JNM -- Table of Contents (50 [ Issue 7])

This Month in JNM:

: This Month in JNM
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 11A-12A. [Full Text] [PDF]

SNM Newsline:

Nancy Knight: Return of the Radionuclide Shortage; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 13N-14N. [PDF]

Jiahe Tian: Chinese Nuclear Medicine Society Focuses on International Ties; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 15N. [PDF]

Ali Gholamrezanejhad, Sahar Mirpour, and Giuliano Mariani: Future of Nuclear Medicine: SPECT Versus PET; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 16N-18N. [PDF]

Michael M. Graham: The Responsibility of Success; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 19N-26N. [PDF]

Cybil Nielsen: SNMTS—Growing, Achieving, Advancing; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 20N. [PDF]

Hugh Cannon: CMS Considers Broadening Coverage of ¹⁸F-FDG PET; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 21N. [PDF]

Markus Schwaiger: Molecular Imaging Symposium Encourages Interdisciplinary Cooperation; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 22N. [PDF]

: NEWSBRIEFS; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 24N-26N. [PDF]

: FROM THE LITERATURE; J Nucl Med 2009 50: 28N-32N. [PDF]

Focus on Molecular Imaging:

Vladimir Ponomarev: Nuclear Imaging of Cancer Cell Therapies
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1013-1016 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.064055). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Invited Perspectives:

Raymond M. Reilly: Aiming for a Direct Hit: Combining Molecular Imaging with Targeted Cancer Therapy
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1017-1019 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.060772). [Full Text] [PDF]

Clinical Investigations:

Piet Dirix, Vincent Vandecaveye, Frederik De Keyzer, Sigrid Stroobants, Robert Hermans, and Sandra Nuyts: Dose Painting in Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Value of Repeated Functional Imaging with ¹⁸F-FDG PET, ¹⁸F-Fluoromisonidazole PET, Diffusion-Weighted MRI, and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1020-1027 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.062638). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yusuf Menda, Laura L. Boles Ponto, Kenneth J. Dornfeld, Timothy J. Tewson, G. Leonard Watkins, Michael K. Schultz, John J. Sunderland, Michael M. Graham, and John M. Buatti: Kinetic Analysis of 3'-Deoxy-3'-¹⁸F-Fluorothymidine (¹⁸F-FLT) in Head and Neck Cancer Patients Before and Early After Initiation of Chemoradiation Therapy
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1028-1035 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.058495). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Theo J.M. Ruers, Bastiaan Wiering, Joost R.M. van der Sijp, Rudi M. Roumen, Koert P. de Jong, Emile F.I. Comans, Jan Pruim, Helena M. Dekker, Paul F.M. Krabbe, and Wim J.G. Oyen: Improved Selection of Patients for Hepatic Surgery of Colorectal Liver Metastases with ¹⁸F-FDG PET: A Randomized Study
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1036-1041 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.063040). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Luca Filippi, Luigi Uccioli, Laura Giurato, and Orazio Schillaci: Diabetic Foot Infection: Usefulness of SPECT/CT for ^99mTc-HMPAO-Labeled Leukocyte Imaging
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1042-1046 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.059493). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Yota Fujimura, Sami S. Zoghbi, Fabrice G. Simèon, Andrew Taku, Victor W. Pike, Robert B. Innis, and Masahiro Fujita: Quantification of Translocator Protein (18 kDa) in the Human Brain with PET and a Novel Radioligand, ¹⁸F-PBR06
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1047-1053 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.060186). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Naoya Hattori, Megan Swan, Gary A. Stobbe, Jay M. Uomoto, Satoshi Minoshima, David Djang, Ruben Krishnananthan, and David H. Lewis: Differential SPECT Activation Patterns Associated with PASAT Performance May Indicate Frontocerebellar Functional Dissociation in Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1054-1061 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.060368). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Georges El Fakhri, Arash Kardan, Arkadiusz Sitek, Sharmila Dorbala, Nathalie Abi-Hatem, Youmna Lahoud, Alan Fischman, Martha Coughlan, Tsunehiro Yasuda, and Marcelo F. Di Carli: Reproducibility and Accuracy of Quantitative Myocardial Blood Flow Assessment with ⁸²Rb PET: Comparison with ¹³N-Ammonia PET
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1062-1071 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.104.007831). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Haim Golan, John A. Kennedy, Alex Frenkel, Ysrael Parmet, Akiva Feintuch, Ofer Levi, and Yori Gidron: Brain Mapping of Patients with Lung Cancer and Controls: Inquiry into Tumor-to-Brain Communication
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1072-1075 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.061085). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Continuing Education:

Paolo G. Camici and Ornella E. Rimoldi: The Clinical Value of Myocardial Blood Flow Measurement
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1076-1087 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.054478). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Basic Science Investigations:

Takahiro Higuchi, Martina Anton, Katja Dumler, Stefan Seidl, Jaroslav Pelisek, Antti Saraste, Andrea Welling, Franz Hofmann, Robert A.J. Oostendorp, Bernd Gansbacher, Stephan G. Nekolla, Frank M. Bengel, Rene M. Botnar, and Markus Schwaiger: Combined Reporter Gene PET and Iron Oxide MRI for Monitoring Survival and Localization of Transplanted Cells in the Rat Heart
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1088-1094 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.060665). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Michie Miyoshi, Hiroshi Ito, Ryosuke Arakawa, Hidehiko Takahashi, Harumasa Takano, Makoto Higuchi, Masaki Okumura, Tatsui Otsuka, Fumitoshi Kodaka, Mizuho Sekine, Takeshi Sasaki, Saori Fujie, Chie Seki, Jun Maeda, Ryuji Nakao, Ming-Rong Zhang, Toshimitsu Fukumura, Masayasu Matsumoto, and Tetsuya Suhara: Quantitative Analysis of Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor in the Human Brain Using PET with ¹¹C-AC-5216
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1095-1101 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.062554). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Lieselot Brepoels, Sigrid Stroobants, Gregor Verhoef, Tjibbe De Groot, Luc Mortelmans, and Christiane De Wolf-Peeters: ¹⁸F-FDG and ¹⁸F-FLT Uptake Early After Cyclophosphamide and mTOR Inhibition in an Experimental Lymphoma Model
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1102-1109 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.062208). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jocelyn Dupuis, François Harel, Yan Fu, Quang Trinh Nguyen, Myriam Letourneau, Annick Préfontaine, and Alain Fournier: Molecular Imaging of Monocrotaline-Induced Pulmonary Vascular Disease with Radiolabeled Linear Adrenomedullin
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1110-1115 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.059428). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Gang Niu, Zibo Li, Jin Xie, Quynh-Thu Le, and Xiaoyuan Chen: PET of EGFR Antibody Distribution in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Models
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1116-1123 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.061820). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Sridhar Nimmagadda, Mrudula Pullambhatla, and Martin G. Pomper: Immunoimaging of CXCR4 Expression in Brain Tumor Xenografts Using SPECT/CT
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1124-1130 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.061325). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Gabriela Kramer-Marek, Dale O. Kiesewetter, and Jacek Capala: Changes in HER2 Expression in Breast Cancer Xenografts After Therapy Can Be Quantified Using PET and ¹⁸F-Labeled Affibody Molecules
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1131-1139 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.057695). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Kuldeep K. Bhargava, Brigid Joseph, Meenakshisundaram Ananthanarayanan, Natarajan Balasubramaniyan, Gene G. Tronco, Christopher J. Palestro, and Sanjeev Gupta: Adenosine Triphosphate–Binding Cassette Subfamily C Member 2 Is the Major Transporter of the Hepatobiliary Imaging Agent ^99mTc-Mebrofenin
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1140-1146 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.062448). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Susanne Nikolaus, Christina Antke, Konstantin Kley, Markus Beu, Andreas Wirrwar, and Hans-Wilhelm Müller: Pretreatment with Haloperidol Reduces ¹²³I-FP-CIT Binding to the Dopamine Transporter in the Rat Striatum: An In Vivo Imaging Study with a Dedicated Small-Animal SPECT Camera
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1147-1152 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.061952). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Håkan Andersson, Elin Cederkrantz, Tom Bäck, Chaitanya Divgi, Jörgen Elgqvist, Jakob Himmelman, György Horvath, Lars Jacobsson, Holger Jensen, Sture Lindegren, Stig Palm, and Ragnar Hultborn: Intraperitoneal ${alpha}$ -Particle Radioimmunotherapy of Ovarian Cancer Patients: Pharmacokinetics and Dosimetry of ²¹¹At-MX35 F(ab')₂—A Phase I Study
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1153-1160 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.062604). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Charlotta Lundh, Ulrika Lindencrona, Per Postgård, Therese Carlsson, Mikael Nilsson, and Eva Forssell-Aronsson: Radiation-Induced Thyroid Stunning: Differential Effects of ¹²³I, ¹³¹I, ^99mTc, and ²¹¹At on Iodide Transport and NIS mRNA Expression in Cultured Thyroid Cells
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1161-1167 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.061150). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Zhaofei Liu, Zi-Bo Li, Qizhen Cao, Shuanglong Liu, Fan Wang, and Xiaoyuan Chen: Small-Animal PET of Tumors with ⁶⁴Cu-Labeled RGD-Bombesin Heterodimer
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1168-1177 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.061739). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Debra A. Harris, Raimo Pellikka, Olga Gasser, Peter Blaeuenstein, Robert Waibel, P. August Schubiger, Steven W. King, and Missag H. Parseghian: In-Line Radiolabeling: A Novel Continuous-Flow System for Commercial-Scale Protein Labeling
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1178-1186 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.056812). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data

Joshua S. Scheuermann, Janet R. Saffer, Joel S. Karp, Anthony M. Levering, and Barry A. Siegel: Qualification of PET Scanners for Use in Multicenter Cancer Clinical Trials: The American College of Radiology Imaging Network Experience
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1187-1193 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.057455). [Abstract] [Figures Only] [Full Text] [PDF]

Letters to the Editor:

Maria A Pantaleo, Margherita Nannini, Stefano Fanti, Stefano Boschi, Pier-Luigi Lollini, and Guido Biasco: Molecular Imaging of EGFR: It's Time to Go Beyond Receptor Expression
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1195-1196 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.063909). [Full Text] [PDF]

Vladimir Tolmachev: Reply: Molecular Imaging of EGFR: It's Time to Go Beyond Receptor Expression
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1196 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.064188). [Full Text] [PDF]

Liu Ningbo, Yu Jinming, Meng Xue, and Sun Jian: Reply: Molecular Imaging of EGFR: It's Time to Go Beyond Receptor Expression
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1197-1198 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.064196). [Full Text] [PDF]

Book Review:

Tinsu Pan: Computed Tomography: from Photon Statistics to Modern Cone-Beam CT
J Nucl Med 2009 50: 1194 (DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.109.064501). [Full Text] [PDF]