JNM -- Table of Contents (47 [ Issue 3])

This Month in JNM:

: This Month in JNM
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 7a-8a. [Full Text] [PDF]

SNM Newsline:

: Report on Radiology Medication Errors Provokes Alarms, Responses, and Recommendations; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 13N-14N. [PDF]

: Thyroid Reports: Insight into Radioiodine Ablation and New Guidelines for Nodule Management; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 15N-26N. [PDF]

: SNM 2006 Scientific Program Explores Expanding Imaging Technologies; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 16N. [PDF]

Martin P. Sandler: Converting Activity into Visibility; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 19N. [PDF]

: NEWSBRIEFS; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 20N-26N. [PDF]

: FROM THE LITERATURE; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 27N-32N. [PDF]

Invited Perspectives:

Lisa Bodei, Giovanni Paganelli, and Giuliano Mariani: Receptor Radionuclide Therapy of Tumors: A Road from Basic Research to Clinical Applications
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 375-377. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Investigations:

Oliver Lindner, Jens Sörensen, Jürgen Vogt, Eva Fricke, Detlev Baller, Dieter Horstkotte, and Wolfgang Burchert: Cardiac Efficiency and Oxygen Consumption Measured with ¹¹C-Acetate PET After Long-Term Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 378-383. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Koenraad Van Laere, Cindy Casteels, Liesbet De Ceuninck, Bert Vanbilloen, Alex Maes, Luc Mortelmans, Wim Vandenberghe, Alfons Verbruggen, and René Dom: Dual-Tracer Dopamine Transporter and Perfusion SPECT in Differential Diagnosis of Parkinsonism Using Template-Based Discriminant Analysis
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 384-392. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabriele Pöpperl, Friedrich W. Kreth, Jochen Herms, Walter Koch, Jan H. Mehrkens, Franz J. Gildehaus, Hans A. Kretzschmar, Jörg C. Tonn, and Klaus Tatsch: Analysis of ¹⁸F-FET PET for Grading of Recurrent Gliomas: Is Evaluation of Uptake Kinetics Superior to Standard Methods?
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 393-403. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Katsuhiko Kato, Toshinobu Kubota, Mitsuru Ikeda, Masanori Tadokoro, Shinji Abe, Satoshi Nakano, Masanari Nishino, Hidetoshi Kobayashi, and Takeo Ishigaki: Low Efficacy of ¹⁸F-FDG PET for Detection of Uveal Malignant Melanoma Compared with ¹²³I-IMP SPECT
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 404-409. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lawrence M. Cher, Carmel Murone, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Shanker Ramdave, Anthony Papenfuss, Anthony Hannah, Graeme J. O'Keefe, John I. Sachinidis, Salvatore U. Berlangieri, Gavin Fabinyi, and Andrew M. Scott: Correlation of Hypoxic Cell Fraction and Angiogenesis with Glucose Metabolic Rate in Gliomas Using ¹⁸F-Fluoromisonidazole, ¹⁸F-FDG PET, and Immunohistochemical Studies
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 410-418. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

JianFei Guo, Kotaro Higashi, Yoshimichi Ueda, Manabu Oguchi, Tsutomu Takegami, Hirohisa Toga, Tsutomu Sakuma, Hajime Yokota, Shogo Katsuda, Hisao Tonami, and Itaru Yamamoto: Microvessel Density: Correlation with ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake and Prognostic Impact in Lung Adenocarcinomas
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 419-425. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yaichiro Hashimoto, Tetsuya Tsujikawa, Chisato Kondo, Masako Maki, Mitsuru Momose, Atsushi Nagai, Takamasa Ohnuki, Toshio Nishikawa, and Kiyoko Kusakabe: Accuracy of PET for Diagnosis of Solid Pulmonary Lesions with ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake Below the Standardized Uptake Value of 2.5
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 426-431. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erik Vegt, Jack F.M. Wetzels, Frans G.M. Russel, Rosalinde Masereeuw, Otto C. Boerman, Juliette E. van Eerd, Frans H.M. Corstens, and Wim J.G. Oyen: Renal Uptake of Radiolabeled Octreotide in Human Subjects Is Efficiently Inhibited by Succinylated Gelatin
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 432-436. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kyung-Han Lee, Bong-Ho Ko, Jin-Young Paik, Kyung-Ho Jung, Jun-Sang Bae, Joon-Young Choi, Yearn Seong Choe, and Byung-Tae Kim: Characteristics and Regulation of ¹²³I-MIBG Transport in Cultured Pulmonary Endothelial Cells
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 437-442. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Chin A Yi, Kyung Soo Lee, Byung-Tae Kim, Joon Young Choi, O. Jung Kwon, Hojoong Kim, Young Mog Shim, and Myung Jin Chung: Tissue Characterization of Solitary Pulmonary Nodule: Comparative Study Between Helical Dynamic CT and Integrated PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 443-450. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Continuing Education:

Tira Bunyaviroch and R. Edward Coleman: PET Evaluation of Lung Cancer
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 451-469. [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Basic Science Investigations:

Klaus Brechtel, Magnus Klein, Monika Vogel, Marc Mueller, Philip Aschoff, Thomas Beyer, Susanna M. Eschmann, Roland Bares, Claus D. Claussen, and Anna C. Pfannenberg: Optimized Contrast-Enhanced CT Protocols for Diagnostic Whole-Body ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT: Technical Aspects of Single-Phase Versus Multiphase CT Imaging
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 470-476. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pilar Herrero, Joonyoung Kim, Terry L. Sharp, John A. Engelbach, Jason S. Lewis, Robert J. Gropler, and Michael J. Welch: Assessment of Myocardial Blood Flow Using ¹⁵O-Water and 1-¹¹C-Acetate in Rats with Small-Animal PET
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 477-485. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hideo Shichinohe, Satoshi Kuroda, Shunsuke Yano, Takako Ohnishi, Hiroshi Tamagami, Kazutoshi Hida, and Yoshinobu Iwasaki: Improved Expression of ${gamma}$ -Aminobutyric Acid Receptor in Mice with Cerebral Infarct and Transplanted Bone Marrow Stromal Cells: An Autoradiographic and Histologic Analysis
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 486-491. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Xianzhong Zhang, Weibo Cai, Feng Cao, Eduard Schreibmann, Yun Wu, Joseph C. Wu, Lei Xing, and Xiaoyuan Chen: ¹⁸F-Labeled Bombesin Analogs for Targeting GRP Receptor-Expressing Prostate Cancer
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 492-501. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Renzo Cescato, Stefan Schulz, Beatrice Waser, Véronique Eltschinger, Jean E. Rivier, Hans-Jürgen Wester, Michael Culler, Mihaela Ginj, Qisheng Liu, Agnes Schonbrunn, and Jean Claude Reubi: Internalization of sst₂, sst₃, and sst₅ Receptors: Effects of Somatostatin Agonists and Antagonists
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 502-511. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Anna Orlova, Fredrik Y. Nilsson, Maria Wikman, Charles Widström, Stefan Ståhl, Jörgen Carlsson, and Vladimir Tolmachev: Comparative In Vivo Evaluation of Technetium and Iodine Labels on an Anti-HER2 Affibody for Single-Photon Imaging of HER2 Expression in Tumors
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 512-519. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sami S. Zoghbi, H. Umesha Shetty, Masanori Ichise, Masahiro Fujita, Masao Imaizumi, Jeih-San Liow, Jay Shah, John L. Musachio, Victor W. Pike, and Robert B. Innis: PET Imaging of the Dopamine Transporter with ¹⁸F-FECNT: A Polar Radiometabolite Confounds Brain Radioligand Measurements
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 520-527. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Julliëtte E.M. van Eerd, Erik Vegt, Jack F.M. Wetzels, Frans G.M. Russel, Rosalinde Masereeuw, Frans H.M. Corstens, Wim J.G. Oyen, and Otto C. Boerman: Gelatin-Based Plasma Expander Effectively Reduces Renal Uptake of ¹¹¹In-Octreotide in Mice and Rats
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 528-533. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hazel B. Breitz, Richard E. Wendt, III, Michael S. Stabin, Sui Shen, William D. Erwin, Joseph G. Rajendran, Janet F. Eary, Lawrence Durack, Ebrahim Delpassand, William Martin, and Ruby F. Meredith: ¹⁶⁶Ho-DOTMP Radiation-Absorbed Dose Estimation for Skeletal Targeted Radiotherapy
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 534-542. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kerstin Schmidt, Johannes Hoffend, Annette Altmann, Ludwig G. Strauss, Antonia Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Britta Engelhardt, Dirk Koczan, Jörg Peter, Thomas J. Dengler, Walter Mier, Michael Eisenhut, Uwe Haberkorn, and Ralf Kinscherf: Angiostatin Overexpression in Morris Hepatoma Results in Decreased Tumor Growth but Increased Perfusion and Vascularization
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 543-551. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Klaus Zöphel, Gerd Wunderlich, and Jörg Kotzerke: A Highly Sensitive Thyroglobulin Assay Has Superior Diagnostic Sensitivity for Recurrence of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Patients Undergoing TSH Suppression
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 552-553. [Full Text] [PDF]

Chao Ma and Anren Kuang: Reply: RA Highly Sensitive Thyroglobulin Assay Has Superior Diagnostic Sensitivity for Recurrence of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Patients Undergoing TSH Suppression
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 553-554. [Full Text] [PDF]

Vassilios Papantoniou, Nikolaos Ptohis, and Spyridon Tsiouris: Diffuse Tracer Uptake in Scintimammography: Not as Nonspecific or Benign as Originally Believed?
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 554-555. [Full Text] [PDF]

Isabelle Mathieu: Reply: Diffuse Tracer Uptake in Scintimammography: Not as Nonspecific or Benign as Originally Believed?
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 555. [Full Text] [PDF]

Leonardo Pace, Marco Salvatore, and Silvana Del Vecchio: Use of ^99mTc-Sestamibi Scintigraphy in Multiple Myeloma
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 555a. [Full Text] [PDF]