Peptide receptor therapy: Delbeke and Graham offer a brief introduction to recently published practical guidance on peptide receptor radionuclide therapy in neuroendocrine tumors, now available at some European sites and in U.S. clinical trials.
Molecular imaging–guided surgery: Garcia-Allende and colleagues present an overview of recent key developments in optical interventional imaging and outline the potential for a paradigm shift in surgical and endoscopic visualization.
Stem cell therapy in stroke: Cross and Minoshima look at the potential of molecular imaging for personalizing and monitoring stem cell therapy and preview a relevant article on 18F-FDG PET imaging in this issue of JNM.
PET and esophageal cancer: Tamaki and colleagues reevaluate the diagnostic accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT for presurgical staging of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and correlate findings with tracer avidity in primary lesions.
Documenting intrapatient variability: Boktor and colleagues derive reference ranges for normal intrapatient18F-FDG PET scan-to-scan variation in blood-pool and liver standardized uptake values and identify influencing factors.
Interim PET in Hodgkin lymphoma: Biggi and colleagues report on an international study undertaken to validate the prognostic utility of interim PET using the Deauville 5-point score to evaluate images in Hodgkin lymphoma and to assess reviewer concordance rates.
18F-alfatide and antiangiogenesis imaging: Wan and colleagues detail the development of a simple lypholized kit for 18F labeling of the PRGD2 peptide and describe initial PET studies in patients with lung cancer and tuberculosis.
PET and prostate cancer prognosis: Haseebuddin and colleagues investigate whether 11C-acetate PET/CT predicts lymph node metastasis and treatment failure in men for whom radical prostatectomy is planned.
H/M ratio in MIBG imaging: Inoue and colleagues research optimal acquisition protocols and correction methods for routine clinical estimation of heart-to-mediastinum ratio in cardiac 123I-MIBG imaging.
123I-FP-CIT semiquantitative analysis: Söderlund and colleagues determine whether a more objective approach to analysis of 123I-FP-CIT binding in SPECT studies results in more reproducible clinical reporting and explore the ideal form in which such analyses should be provided.
18F-florbetaben PET quantification: Becker and colleagues evaluate kinetic model–based approaches to quantification of β-amyloid binding in the brain from dynamic PET data from healthy individuals and from patients with Alzheimer disease.
Automatic injector for pediatric ictal SPECT: Kim and colleagues demonstrate the improved success rate of ictal injection with an automatic injector for 99mTc-ethylcysteinate dimer SPECT in localization of epileptogenic foci in a pediatric population.
Localization of hyperparathyroidism: Schalin-Jäntti and colleagues compare the performance of planar scintigraphy with 123I/99mTc-sestamibi, 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT/CT, 11C-methionine PET/CT, and selective venous sampling in patients with persistent primary hyperparathyroidism.
PET/CT and colitis assessment: Bettenworth and colleagues explore the translational potential of noninvasive 18F-FDG PET/CT for evaluation of mucosal damage in murine dextran sodium sulfate colitis and human inflammatory bowel disease.
Oncologic PET/CT reporting guidance: Niederkohr and members of an international taskforce provide an educational overview of the essential elements of a concise and complete 18F-FDG PET/CT report, with examples drawn from clinical oncology practice.
Targeted radiotherapy in prostate cancer: Dumont and colleagues determine the effect of treatment with rapamycin and radiotherapy with a novel 177Lu-labeled gastrin-releasing peptide receptor antagonist (alone and in combination) in both in vitro and animal studies.
PET and photoimmunotherapy: Sano and colleagues describe studies with 18F-FDG PET for monitoring acute cytotoxic effects in mice undergoing this novel, highly specific cancer therapy.
68Ga-labeled nanobodies for immuno-PET: Xavier and colleagues outline synthesis of a new anti–human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 PET tracer, 68Ga-NOTA-2Rs15d, and detail preclinical validation studies in preparation for first in-human trials.
PET and stem cells in brain injury: Wang and colleagues use 18F-FDG PET to investigate the functionality of transplanted induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic stem cells in a rat model of cerebral ischemia.
SPECT and allergic lung inflammation: Chen and colleagues assess the feasibility of in vivo SPECT imaging of heparan sulfate side chain expression in a mouse model of asthma using the recombinant eosinophil cationic protein.
Renography and NSAIDs: Mustafa and Elgazzar compare the effects of the nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug diclofenac on the kinetic behavior of administered renal imaging agents 99mTc-MAG3 and 99mTc-DTPA in experimental animals.
MMR imaging in experimental arthritis: Put and colleagues investigate whether SPECT/micro-CT imaging with 99mTc-labeled nanobodies directed against the macrophage mannose receptor is a useful tool for monitoring and quantifying joint inflammation in a mouse model for rheumatoid arthritis.
Integrated PET/MR imaging: Catana and colleagues discuss the technical advances that allowed development of human PET/MR scanners, current methodologic challenges and opportunities, and potential oncologic, cardiac, and neuropsychiatric applications.
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