JNM -- Table of Contents (47 [7])

This Month in JNM:

: This Month in JNM
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 11a-12a. [Full Text] [PDF]

SNM Newsline:

: SNM Annual Meeting Energized by Launch of Molecular Imaging Initiative; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 13N. [PDF]

: 2006 Image of the Year: Focus on Cardiac SPECT/CT; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 14N-15N. [PDF]

: New SNM/SNMTS Officers Recognized at San Diego Meeting; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 16N-20N. [PDF]

: Gottschalk Recognized with Cassen Prize; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 25N. [PDF]

: Aebersold Award Presented to Gambhir; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 26N. [PDF]

: Wolf Receives 2006 de Hevesy Award; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 27N. [PDF]

: Guarasci Named SNMTS Outstanding Educator; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 28N. [PDF]

: Outstanding JNM Articles for 2005; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 33N. [PDF]

: Outstanding JNMT Articles for 2005; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 34N. [PDF]

: High Standards; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 35N. [PDF]

Martin P. Sandler: A Defining Moment: Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Imaging, SNM; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 36N. [PDF]

: Nuclear Medicine Coalition Report; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 37N. [PDF]

: NEWSBRIEFS; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 38N-39N. [PDF]

: FROM THE LITERATURE; J Nucl Med 2006 47: 40N-44N. [PDF]

Invited Perspectives:

Paul D. Acton: Dynamic Imaging of Transient Metabolic Processes: PDT Is Just the Beginning
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1067-1069. [Full Text] [PDF]

Robert M. Sharkey: Radioimmunotherapy Against the Tumor Vasculature: A New Target?
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1070-1074. [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Investigations:

Yongkang Nie, Qiang Li, Feng Li, Yonglin Pu, Daniel Appelbaum, and Kunio Doi: Integrating PET and CT Information to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy for Lung Nodules: A Semiautomatic Computer-Aided Method
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1075-1080. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew Quon, Sandy Napel, Christopher F. Beaulieu, and Sanjiv S. Gambhir: "Flying Through" and "Flying Around" a PET/CT Scan: Pilot Study and Development of 3D Integrated ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT for Virtual Bronchoscopy and Colonoscopy
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1081-1087. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Videos

Sang Eun Kim, Dong-Kyu Jin, Sang Soo Cho, Ji-Hae Kim, Sungdo David Hong, Kyung Hoon Paik, Yoo Joung Oh, An Hee Kim, Eun Kyung Kwon, and Yon Ho Choe: Regional Cerebral Glucose Metabolic Abnormality in Prader–Willi Syndrome: A ¹⁸F-FDG PET Study Under Sedation
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1088-1092. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yafu Yin, Noriyuki Shuke, Atsutaka Okizaki, Junichi Sato, Tamio Aburano, Yaming Li, Shigeo Kaneko, Mitsuhiro Mizunaga, and Sunao Yachiku: Cerebral Activation During Withholding Urine with Full Bladder in Healthy Men Using ^99mTc-HMPAO SPECT
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1093-1098. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kenichi Kashihara, Manabu Ohno, Sanami Kawada, and Yoshihiro Okumura: Reduced Cardiac Uptake and Enhanced Washout of ¹²³I-MIBG in Pure Autonomic Failure Occurs Conjointly with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1099-1101. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Wolfgang Römer, Anton Nömayr, Michael Uder, Werner Bautz, and Torsten Kuwert: SPECT-Guided CT for Evaluating Foci of Increased Bone Metabolism Classified as Indeterminate on SPECT in Cancer Patients
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1102-1106. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Continuing Education:

Daniel S. Berman, Rory Hachamovitch, Leslee J. Shaw, John D. Friedman, Sean W. Hayes, Louise E.J. Thomson, David S. Fieno, Guido Germano, Nathan D. Wong, Xingping Kang, and Alan Rozanski: Roles of Nuclear Cardiology, Cardiac Computed Tomography, and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance: Noninvasive Risk Stratification and a Conceptual Framework for the Selection of Noninvasive Imaging Tests in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1107-1118. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Basic Science Investigations:

Véronique Bérard, Jacques A. Rousseau, Jules Cadorette, Laurent Hubert, M'hamed Bentourkia, Johan E. van Lier, and Roger Lecomte: Dynamic Imaging of Transient Metabolic Processes by Small-Animal PET for the Evaluation of Photosensitizers in Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1119-1126. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Bernard M. Tijink, Dario Neri, C. René Leemans, Marianne Budde, Ludger M. Dinkelborg, Marijke Stigter-van Walsum, Luciano Zardi, and Guus A.M.S. van Dongen: Radioimmunotherapy of Head and Neck Cancer Xenografts Using ¹³¹I-Labeled Antibody L19-SIP for Selective Targeting of Tumor Vasculature
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1127-1135. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jen-Chieh Tseng, Pat B. Zanzonico, Brandi Levin, Ronald Finn, Steven M. Larson, and Daniel Meruelo: Tumor-Specific In Vivo Transfection with HSV-1 Thymidine Kinase Gene Using a Sindbis Viral Vector as a Basis for Prodrug Ganciclovir Activation and PET
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1136-1143. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Laura E. Lantry, Enrico Cappelletti, Mary Ellen Maddalena, Jaclyn S. Fox, Weiwei Feng, Jianqing Chen, Regi Thomas, Stephen M. Eaton, Nancy J. Bogdan, Thangavel Arunachalam, Jean Claude Reubi, Natarajan Raju, Edmund C. Metcalfe, Luciano Lattuada, Karen E. Linder, Rolf E. Swenson, Michael F. Tweedle, and Adrian D. Nunn: ¹⁷⁷Lu-AMBA: Synthesis and Characterization of a Selective ¹⁷⁷Lu-Labeled GRP-R Agonist for Systemic Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1144-1152. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrea Bettio, Michael Honer, Cristina Müller, Matthias Brühlmeier, Ursina Müller, Roger Schibli, Viola Groehn, August P. Schubiger, and Simon M. Ametamey: Synthesis and Preclinical Evaluation of a Folic Acid Derivative Labeled with ¹⁸F for PET Imaging of Folate Receptor–Positive Tumors
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1153-1160. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hsin-Ell Wang, Hung-Man Yu, Ren-Shyan Liu, Mai Lin, Juri G. Gelovani, Jeng-Jong Hwang, Hon-Jian Wei, and Win-Ping Deng: Molecular Imaging with ¹²³I-FIAU, ¹⁸F-FUdR, ¹⁸F-FET, and ¹⁸F-FDG for Monitoring Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase and Ganciclovir Prodrug Activation Gene Therapy of Cancer
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1161-1171. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Weibo Cai, Xianzhong Zhang, Yun Wu, and Xiaoyuan Chen: A Thiol-Reactive ¹⁸F-Labeling Agent, N-[2-(4-¹⁸F-Fluorobenzamido)Ethyl]Maleimide, and Synthesis of RGD Peptide-Based Tracer for PET Imaging of ${alpha}$ _vß₃ Integrin Expression
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1172-1180. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Adam L. Kesner, Magnus Dahlbom, Sung-Cheng Huang, Wei-Ann Hsueh, Betty S. Pio, Johannes Czernin, Michael Kreissl, Hsiao-Ming Wu, and Daniel H.S. Silverman: Semiautomated Analysis of Small-Animal PET Data
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1181-1186. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Arkadiusz Sitek, Bryan W. Reutter, Ronald H. Huesman, and Grant T. Gullberg: Method of Generating Multiple Sets of Experimental Phantom Data
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1187-1192. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Panithaya Chareonthaitawee, Stuart D. Christenson, Jill L. Anderson, Brad J. Kemp, David O. Hodge, Erik L. Ritman, and Raymond J. Gibbons: Reproducibility of Measurements of Regional Myocardial Blood Flow in a Model of Coronary Artery Disease: Comparison of H₂¹⁵O and ¹³NH₃ PET Techniques
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1193-1201. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Neeta Pandit-Taskar, Lawrence T. Dauer, Leslie Montgomery, Jean St. Germain, Pat B. Zanzonico, and Chaitanya R. Divgi: Organ and Fetal Absorbed Dose Estimates from ^99mTc-Sulfur Colloid Lymphoscintigraphy and Sentinel Node Localization in Breast Cancer Patients
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1202-1208. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Seza A. Gulec, Geraldine Mesoloras, and Michael Stabin: Dosimetric Techniques in ⁹⁰Y-Microsphere Therapy of Liver Cancer: The MIRD Equations for Dose Calculations
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1209-1211. [Full Text] [PDF]

William E. Sander, Mark E. Metzger, Kouki Morizono, Aylin Bonifacino, Scott R. Penzak, Yi-Ming Xie, Irvin S.Y. Chen, Jeffrey Bacon, Stephen G. Sestrich, Lawrence P. Szajek, and Robert E. Donahue: Noninvasive Molecular Imaging to Detect Transgene Expression of Lentiviral Vector in Nonhuman Primates
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1212-1219. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Contributions:

Orhan H. Suleiman, Richard Fejka, Florence Houn, and Maria Walsh: The Radioactive Drug Research Committee: Background and Retrospective Study of Reported Research Data (1975–2004)
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1220-1226. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Procedure Guidelines:

Dominique Delbeke, R. Edward Coleman, Milton J. Guiberteau, Manuel L. Brown, Henry D. Royal, Barry A. Siegel, David W. Townsend, Lincoln L. Berland, J. Anthony Parker, George Zubal, and Valerie Cronin: Procedure Guideline for SPECT/CT Imaging 1.0
J Nucl Med 2006 47: 1227-1234. [Full Text] [PDF]