This Month in JNM:

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

SNM Newsline:

NOPR Study Confirms PET Benefit in Patient Management

J Nucl Med 2008 49: 16N. [PDF]  

CMS Denies New PET Coverage for Infection, Inflammation
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 16N-a. [PDF]  

William C. Lavely, Sibyll Goetze, and Heather A. Jacene

SNM Young Professionals Committee: Looking to Nuclear Medicine's Future

J Nucl Med 2008 49: 19N-20N. [PDF]  

Harvey Picker

In Memoriam: Harvey Picker

J Nucl Med 2008 49: 22N. [PDF]  

Darlene Metter

Molecular Imaging Curriculum Development

J Nucl Med 2008 49: 24N-31N. [PDF]  

Henry D. Royal

MOC, ABNM, and the Public Trust
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 24N-a-31N-a. [PDF]  

Alexander J.B. McEwan, Robert W. Atcher, and Michael M. Graham

Communication—A Process of Continuous Improvement

J Nucl Med 2008 49: 25N. [PDF]  

Hugh Cannon

MedPAC Releases March 2008 Report to the Congress: Medicare Payment Policy

J Nucl Med 2008 49: 26N. [PDF]  

NEWSBRIEFS

J Nucl Med 2008 49: 28N-31N. [PDF]  

FROM THE LITERATURE

J Nucl Med 2008 49: 33N-37N. [PDF]  

Invited Perspectives:

Douglas R. Boreham and Jo-Anna Dolling

Risks Associated with Therapeutic ¹³¹I Radiation Exposure
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 691-693 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047464). [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Investigations:

Yuzo Terakawa, Naohiro Tsuyuguchi, Yoshiyasu Iwai, Kazuhiro Yamanaka, Shigeaki Higashiyama, Toshihiro Takami, and Kenji Ohata

Diagnostic Accuracy of ¹¹C-Methionine PET for Differentiation of Recurrent Brain Tumors from Radiation Necrosis After Radiotherapy
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 694-699 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048082). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michelle L. Frost, Glen M. Blake, So-Jin Park-Holohan, Gary J.R. Cook, Kathleen M. Curran, Paul K. Marsden, and Ignac Fogelman

Long-Term Precision of ¹⁸F-Fluoride PET Skeletal Kinetic Studies in the Assessment of Bone Metabolism
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 700-707 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046987). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yoshio Yoshida, Tetsuji Kurokawa, Yoko Sawamura, Akiko Shinagawa, Tetsuya Tsujikawa, Hidehiko Okazawa, Tatsuro Tsuchida, Yoshiaki Imamura, Narufumi Suganuma, and Fumikazu Kotsuji

Comparison of ¹⁸F-FDG PET and MRI in Assessment of Uterine Smooth Muscle Tumors
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 708-712 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047142). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yury Likar, Konstantin Dobrenkov, Malgorzata Olszewska, Elena Vider, Larissa Shenker, Shangde Cai, Nagavarakishore Pillarsetty, Hedvig Hricak, and Vladimir Ponomarev

A New Acycloguanosine-Specific Supermutant of Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Thymidine Kinase Suitable for PET Imaging and Suicide Gene Therapy for Potential Use in Patients Treated with Pyrimidine-Based Cytotoxic Drugs
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 713-720 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046425). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andreas Stadlbauer, Olaf Prante, Christopher Nimsky, Erich Salomonowitz, Michael Buchfelder, Torsten Kuwert, Rainer Linke, and Oliver Ganslandt

Metabolic Imaging of Cerebral Gliomas: Spatial Correlation of Changes in O-(2-¹⁸F-Fluoroethyl)-L-Tyrosine PET and Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 721-729 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.049213). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Willi Floeth, Michael Sabel, Gabriele Stoffels, Dirk Pauleit, Kurt Hamacher, Hans-Jakob Steiger, and Karl-Josef Langen

Prognostic Value of ¹⁸F-Fluoroethyl-L-Tyrosine PET and MRI in Small Nonspecific Incidental Brain Lesions
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 730-737 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.050005). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

K. Lance Gould, Tinsu Pan, Catalin Loghin, Nils P. Johnson, and Stefano Sdringola

Reducing Radiation Dose in Rest–Stress Cardiac PET/CT by Single Poststress Cine CT for Attenuation Correction: Quantitative Validation
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 738-745 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.049163). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Dineshkumar Patel, Vincent J.B. Robinson, Roque B. Arteaga, and John W. Thornton

Diastolic Filling Parameters Derived from Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Can Predict Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure at Subsequent Cardiac Catheterization
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 746-751 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.049395). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sibyll Goetze, William C. Lavely, Harvey A. Ziessman, and Richard L. Wahl

Visualization of Brown Adipose Tissue with ^99mTc-Methoxyisobutylisonitrile on SPECT/CT
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 752-756 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048074). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Nic J. van der Wee, J. Frederieke van Veen, Henk Stevens, Irene M. van Vliet, Peter P. van Rijk, and Herman G. Westenberg

Increased Serotonin and Dopamine Transporter Binding in Psychotropic Medication–Naïve Patients with Generalized Social Anxiety Disorder Shown by ¹²³I-β-(4-Iodophenyl)-Tropane SPECT
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 757-763 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.045518). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

R. Michael Tuttle, Matvey Brokhin, Gal Omry, Andrew J. Martorella, Steven M. Larson, Ravinder K. Grewal, Martin Fleisher, and Richard J. Robbins

Recombinant Human TSH–Assisted Radioactive Iodine Remnant Ablation Achieves Short-Term Clinical Recurrence Rates Similar to Those of Traditional Thyroid Hormone Withdrawal
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 764-770 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.049072). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jeffrey J. Mathews, Alan H. Maurer, Robert M. Steiner, Nathan Marchetti, Gerald Criner, John P. Gaughan, and Harvey O. Coxson

New ¹³³Xe Gas Trapping Index for Quantifying Severe Emphysema Before Partial Lung Volume Reduction
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 771-775 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048637). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Continuing Education:

Giuliano Mariani, Ernest K.J. Pauwels, Abedallatif AlSharif, Santino Marchi, Giuseppe Boni, Marco Barreca, Massimo Bellini, Mariano Grosso, Nicola de Bortoli, Gloria Mumolo, Francesco Costa, Domenico Rubello, and H. William Strauss

Radionuclide Evaluation of the Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 776-787 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.040113). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Basic Science Investigations:

Lea Olive Tchouate Gainkam, Lieven Huang, Vicky Caveliers, Marleen Keyaerts, Sophie Hernot, Ilse Vaneycken, Christian Vanhove, Hilde Revets, Patrick De Baetselier, and Tony Lahoutte

Comparison of the Biodistribution and Tumor Targeting of Two ^99mTc-Labeled Anti-EGFR Nanobodies in Mice, Using Pinhole SPECT/Micro-CT
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 788-795 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048538). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Senthil R. Kumar and Susan L. Deutscher

¹¹¹In-Labeled Galectin-3–Targeting Peptide as a SPECT Agent for Imaging Breast Tumors
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 796-803 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048751). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Zhen Cheng, Omayra Padilla De Jesus, Mohammad Namavari, Abhijit De, Jelena Levi, Jack Matt Webster, Rong Zhang, Brian Lee, Faisal A. Syud, and Sanjiv Sam Gambhir

Small-Animal PET Imaging of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Type 2 Expression with Site-Specific ¹⁸F-Labeled Protein Scaffold Molecules
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 804-813 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047381). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Michelle L. James, Roger R. Fulton, Johnny Vercoullie, David J. Henderson, Lucette Garreau, Sylvie Chalon, Frederic Dolle, Silvia Selleri, Denis Guilloteau, and Michael Kassiou

DPA-714, a New Translocator Protein–Specific Ligand: Synthesis, Radiofluorination, and Pharmacologic Characterization
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 814-822 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046151). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yubin Miao, Said D. Figueroa, Darrell R. Fisher, Herbert A. Moore, Richard F. Testa, Timothy J. Hoffman, and Thomas P. Quinn

²⁰³Pb-Labeled -Melanocyte–Stimulating Hormone Peptide as an Imaging Probe for Melanoma Detection
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 823-829 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048553). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jae Min Jeong, Mee Kyung Hong, Young Soo Chang, Yun-Sang Lee, Young Joo Kim, Gi Jeong Cheon, Dong Soo Lee, June-Key Chung, and Myung Chul Lee

Preparation of a Promising Angiogenesis PET Imaging Agent: ⁶⁸Ga-Labeled c(RGDyK)–Isothiocyanatobenzyl-1,4,7-Triazacyclononane-1,4,7-Triacetic Acid and Feasibility Studies in Mice
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 830-836 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.047423). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Joseph G. Rajendran, Ajay K. Gopal, Darrel R. Fisher, Larry D. Durack, Ted A. Gooley, and Oliver W. Press

Myeloablative ¹³¹I-Tositumomab Radioimmunotherapy in Treating Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Comparison of Dosimetry Based on Whole-Body Retention and Dose to Critical Organ Receiving the Highest Dose
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 837-844 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043190). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jérôme-Philippe Garsi, Martin Schlumberger, Carole Rubino, Marcel Ricard, Martine Labbé, Claudia Ceccarelli, Claire Schvartz, Michel Henri-Amar, Stéphane Bardet, and Florent de Vathaire

Therapeutic Administration of ¹³¹I for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: Radiation Dose to Ovaries and Outcome of Pregnancies
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 845-852 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.046599). [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Special Contributions:

Michael G. Stabin

Uncertainties in Internal Dose Calculations for Radiopharmaceuticals
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 853-860 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048132). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters to the Editor:

Geoffrey M. Currie and Janelle M. Wheat

Egg Labeling for Gastric-Emptying Studies
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 863 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.050385). [Full Text] [PDF]  

Linda C. Knight, Henry P. Parkman, and Alan H. Maurer

Reply: Egg Labeling for Gastric-Emptying Studies
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 863-a-864-a (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.050443). [Full Text] [PDF]  

Bob Bury

Scintigraphy or Multidetector CT Angiography for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism?
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 864 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.050419). [Full Text] [PDF]  

Leonard M. Freeman

Reply: Scintigraphy or Multidetector CT Angiography for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism?
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 864-a (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.050450). [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews:

R. Pelberg, W. Mazur, and E. Edmund Kim

Cardiac CT Angiography Manual
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 861 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.049643). [Full Text] [PDF]  

B. Hamm, R. Forstner, and E. Edmund Kim

MRI and CT of the Female Pelvis
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 862 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.050229). [Full Text] [PDF]  

Focus on Molecular Imaging:

Marie-France Penet, Kristine Glunde, Michael A. Jacobs, Arvind P. Pathak, and Zaver M. Bhujwalla

Molecular and Functional MRI of the Tumor Microenvironment
J Nucl Med 2008 49: 687-690 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.043349). [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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