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Can We Predict Prognosis?
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1428-1430. [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph A. Thie: Understanding the Standardized Uptake Value, Its Methods, and Implications for Usage
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1431-1434. [Full Text] [PDF]

Karl-Josef Langen and Stefan Bröer: Molecular Transport Mechanisms of Radiolabeled Amino Acids for PET and SPECT
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1435-1436. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Investigations:

René A. Tio, Eng S. Tan, Gillian A.J. Jessurun, Nic Veeger, Pieter L. Jager, Riemer H.J.A. Slart, Richard M. de Jong, Jan Pruim, Geke A.P. Hospers, Antoon T.M. Willemsen, Mike J.L. de Jongste, Ad J. van Boven, Dirk J. van Veldhuisen, and Felix Zijlstra: PET for Evaluation of Differential Myocardial Perfusion Dynamics After VEGF Gene Therapy and Laser Therapy in End-Stage Coronary Artery Disease
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1437-1443. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yoshihiro Nishimura, Kazuki Fukuchi, Tetsuro Katafuchi, Masayoshi Sagou, Hisashi Oka, Yoshio Ishida, and Kenya Murase: Superimposed Display of Coronary Artery on Gated Myocardial Perfusion Scintigraphy
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1444-1449. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Etsuko Imabayashi, Hiroshi Matsuda, Takashi Asada, Takashi Ohnishi, Shigeki Sakamoto, Seigo Nakano, and Tomio Inoue: Superiority of 3-Dimensional Stereotactic Surface Projection Analysis over Visual Inspection in Discrimination of Patients with Very Early Alzheimer’s Disease from Controls Using Brain Perfusion SPECT
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1450-1457. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Marcelo Mamede, Koichi Ishizu, Masashi Ueda, Takahiro Mukai, Yasuhiko Iida, Hidenao Fukuyama, Tsuneo Saga, and Hideo Saji: Quantification of Human Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors with ¹²³I-5IA SPECT
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1458-1470. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Giampiero Giovacchini, Alicja Lerner, Maria T. Toczek, Charles Fraser, Kaizong Ma, James C. DeMar, Peter Herscovitch, William C. Eckelman, Stanley I. Rapoport, and Richard E. Carson: Brain Incorporation of ¹¹C-Arachidonic Acid, Blood Volume, and Blood Flow in Healthy Aging: A Study With Partial-Volume Correction
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1471-1479. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Antonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Ludwig G. Strauss, Cyrill Burger, Anne Rühl, Gisela Irngartinger, Wolfgang Stremmel, and Jochen Rudi: Prognostic Aspects of ¹⁸F-FDG PET Kinetics in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma Receiving FOLFOX Chemotherapy
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1480-1487. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ujjal Poddar, Anish Bhattacharya, Babu R. Thapa, Bhagwant R. Mittal, and Kartar Singh: Ursodeoxycholic Acid–Augmented Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy in the Evaluation of Neonatal Jaundice
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1488-1492. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Winfried Brenner, Cheryl Vernon, Mark Muzi, David A. Mankoff, Jeanne M. Link, Ernest U. Conrad, and Janet F. Eary: Comparison of Different Quantitative Approaches to ¹⁸F-Fluoride PET Scans
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1493-1500. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Patrick Reinartz, Joachim E. Wildberger, Wolfgang Schaefer, Bernd Nowak, Andreas H. Mahnken, and Ulrich Buell: Tomographic Imaging in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism: A Comparison Between V/Q Lung Scintigraphy in SPECT Technique and Multislice Spiral CT
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1501-1508. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Continuing Education:

Maha Torabi, Suzanne L. Aquino, and Mukesh G. Harisinghani: Current Concepts in Lymph Node Imaging
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1509-1518. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Basic Science Investigations:

Ronald Boellaard, Nanda C. Krak, Otto S. Hoekstra, and Adriaan A. Lammertsma: Effects of Noise, Image Resolution, and ROI Definition on the Accuracy of Standard Uptake Values: A Simulation Study
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1519-1527. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ludwig G. Strauss, Antonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Dirk Koczan, Ludger Bernd, Uwe Haberkorn, Volker Ewerbeck, and Hans-Jürgen Thiesen: ¹⁸F-FDG Kinetics and Gene Expression in Giant Cell Tumors
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1528-1535. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Junichi Taki, Takahiro Higuchi, Atsuhiro Kawashima, Jonathan F. Tait, Seigo Kinuya, Akira Muramori, Ichiro Matsunari, Kenichi Nakajima, Norihisa Tonami, and H. William Strauss: Detection of Cardiomyocyte Death in a Rat Model of Ischemia and Reperfusion Using ^99mTc-Labeled Annexin V
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1536-1541. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anneli Schmitt, Peter Bernhardt, Ola Nilsson, Håkan Ahlman, Lars Kölby, Helmut R. Maecke, and Eva Forssell-Aronsson: Radiation Therapy of Small Cell Lung Cancer with ¹⁷⁷Lu-DOTA-Tyr³-Octreotate in an Animal Model
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1542-1548. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bart de Keizer, Anne Hoekstra, Mark W. Konijnenberg, Filip de Vos, Bieke Lambert, Peter P. van Rijk, Cees J.M. Lips, and John M.H. de Klerk: Bone Marrow Dosimetry and Safety of High ¹³¹I Activities Given After Recombinant Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone to Treat Metastatic Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1549-1554. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jian-Qiang Lu, Masanori Ichise, Jeih-San Liow, Subroto Ghose, Doug Vines, and Robert B. Innis: Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetry of the Serotonin Transporter Ligand ¹¹C-DASB Determined from Human Whole-Body PET
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1555-1559. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Leeta Alison Green, Khoi Nguyen, Bijan Berenji, Meera Iyer, Eileen Bauer, Jorge R. Barrio, Mohammad Namavari, Nagichettiar Satyamurthy, and Sanjiv S. Gambhir: A Tracer Kinetic Model for ¹⁸F-FHBG for Quantitating Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase Reporter Gene Expression in Living Animals Using PET
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1560-1570. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Joo Hyun Kang, June-Key Chung, Yong Jin Lee, Jae Hoon Shin, Jae Min Jeong, Dong Soo Lee, and Myung Chul Lee: Establishment of a Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Line Highly Expressing Sodium Iodide Symporter for Radionuclide Gene Therapy
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1571-1576. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Frédéric Pain, Philippe Lanièce, Roland Mastrippolito, Philippe Gervais, Philippe Hantraye, and Laurent Besret: Arterial Input Function Measurement Without Blood Sampling Using a ß-Microprobe in Rats
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1577-1582. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Delphine L. Chen, Mark A. Mintun, and Daniel P. Schuster: Comparison of Methods to Quantitate ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake with PET During Experimental Acute Lung Injury
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1583-1590. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tony Lahoutte, Vicky Caveliers, Simone M.R. Camargo, Raffaella Franca, Tamara Ramadan, Emilija Veljkovic, John Mertens, Axel Bossuyt, and François Verrey: SPECT and PET Amino Acid Tracer Influx via System L (h4F2hc-hLAT1) and Its Transstimulation
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1591-1596. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Departments:

Erratum Errata J Nucl Med 2004 45: 53N. [Full Text] [PDF]

Roderic I. Pettigrew, Cheryl A. Fee, and King C. Li: Comments and Perspectives
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1427. [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Dennis Kirch, John Koss, Todd Bublitz, and Peter Steele: False-Positive Findings on Myocardial Perfusion SPECT
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1597. [Full Text] [PDF]

Authors of the Letter and the Reply:
Chun K. Kim, Borys R. Krynyckyi, Josef Machac, Ettore Pelosi, and Gianni Bisi: Periareolar Injections and Hot Sentinel Nodes
J Nucl Med 2004 45: 1597-a-1599-a. [Full Text] [PDF]