JNM -- Table of Contents (48 [5])

This Month in JNM:

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

SNM Newsline:

: Flat NIH Funding Threatens Scientific Progress; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 15N-22N. [PDF]

: Outlook Good for Nuclear Medicine and Other Imaging Markets; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 16N-38N. [PDF]

Kenneth T. Cheng, Anne Menkens, Steve Bryant, and Daniel C. Sullivan: NIH MICAD Initiative and Guest Author Program Opportunities; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 19N. [PDF]

: SNM and SNMTS Award 2007 Fellowships and Scholarships; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 20N-22N. [PDF]

Henry VanBrocklin and Peter Herscovitch: Advances in MI of the Brain; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 24N-29N. [PDF]

N. Lynn Barnes: MOC Featured at Annual Meeting
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 24Na-32Na. [PDF]

: New Look, New Outlook; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 26N. [PDF]

Hugh Cannon: SNM Annual Meeting Educational Activities; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 28N-29N. [PDF]

: NEWSBRIEFS; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 30N-32N. [PDF]

: FROM THE LITERATURE; J Nucl Med 2007 48: 34N-38N. [PDF]

Invited Perspectives:

Stephen L. Bacharach: PET/CT Attenuation Correction: Breathing Lessons
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 677-679 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.037499). [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Investigations:

Nina Tunariu, Simon J.R. Gibbs, Zarni Win, Wendy Gin-Sing, Alison Graham, Philip Gishen, and Adil AL-Nahhas: Ventilation–Perfusion Scintigraphy Is More Sensitive than Multidetector CTPA in Detecting Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Disease as a Treatable Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 680-684 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.039438). [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sander Dinant, Wilmar de Graaf, Bart J. Verwer, Roelof J. Bennink, Krijn P. van Lienden, Dirk J. Gouma, Arlène K. van Vliet, and Thomas M. van Gulik: Risk Assessment of Posthepatectomy Liver Failure Using Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy and CT Volumetry
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 685-692 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038430). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Pierre Bourgeois: Scintigraphic Investigations of the Lymphatic System: The Influence of Injected Volume and Quantity of Labeled Colloidal Tracer
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 693-695 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.039594). [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Oliver Gaemperli, Tiziano Schepis, Ines Valenta, Lars Husmann, Hans Scheffel, Victor Duerst, Franz R. Eberli, Thomas F. Luscher, Hatem Alkadhi, and Philipp A. Kaufmann: Cardiac Image Fusion from Stand-Alone SPECT and CT: Clinical Experience
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 696-703 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.037606). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kazunari Ishii, Tsutomu Soma, Atsushi K. Kono, Keitaro Sofue, Naokazu Miyamoto, Toshiki Yoshikawa, Etsuro Mori, and Kenya Murase: Comparison of Regional Brain Volume and Glucose Metabolism Between Patients with Mild Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Those with Mild Alzheimer's Disease
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 704-711 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.035691). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gustavo S.P. Meirelles, Yusuf Emre Erdi, Sadek A. Nehmeh, Olivia D. Squire, Steven M. Larson, John L. Humm, and Heiko Schöder: Deep-Inspiration Breath-Hold PET/CT: Clinical Findings with a New Technique for Detection and Characterization of Thoracic Lesions
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 712-719 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038034). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Isabelle Rutten, Jean-Evrard Cabay, Nadia Withofs, Christian Lemaire, Joel Aerts, Veronique Baart, and Roland Hustinx: PET/CT of Skull Base Meningiomas Using 2-¹⁸F-Fluoro-L-Tyrosine: Initial Report
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 720-725 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038216). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Esther G.C. Troost, Wouter V. Vogel, Matthias A.W. Merkx, Piet J. Slootweg, Henri A.M. Marres, Wenny J.M. Peeters, Johan Bussink, Albert J. van der Kogel, Wim J.G. Oyen, and Johannes H.A.M. Kaanders: ¹⁸F-FLT PET Does Not Discriminate Between Reactive and Metastatic Lymph Nodes in Primary Head and Neck Cancer Patients
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 726-735 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.037473). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Meike Körner, Martin Stöckli, Beatrice Waser, and Jean Claude Reubi: GLP-1 Receptor Expression in Human Tumors and Human Normal Tissues: Potential for In Vivo Targeting
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 736-743 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038679). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Claude Nahmias, Wahid T. Hanna, Lindi M. Wahl, Misty J. Long, Karl F. Hubner, and David W. Townsend: Time Course of Early Response to Chemotherapy in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 744-751 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038513). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Sang Yoon Kim, Jong-Lyel Roh, Mi Ra Kim, Jae Seung Kim, Seung-Ho Choi, Soon Yuhl Nam, Sang-wook Lee, and Sung-Bae Kim: Use of ¹⁸F-FDG PET for Primary Treatment Strategy in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oropharynx
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 752-757 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.039610). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Ralph A. Bundschuh, Axel Martínez-Moeller, Markus Essler, María-José Martínez, Stephan G. Nekolla, Sibylle I. Ziegler, and Markus Schwaiger: Postacquisition Detection of Tumor Motion in the Lung and Upper Abdomen Using List-Mode PET Data: A Feasibility Study
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 758-763 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.035279). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Dalton A. Anjos, Elba C.S.C. Etchebehere, Celso D. Ramos, Allan O. Santos, César Albertotti, and Edwaldo E. Camargo: ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT Delayed Images After Diuretic for Restaging Invasive Bladder Cancer
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 764-770 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.036350). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christopher C. Riedl, Timothy Akhurst, Steven Larson, Stephen F. Stanziale, Scott Tuorto, Amit Bhargava, Hedvig Hricak, David Klimstra, and Yuman Fong: ¹⁸F-FDG PET Scanning Correlates with Tissue Markers of Poor Prognosis and Predicts Mortality for Patients After Liver Resection for Colorectal Metastases
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 771-775 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.037291). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Tina W. Lin, Michelle A. Kung de Aburto, Magnus Dahlbom, Lynn L. Huang, Michael M. Marvi, Michael Tang, Johannes Czernin, Michael E. Phelps, and Daniel H.S. Silverman: Predicting Seizure-Free Status for Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Patients Undergoing Surgery: Prognostic Value of Quantifying Maximal Metabolic Asymmetry Extending over a Specified Proportion of the Temporal Lobe
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 776-782. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Continuing Education:

Marcelo F. Di Carli, Sharmila Dorbala, Jolene Meserve, Georges El Fakhri, Arkadiusz Sitek, and Stephen C. Moore: Clinical Myocardial Perfusion PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 783-793 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.032789). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Basic Science Investigations:

Adam M. Alessio, Steve Kohlmyer, Kelley Branch, Grace Chen, James Caldwell, and Paul Kinahan: Cine CT for Attenuation Correction in Cardiac PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 794-801 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.035717). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Boon-Keng Teo, Youngho Seo, Stephen L. Bacharach, Jorge A. Carrasquillo, Steven K. Libutti, Himanshu Shukla, Bruce H. Hasegawa, Randall A. Hawkins, and Benjamin L. Franc: Partial-Volume Correction in PET: Validation of an Iterative Postreconstruction Method with Phantom and Patient Data
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 802-810. [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Russell A.H. Cook, Greg Carnes, Ting-Yim Lee, and R. Glenn Wells: Respiration-Averaged CT for Attenuation Correction in Canine Cardiac PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 811-818 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.034199). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Vladimir Ponomarev, Michael Doubrovin, Aleksander Shavrin, Inna Serganova, Tatiana Beresten, Ludmila Ageyeva, Changde Cai, Julius Balatoni, Mian Alauddin, and Juri Gelovani: A Human-Derived Reporter Gene for Noninvasive Imaging in Humans: Mitochondrial Thymidine Kinase Type 2
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 819-826 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.036962). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Maxim A. Moroz, Inna Serganova, Pat Zanzonico, Ludmila Ageyeva, Tatiana Beresten, Ekaterina Dyomina, Eva Burnazi, Ronald D. Finn, Michael Doubrovin, and Ronald G. Blasberg: Imaging hNET Reporter Gene Expression with ¹²⁴I-MIBG
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 827-836 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.037812). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hsiao-Ming Wu, Guodong Sui, Cheng-Chung Lee, Mayumi L. Prins, Waldemar Ladno, Hong-Dun Lin, Amy S. Yu, Michael E. Phelps, and Sung-Cheng Huang: In Vivo Quantitation of Glucose Metabolism in Mice Using Small-Animal PET and a Microfluidic Device
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 837-845 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038182). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Kenneth J. Biehl and Jeffrey Bradley: Reply: Dynamic Threshold for Radiation Target Volume by PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 847 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038398). [Full Text] [PDF]

Joseph C. Hung: Hepatitis C Virus Infections from Contaminated ^99mTc-Sestamibi
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 847a-848a (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.040485). [Full Text] [PDF]

Ching-Yee Oliver Wong, Paresh Mahajan, and Di Yan: Dynamic Threshold for Radiation Target Volume by PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 849 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.038141). [Full Text] [PDF]

Credentialing Statements:

: Conjoint Statement of the SNM and the ACNP on Credentialing and Delineation of Privileges for Cardiac PET
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 850-851 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.041277). [Full Text] [PDF]

: Conjoint Statement of the SNM and the ACNP on Credentialing and Delineation of Privileges for Cardiovascular CT
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 852-853 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.041285). [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Review:

R.E. Henkin, D. Bova, G.L. Dillehay, S.M. Karesh, J.R. Halama, R.H. Wagner, and E. Edmund Kim: Nuclear Medicine
J Nucl Med 2007 48: 846 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.040329). [Full Text] [PDF]