JNM -- Table of Contents (49 [ Issue 3])

This Month in JNM:

: This Month in JNM
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 11A-12A. [Full Text] [PDF]

SNM Newsline:

T.O. Alonge and V.N. Okoje: Perception of the Role of Nuclear Medicine in Clinical Practice in Nigeria; J Nucl Med 2008 49: 15N-16N. [PDF]

Ramsey D. Badawi: Clinical MI: Breast Cancer; J Nucl Med 2008 49: 17N-20N. [PDF]

Henry D. Royal: MOC Part II: Frequently Asked Questions
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 17N-a-20N-a. [PDF]

Virginia Pappas: Working Together to Create the Future; J Nucl Med 2008 49: 18N. [PDF]

Hugh Cannon: Final HOPPS and MPFS Rules/CMS Coding Changes; J Nucl Med 2008 49: 19N. [PDF]

: NEWSBRIEFS; J Nucl Med 2008 49: 22N-26N. [PDF]

: FROM THE LITERATURE; J Nucl Med 2008 49: 27N-31N. [PDF]

Comments and Perspectives:

Alan Maurer: Consensus Report on Gastric Emptying: What's Needed to Prevent Tarnishing a Gold Standard?
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 339 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.106.037507). [Full Text] [PDF]

Chaitanya Divgi: The Promise of Locoregional Radiopharmaceutical Therapy: Will It Ever Be Realized?
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 340 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047639). [Full Text] [PDF]

Invited Perspectives:

Arion Chatziioannou: VP-PET: A New Imaging Modality?
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 345-346 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044222). [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Investigations:

Jere R. Virta, Tuula Tolvanen, Kjell Någren, Anna Brück, Anne Roivainen, and Juha O. Rinne: 1-¹¹C-Methyl-4-Piperidinyl-N-Butyrate Radiation Dosimetry in Humans by Dynamic Organ-Specific Evaluation
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 347-353 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047233). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jan D. Soyka, Patrick Veit-Haibach, Klaus Strobel, Stefan Breitenstein, Alois Tschopp, Katja A. Mende, Marisol Perez Lago, and Thomas F. Hany: Staging Pathways in Recurrent Colorectal Carcinoma: Is Contrast-Enhanced ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT the Diagnostic Tool of Choice?
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 354-361 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048249). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Eveline Boucher, Guillaume Bouguen, Etienne Garin, Anne Guillygomarch, Karim Boudjema, and Jean-Luc Raoul: Adjuvant Intraarterial Injection of ¹³¹I-Labeled Lipiodol After Resection of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Progress Report of a Case-Control Study with a 5-Year Minimal Follow-up
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 362-366 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044750). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lanell M. Peterson, David A. Mankoff, Thomas Lawton, Kevin Yagle, Erin K. Schubert, Svetlana Stekhova, Allen Gown, Jeanne M. Link, Timothy Tewson, and Kenneth A. Krohn: Quantitative Imaging of Estrogen Receptor Expression in Breast Cancer with PET and ¹⁸F-Fluoroestradiol
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 367-374 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047506). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Amelia E.B. Moore, Glen M. Blake, and Ignac Fogelman: Quantitative Measurements of Bone Remodeling Using ^99mTc-Methylene Diphosphonate Bone Scans and Blood Sampling
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 375-382 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048595). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Hiroki Kato, Eku Shimosegawa, Naohiko Oku, Kazuo Kitagawa, Haruhiko Kishima, Youichi Saitoh, Amami Kato, Toshiki Yoshimine, and Jun Hatazawa: MRI-Based Correction for Partial-Volume Effect Improves Detectability of Intractable Epileptogenic Foci on ¹²³I-Iomazenil Brain SPECT Images
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 383-389 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046136). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lisa Mosconi, Wai H. Tsui, Karl Herholz, Alberto Pupi, Alexander Drzezga, Giovanni Lucignani, Eric M. Reiman, Vjera Holthoff, Elke Kalbe, Sandro Sorbi, Janine Diehl-Schmid, Robert Perneczky, Francesca Clerici, Richard Caselli, Bettina Beuthien-Baumann, Alexander Kurz, Satoshi Minoshima, and Mony J. de Leon: Multicenter Standardized ¹⁸F-FDG PET Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Other Dementias
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 390-398 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045385). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Continuing Education:

Mark R. Vesely and Vasken Dilsizian: Nuclear Cardiac Stress Testing in the Era of Molecular Medicine
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 399-413 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.033530). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Erratum:

: Erratum
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 353. [Full Text] [PDF]

Basic Science Investigations:

Wellington K. Hsu, Mandeep S. Virk, Brian T. Feeley, David B. Stout, Arion F. Chatziioannou, and Jay R. Lieberman: Characterization of Osteolytic, Osteoblastic, and Mixed Lesions in a Prostate Cancer Mouse Model Using ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹⁸F-Fluoride PET/CT
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 414-421 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045666). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Michelle S. Bradbury, Dolores Hambardzumyan, Pat B. Zanzonico, Jazmin Schwartz, Shangde Cai, Eva M. Burnazi, Valerie Longo, Steven M. Larson, and Eric C. Holland: Dynamic Small-Animal PET Imaging of Tumor Proliferation with 3'-Deoxy-3'-¹⁸F-Fluorothymidine in a Genetically Engineered Mouse Model of High-Grade Gliomas
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 422-429 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047092). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Fang Jia, Said Daibes Figueroa, Fabio Gallazzi, Baghavathy S. Balaji, Mark Hannink, Susan Z. Lever, Timothy J. Hoffman, and Michael R. Lewis: Molecular Imaging of bcl-2 Expression in Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Using ¹¹¹In-Labeled PNA–Peptide Conjugates
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 430-438 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045138). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Koen Van Laere, Michel Koole, Sandra M. Sanabria Bohorquez, Karolien Goffin, Ilonka Guenther, Marie J. Belanger, Josee Cote, Paul Rothenberg, Inge De Lepeleire, Igor D. Grachev, Richard J. Hargreaves, Guy Bormans, and H. Donald Burns: Whole-Body Biodistribution and Radiation Dosimetry of the Human Cannabinoid Type-1 Receptor Ligand ¹⁸F-MK-9470 in Healthy Subjects
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 439-445 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047290). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Laura Padilla, Choonsik Lee, Rowan Milner, Amir Shahlaee, and Wesley E. Bolch: Canine Anatomic Phantom for Preclinical Dosimetry in Internal Emitter Therapy
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 446-452 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046722). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Zi-Bo Li, Zhanhong Wu, Kai Chen, Eun Kyoung Ryu, and Xiaoyuan Chen: ¹⁸F-Labeled BBN-RGD Heterodimer for Prostate Cancer Imaging
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 453-461 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048009). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Joel S. Karp, Suleman Surti, Margaret E. Daube-Witherspoon, and Gerd Muehllehner: Benefit of Time-of-Flight in PET: Experimental and Clinical Results
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 462-470 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.044834). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yuan-Chuan Tai, Heyu Wu, Debashish Pal, and Joseph A. O'Sullivan: Virtual-Pinhole PET
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 471-479 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043034). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Special Contributions:

James W. Fletcher, Benjamin Djulbegovic, Heloisa P. Soares, Barry A. Siegel, Val J. Lowe, Gary H. Lyman, R. Edward Coleman, Richard Wahl, John Christopher Paschold, Norbert Avril, Lawrence H. Einhorn, W. Warren Suh, David Samson, Dominique Delbeke, Mark Gorman, and Anthony F. Shields: Recommendations on the Use of ¹⁸F-FDG PET in Oncology
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 480-508 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047787). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Book Review:

M.E. Noz, G.Q. Maguire, Jr., and William D. Erwin: Radiation Protection in the Health Sciences
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 509 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048264). [Full Text] [PDF]

Focus on Molecular Imaging:

John Kurhanewicz, Robert Bok, Sarah J. Nelson, and Daniel B. Vigneron: Current and Potential Applications of Clinical ¹³C MR Spectroscopy
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 341-344 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045112). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]