JNM -- Table of Contents (48 [ Issue 3])

This Month in JNM:

: The Nuclear Medicine Practitioner: SNMTS Task Force Identifies Need for New Role; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 11N-14N. [PDF]

: DOE Appoints New Isotope Production Program Managers; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 15N. [PDF]

Lynn Barnes: New MOC Requirements in Effect
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 16Na. [PDF]

Virginia Pappas: Taking Care of Business; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 19N. [PDF]

Hugh Cannon: CARE Bill Reintroduced in House; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 20N. [PDF]

Thomas Beyer: PET: Speed Dating CT or MRI?
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 331. [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher J. Palestro: In Vivo Leukocyte Labeling: The Quest Continues
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 332-334. [Full Text] [PDF]

Gerold Porenta: Being Right for the Right Reason: Better Than Just Being Right?
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 335-336. [Full Text] [PDF]

Chantal P. Bleeker-Rovers, Huub J.J.M. Rennen, Otto C. Boerman, Ate B. Wymenga, Eric P. Visser, Johannes H. Bakker, Jos W.M. van der Meer, Frans H.M. Corstens, and Wim J.G. Oyen: ^99mTc-Labeled Interleukin 8 for the Scintigraphic Detection of Infection and Inflammation: First Clinical Evaluation
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 337-343. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kiran Chang, Mona Sarkiss, Kyoung Sook Won, Joseph Swafford, Lyle Broemeling, and Isis Gayed: Preoperative Risk Stratification Using Gated Myocardial Perfusion Studies in Patients with Cancer
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 344-348. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sharmila Dorbala, Divya Vangala, Uchechukwu Sampson, Atul Limaye, Raymond Kwong, and Marcelo F. Di Carli: Value of Vasodilator Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction Reserve in Evaluating the Magnitude of Myocardium at Risk and the Extent of Angiographic Coronary Artery Disease: A ⁸²Rb PET/CT Study
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 349-358. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jan Booij, Jan de Jong, Kora de Bruin, Remco Knol, Maartje M.L. de Win, and Berthe L.F. van Eck-Smit: Quantification of Striatal Dopamine Transporters with ¹²³I-FP-CIT SPECT Is Influenced by the Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Paroxetine: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study in Healthy Control Subjects
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 359-366. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lukas B. Been, Albert J.H. Suurmeijer, Philip H. Elsinga, Pieter L. Jager, Robert J. van Ginkel, and Harald J. Hoekstra: ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxythymidine PET for Evaluating the Response to Hyperthermic Isolated Limb Perfusion for Locally Advanced Soft-Tissue Sarcomas
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 367-372. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sang Yoon Kim, Sang-wook Lee, Soon Yuhl Nam, Ki Chun Im, Jae-Seung Kim, Seung Joon Oh, Seung Do Ahn, Seong Soo Shin, Eun Kyung Choi, and Jong Hoon Kim: The Feasibility of ¹⁸F-FDG PET Scans 1 Month After Completing Radiotherapy of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 373-378. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrei Iagaru and I. Ross McDougall: Treatment of Thyrotoxicosis
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 379-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lieselot Brepoels, Sigrid Stroobants, Peter Vandenberghe, Karoline Spaepen, Patrick Dupont, Johan Nuyts, Guy Bormans, Luc Mortelmans, Gregor Verhoef, and Christiane De Wolf-Peeters: Effect of Corticosteroids on ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake in Tumor Lesions After Chemotherapy
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 390-397. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Soo Jeong Lim, Jin Chul Paeng, Sung Jin Kim, Sang Yoon Kim, Heuiran Lee, and Dae Hyuk Moon: Enhanced Expression of Adenovirus-Mediated Sodium Iodide Symporter Gene in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells with Retinoic Acid Treatment
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 398-404. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Nguyen Tran, Philippe R. Franken, Fatiha Maskali, Joseph Nloga, Pablo Maureira, Sylvain Poussier, Frederique Groubatch, Chris Vanhove, Jean-Pierre Villemot, and Pierre-Yves Marie: Intramyocardial Implantation of Bone Marrow–Derived Stem Cells Enhances Perfusion in Chronic Myocardial Infarction: Dependency on Initial Perfusion Depth and Follow-up Assessed by Gated Pinhole SPECT
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 405-412. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tobias Schroeder, Marcos F. Vidal Melo, Guido Musch, R. Scott Harris, Tilo Winkler, and Jose G. Venegas: PET Imaging of Regional ¹⁸F-FDG Uptake and Lung Function After Cigarette Smoke Inhalation
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 413-419. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Datta E. Ponde, Carmen S. Dence, Nobuyuki Oyama, Joonyoung Kim, Yuan-Chuan Tai, Richard Laforest, Barry A. Siegel, and Michael J. Welch: ¹⁸F-Fluoroacetate: A Potential Acetate Analog for Prostate Tumor Imaging—In Vivo Evaluation of ¹⁸F-Fluoroacetate Versus ¹¹C-Acetate
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 420-428. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jessica R. Newton, Yubin Miao, Susan L. Deutscher, and Thomas P. Quinn: Melanoma Imaging with Pretargeted Bivalent Bacteriophage
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 429-436. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sally J. DeNardo, Gerald L. DeNardo, Arutselvan Natarajan, Laird A. Miers, Allan R. Foreman, Cordula Gruettner, Grete N. Adamson, and Robert Ivkov: Thermal Dosimetry Predictive of Efficacy of ¹¹¹In-ChL6 Nanoparticle AMF–Induced Thermoablative Therapy for Human Breast Cancer in Mice
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 437-444. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Andrew R. Hsu, Weibo Cai, Anand Veeravagu, Khalid A. Mohamedali, Kai Chen, Sehoon Kim, Hannes Vogel, Lewis C. Hou, Victor Tse, Michael G. Rosenblum, and Xiaoyuan Chen: Multimodality Molecular Imaging of Glioblastoma Growth Inhibition with Vasculature-Targeting Fusion Toxin VEGF₁₂₁/rGel
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 445-454. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letizia Guiducci, Tove Grönroos, Mikko J. Järvisalo, Jan Kiss, Antti Viljanen, Alexandru G. Naum, Tapio Viljanen, Timo Savunen, Juhani Knuuti, Ele Ferrannini, Piero A. Salvadori, Pirjo Nuutila, and Patricia Iozzo: Biodistribution of the Fatty Acid Analogue ¹⁸F-FTHA: Plasma and Tissue Partitioning Between Lipid Pools During Fasting and Hyperinsulinemia
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 455-462. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ernest V. Garcia, Andrew Taylor, Daya Manatunga, and Russell Folks: A Software Engine to Justify the Conclusions of an Expert System for Detecting Renal Obstruction on ^99mTc-MAG3 Scans
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 463-470. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Suleman Surti, Austin Kuhn, Matthew E. Werner, Amy E. Perkins, Jeffrey Kolthammer, and Joel S. Karp: Performance of Philips Gemini TF PET/CT Scanner with Special Consideration for Its Time-of-Flight Imaging Capabilities
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 471-480. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Charlotta Lundh, Madeleine M. Nordén, Mikael Nilsson, and Eva Forssell-Aronsson: Reduced Iodide Transport (Stunning) and DNA Synthesis in Thyrocytes Exposed to Low Absorbed Doses from ¹³¹I In Vitro
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 481-486. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Brendan Vastenhouw and Freek Beekman: Submillimeter Total-Body Murine Imaging with U-SPECT-I
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 487-493. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

M. Hofer, Robert Matthews, and Nand Relan: CT Teaching Manual: A Systematic Approach to CT Reading
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 494. [Full Text] [PDF]