This Month in JNM:

This Month in JNM
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 9a-10a. [Full Text] [PDF]  

SNM Newsline:

Multiagency Effort to Focus on PET as Biomarker
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 11n. [PDF]  

James J. Conway

A Memoir of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine: Part 1. Pioneers and Early Advances
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 12n-20n. [PDF]  

Michael J. Gelfand

Q&A: Perspective on Pediatric Nuclear Medicine
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 22n-23n. [PDF]  

SNM 2006 Awards Include New Initiatives and Innovative Support for Research and Education
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 24n-26n. [PDF]  

SNMTS Announces 2006 Scholarship and Grant Recipients
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 25n-26n. [PDF]  

Peter S. Conti

Our Preferred Future
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 27n. [PDF]  

Hugh Cannon

SNM Works with USP, Congress, NRC on Diverse Issues
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 28n. [PDF]  

NEWSBRIEFS
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 29n-32n. [PDF]  

FROM THE LITERATURE
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 33n-36n. [PDF]  

Invited Perspectives:

Sanjiv Sam Gambhir

Using Radiolabeled DNA as an Imaging Agent to Recognize Protein Targets
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 557-558. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Investigations:

Sylvain Prévost, Luc Boucher, Pierre Larivée, Robert Boileau, and François Bénard

Bone Marrow Hypermetabolism on ¹⁸F-FDG PET as a Survival Prognostic Factor in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 559-565. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Günther Meisetschläger, Thorsten Poethko, Alexander Stahl, Ingo Wolf, Klemens Scheidhauer, Margret Schottelius, Michael Herz, Hans J. Wester, and Markus Schwaiger

Gluc-Lys([¹⁸F]FP)-TOCA PET in Patients with SSTR-Positive Tumors: Biodistribution and Diagnostic Evaluation Compared with [¹¹¹In]DTPA-Octreotide
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 566-573. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Saskia L.M.A. Beeres, Jeroen J. Bax, Petra Dibbets, Marcel P.M. Stokkel, Katja Zeppenfeld, Willem E. Fibbe, Ernst E. van der Wall, Martin J. Schalij, and Douwe E. Atsma

Effect of Intramyocardial Injection of Autologous Bone Marrow–Derived Mononuclear Cells on Perfusion, Function, and Viability in Patients with Drug-Refractory Chronic Ischemia
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 574-580. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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

Validation of a Blood-Sampling Method for the Measurement of ^99mTc-Methylene Diphosphonate Skeletal Plasma Clearance
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 581-586. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Rachel Bar-Shalom, Nikolay Yefremov, Luda Guralnik, Zohar Keidar, Ahuva Engel, Samy Nitecki, and Ora Israel

SPECT/CT Using ⁶⁷Ga and ¹¹¹In-Labeled Leukocyte Scintigraphy for Diagnosis of Infection
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 587-594. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Tobias Funk, Dennis L. Kirch, John E. Koss, Elias Botvinick, and Bruce H. Hasegawa

A Novel Approach to Multipinhole SPECT for Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 595-602. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James M. Engles, Shelley A. Quarless, Elizabeth Mambo, Takayoshi Ishimori, Steve Y. Cho, and Richard L. Wahl

Stunning and Its Effect on ³H-FDG Uptake and Key Gene Expression in Breast Cancer Cells Undergoing Chemotherapy
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 603-608. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joon Young Choi, Kyung Soo Lee, Hyung-Jin Kim, Young Mog Shim, O. Jung Kwon, Keunchil Park, Chung-Hwan Baek, Jae Hoon Chung, Kyung-Han Lee, and Byung-Tae Kim

Focal Thyroid Lesions Incidentally Identified by Integrated ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT: Clinical Significance and Improved Characterization
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 609-615. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holger Palmedo, Jan Bucerius, Alexius Joe, Holger Strunk, Niclas Hortling, Susanne Meyka, Roland Roedel, Martin Wolff, Eva Wardelmann, Hans-Juergen Biersack, and Ursula Jaeger

Integrated PET/CT in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Diagnostic Accuracy and Impact on Patient Management
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 616-624. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nicolas Dumarey, Dominique Egrise, Didier Blocklet, Bernard Stallenberg, Myriam Remmelink, Véronique del Marmol, Gaëtan Van Simaeys, Frédérique Jacobs, and Serge Goldman

Imaging Infection with ¹⁸F-FDG–Labeled Leukocyte PET/CT: Initial Experience in 21 Patients
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 625-632. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshihiro Nishiyama, Yuka Yamamoto, Kotaro Fukunaga, Naruhide Kimura, Akihiro Miki, Yasuhiro Sasakawa, Hisao Wakabayashi, Katashi Satoh, and Motoomi Ohkawa

Dual-Time-Point ¹⁸F-FDG PET for the Evaluation of Gallbladder Carcinoma
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 633-638. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

Bernd J. Pichler, Martin S. Judenhofer, Ciprian Catana, Jeffrey H. Walton, Manfred Kneilling, Robert E. Nutt, Stefan B. Siegel, Claus D. Claussen, and Simon R. Cherry

Performance Test of an LSO-APD Detector in a 7-T MRI Scanner for Simultaneous PET/MRI
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 639-647. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Heribert Hänscheid, Michael Lassmann, Markus Luster, Stephen R. Thomas, Furio Pacini, Claudia Ceccarelli, Paul W. Ladenson, Richard L. Wahl, Martin Schlumberger, Marcel Ricard, Al Driedger, Richard T. Kloos, Steven I. Sherman, Bryan R. Haugen, Vincent Carriere, Carine Corone, and Christoph Reiners

Iodine Biokinetics and Dosimetry in Radioiodine Therapy of Thyroid Cancer: Procedures and Results of a Prospective International Controlled Study of Ablation After rhTSH or Hormone Withdrawal
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 648-654. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Michael G. Stabin, Todd E. Peterson, George E. Holburn, and Mary A. Emmons

Voxel-Based Mouse and Rat Models for Internal Dose Calculations
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 655-659. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Mark T. Madsen, David L. Bushnell, Malik E. Juweid, Yusuf Menda, M. Sue O'Dorisio, Thomas O'Dorisio, and Ian M. Besse

Potential Increased Tumor-Dose Delivery with Combined ¹³¹I-MIBG and ⁹⁰Y-DOTATOC Treatment in Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Theoretic Model
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 660-667. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Brian J. Hicke, Andrew W. Stephens, Ty Gould, Ying-Fon Chang, Cynthia K. Lynott, James Heil, Sandra Borkowski, Christoph-Stephan Hilger, Gary Cook, Stephen Warren, and Paul G. Schmidt

Tumor Targeting by an Aptamer
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 668-678. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Hideo Tsukada, Kengo Sato, Dai Fukumoto, Shingo Nishiyama, Norihiro Harada, and Takeharu Kakiuchi

Evaluation of D-Isomers of O-¹¹C-Methyl Tyrosine and O-¹⁸F-Fluoromethyl Tyrosine as Tumor-Imaging Agents in Tumor-Bearing Mice: Comparison with L- and D-¹¹C-Methionine
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 679-688. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael J. Welch, Jason S. Lewis, Joonyoung Kim, Terry L. Sharp, Carmen S. Dence, Robert J. Gropler, and Pilar Herrero

Assessment of Myocardial Metabolism in Diabetic Rats Using Small-Animal PET: A Feasibility Study
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 689-697. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Simon M. Ametamey, Lea J. Kessler, Michael Honer, Matthias T. Wyss, Alfred Buck, Samuel Hintermann, Yves P. Auberson, Fabrizio Gasparini, and Pius A. Schubiger

Radiosynthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of ¹¹C-ABP688 as a Probe for Imaging the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor Subtype 5
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 698-705. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shahriar S. Yaghoubi, Marcelo A. Couto, Chang-Cheng Chen, Lathasree Polavaram, Guanggen Cui, Luyi Sen, and Sanjiv S. Gambhir

Preclinical Safety Evaluation of ¹⁸F-FHBG: A PET Reporter Probe for Imaging Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase (HSV1-tk) or Mutant HSV1-sr39tk's Expression
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 706-715. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Marcus P. Kelly, Fook T. Lee, Fiona E. Smyth, Martin W. Brechbiel, and Andrew M. Scott

Enhanced Efficacy of ⁹⁰Y-Radiolabeled Anti-Lewis Y Humanized Monoclonal Antibody hu3S193 and Paclitaxel Combined-Modality Radioimmunotherapy in a Breast Cancer Model
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 716-725. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

Isis W. Gayed

Book Reviews
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 726. [Full Text] [PDF]  

David J. Yang

Book Reviews
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 727. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chun Li

Book Reviews
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 728. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Kazunari Ishii

Advantage of Late Scanning in Brain ¹⁸F-FDG PET
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 729. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ichiro Matsunari and Wei-Ping Chen

Reply: Advantage of Late Scanning in Brain ¹⁸F-FDG PET
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 729a. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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