JNM -- Table of Contents (48 [ Issue 12])

This Month in JNM:

: This Month in JNM
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 11A-12A. [Full Text] [PDF]

SNM Newsline:

Luba Katz and Armin Ansari: Survey of Patient Release Information on Radiation and Security Checkpoints; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 14N-23N. [PDF]

Marybeth Howlett: MI Abstracts for Annual Meeting; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 24N. [PDF]

Henry D. Royal: MOC: Frequently Asked Questions
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 24N-a-36N-a. [PDF]

Alexander J. McEwan: Advocating for PET/CT; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 26N. [PDF]

Hugh Cannon: SNM Actions to Restore Basic Research Funding; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 27N. [PDF]

: NEWSBRIEFS; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 28N-36N. [PDF]

: FROM THE LITERATURE; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 32N-36N. [PDF]

Comments and Perspectives:

Heinrich R. Schelbert: "Focus on Molecular Imaging"
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1915. [Full Text] [PDF]

Invited Perspectives:

Noah Federman and Stephen A. Feig: PET/CT in Evaluating Pediatric Malignancies: A Clinician's Perspective
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1920-1922 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046045). [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Investigations:

Mitsuaki Tatsumi, John H. Miller, and Richard L. Wahl: ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in Evaluating Non-CNS Pediatric Malignancies
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1923-1931 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044628). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hans U. Gerth, Kai U. Juergens, Uta Dirksen, Joachim Gerss, Otmar Schober, and Christiane Franzius: Significant Benefit of Multimodal Imaging: PET/CT Compared with PET Alone in Staging and Follow-up of Patients with Ewing Tumors
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1932-1939 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045286). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Henri J.L.M. Timmers, Jorge A. Carrasquillo, Millie Whatley, Graeme Eisenhofer, Clara C. Chen, Alexander Ling, W. Marston Linehan, Peter A. Pinto, Karen T. Adams, and Karel Pacak: Usefulness of Standardized Uptake Values for Distinguishing Adrenal Glands with Pheochromocytoma from Normal Adrenal Glands by Use of 6-¹⁸F-Fluorodopamine PET
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1940-1944 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043281). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ken Herrmann, Katja Ott, Andreas K. Buck, Florian Lordick, Dirk Wilhelm, Michael Souvatzoglou, Karen Becker, Tibor Schuster, Hans-Jürgen Wester, Jörg R. Siewert, Markus Schwaiger, and Bernd J. Krause: Imaging Gastric Cancer with PET and the Radiotracers ¹⁸F-FLT and ¹⁸F-FDG: A Comparative Analysis
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1945-1950 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044867). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Georges El Fakhri, Paula A. Santos, Ramsey D. Badawi, Clay H. Holdsworth, Annick D. Van Den Abbeele, and Marie Foley Kijewski: Impact of Acquisition Geometry, Image Processing, and Patient Size on Lesion Detection in Whole-Body ¹⁸F-FDG PET
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1951-1960 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.007369). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ichiro Matsunari, Miharu Samuraki, Wei-Ping Chen, Daiseke Yanase, Nozomi Takeda, Kenjiro Ono, Mitsuhiro Yoshita, Hiroshi Matsuda, Masahito Yamada, and Seigo Kinuya: Comparison of ¹⁸F-FDG PET and Optimized Voxel-Based Morphometry for Detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Aging Effect on Diagnostic Performance
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1961-1970 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.042820). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

David J. Coope, Jirí Cízek, Carsten Eggers, Stefan Vollmar, Wolf-Dieter Heiss, and Karl Herholz: Evaluation of Primary Brain Tumors Using ¹¹C-Methionine PET with Reference to a Normal Methionine Uptake Map
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1971-1980 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043240). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Teiji Nakayama, Yasuomi Ouchi, Etsuji Yoshikawa, Genichi Sugihara, Tatsuo Torizuka, and Keisei Tanaka: Striatal D₂ Receptor Availability After Shunting in Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1981-1986 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045310). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Koen M. Marques, Paul Knaapen, Ronald Boellaard, Adriaan A. Lammertsma, Nico Westerhof, and Frans C. Visser: Microvascular Function in Viable Myocardium After Chronic Infarction Does Not Influence Fractional Flow Reserve Measurements
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1987-1992 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044370). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Shu Kasama, Takuji Toyama, Hiroyuki Sumino, Naoya Matsumoto, Yuichi Sato, Hisao Kumakura, Yoshiaki Takayama, Shuichi Ichikawa, Tadashi Suzuki, and Masahiko Kurabayashi: Additive Effects of Spironolactone and Candesartan on Cardiac Sympathetic Nerve Activity and Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1993-2000 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045427). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Continuing Education:

Maureen M. Henneman, Ernst E. van der Wall, Claudia Ypenburg, Gabe B. Bleeker, Nico R. van de Veire, Nina Ajmone Marsan, Ji Chen, Ernest V. Garcia, Jos J.M. Westenberg, Martin J. Schalij, and Jeroen J. Bax: Nuclear Imaging in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2001-2010 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.040360). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erratum:

: Errata
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2027. [Full Text] [PDF]

Basic Science Investigations:

Zachary Love, Fangjing Wang, James Dennis, Amad Awadallah, Nicolas Salem, Yuan Lin, Andrew Weisenberger, Stan Majewski, Stanton Gerson, and Zhenghong Lee: Imaging of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplant by Bioluminescence and PET
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2011-2020 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043166). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amanda L. Kesner, Wei-Ann Hsueh, Nwe Linn Htet, Betty S. Pio, Johannes Czernin, Mark D. Pegram, Michael E. Phelps, and Daniel H.S. Silverman: Biodistribution and Predictive Value of ¹⁸F-Fluorocyclophosphamide in Mice Bearing Human Breast Cancer Xenografts
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2021-2027 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045716). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Meng Liu, Rong Fu Wang, Chun Li Zhang, Ping Yan, Ming Ming Yu, Li Juan Di, Hong Jie Liu, and Feng Qin Guo: Noninvasive Imaging of Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase (hTERT) Messenger RNA with ^99mTc-Radiolabeled Antisense Probes in Malignant Tumors
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2028-2036 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.042622). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gregory Z. Ferl, Xiaoli Zhang, Hsiao-Ming Wu, and Sung-Cheng Huang: Estimation of the ¹⁸F-FDG Input Function in Mice by Use of Dynamic Small-Animal PET and Minimal Blood Sample Data
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2037-2045 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.041061). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pilar Herrero, Carmen S. Dence, Andrew R. Coggan, Zulfia Kisrieva-Ware, Paul Eisenbeis, and Robert J. Gropler: L-3-¹¹C-Lactate as a PET Tracer of Myocardial Lactate Metabolism: A Feasibility Study
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2046-2055 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044503). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Dagmar Salber, Gabriele Stoffels, Dirk Pauleit, Anna-Maria Oros-Peusquens, Nadim Jon Shah, Peter Klauth, Kurt Hamacher, Heinz Hubert Coenen, and Karl-Josef Langen: Differential Uptake of O-(2-¹⁸F-Fluoroethyl)-L-Tyrosine, L-³H-Methionine, and ³H-Deoxyglucose in Brain Abscesses
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2056-2062 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046615). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Cathleen Haase, Ralf Bergmann, Frank Fuechtner, Alexander Hoepping, and Jens Pietzsch: L-Type Amino Acid Transporters LAT1 and LAT4 in Cancer: Uptake of 3-O-Methyl-6- ¹⁸F-Fluoro-L-Dopa in Human Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma In Vitro and In Vivo
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2063-2071 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043620). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amira K. Brown, Masahiro Fujita, Yota Fujimura, Jeih-San Liow, Michael Stabin, Yong H. Ryu, Masao Imaizumi, Jinsoo Hong, Victor W. Pike, and Robert B. Innis: Radiation Dosimetry and Biodistribution in Monkey and Man of ¹¹C-PBR28: A PET Radioligand to Image Inflammation
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2072-2079 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044842). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Special Contributions:

Seza A. Gulec and Jeffry A. Siegel: Posttherapy Radiation Safety Considerations in Radiomicrosphere Treatment with ⁹⁰Y-Microspheres
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2080-2086 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045443). [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Focus on Molecular Imaging:

Sarah J. Zhang and Joseph C. Wu: Comparison of Imaging Techniques for Tracking Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 1916-1919 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043299). [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Reviews:

M.M.J. Modo, J.W.M. Bulte, and E. Edmund Kim: Molecular and Cellular MR Imaging
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2087 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045369). [Full Text] [PDF]

D.P. Naidich, W.R. Webb, N.L. Müller, I. Vlahos, G.A. Krinsky, and E. Edmund Kim: Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance of the Thorax
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 2088 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045377). [Full Text] [PDF]