Clinical nanoparticle imaging agents: Thakor and colleagues focus on nanoparticles used in human medical imaging, with an emphasis on radionuclide and MR imaging, as well as newer agents for theranostic and multimodal applications.
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α-Radiotherapy for mCRPC: Oyen and de Bono provide perspective on current therapeutic experience with α-emitting agents and preview an article in this issue of JNM on a 225Ac-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
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CRT response prognosis: Miller and colleagues review an article in this month’s JNM on a novel radionuclide approach to quantitative prediction of response to cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with heart failure.
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Early prediction in HNSCC: Wong and colleagues determine the value of early assessment (1 cycle of induction chemotherapy) with 18F-FDG PET/CT and diffusion-weighted MR imaging for response to radical chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
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18F-FLT PET in NENs: Johnbeck and colleagues investigate 18F-FLT PET as a prognostic marker for neuroendocrine neoplasms and compare results with those from 18F-FDG PET and the Ki-67 proliferation index.
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89Zr-IAB2M minibody PC imaging: Pandit-Taskar and colleagues report on a phase I dose-escalation study with 89Zr-desferrioxamine-IAB2 M, an anti–prostate-specific membrane antigen minibody, in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.
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Preanalytical study of bone scan index: Anand and colleagues develop and perform preanalytical studies to assess the impact of variability in scanning speed and vendor-specific γ-cameras on reproducibility and accuracy of the automated bone scan index.
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18F-NaF PET repeatability: Lin and colleagues detail the repeatability of 18F-NaF PET–derived SUV imaging metrics in individual bone lesions from patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer and multiple metastases.
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Optimizing data for CRT selection: Badhwar and colleagues describe a novel scintigraphic method using new parameters of mechanical left ventricular dyssynchrony and correlate results with outcomes in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy.
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SPECT and absolute MBF: Nkoulou and colleagues compare K1 uptake rate constants, as surrogates of absolute myocardial blood flow, and myocardial flow reserve index as assessed with a cadmium–zinc–telluride SPECT camera.
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Assessing attenuation-corrected MPI: Huang and colleagues report on a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine whether attenuation correction improves diagnostic performance in myocardial perfusion imaging with SPECT, using coronary angiography as a reference standard.
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PET for prognostic stratification in ILD: Nobashi and colleagues explore the clinical and prognostic utility of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with interstitial lung disease by investigating relationships between PET/CT parameters and clinical indicators.
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Imaging HAM brain inflammation: Dimber and colleagues use PET with 11C-PBR28, a specific 18-kDa translocator protein ligand, and T1- and diffusion-weighted MR to image the brains of patients with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1–associated myelopathy.
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Nuclear imaging in classic FUO: Takeuchi and colleagues systematically review reports on test performance, diagnostic yield, and management decision impact of nuclear imaging in patients with classic fever of unknown origin.
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11C-metformin imaging: Gormsen and colleagues extend previous preclinical findings to report on first-in-human 11C-metformin PET dosimetry, biodistribution, and tissue kinetics.
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ZTE-AC for brain PET/MR: Sekine and colleagues evaluate the clinical feasibility of PET/MR attenuation correction based on fast zero-echo-time MR imaging by comparing it with default atlas-based attenuation correction on a clinical PET/MR scanner.
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Task-specific glucose metabolism: Hahn and colleagues validate a novel PET approach to assessing baseline cerebral glucose metabolism and task-specific changes in a single measurement with a constant infusion of 18F-FDG.
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225Ac-PSMA-617 prostate cancer therapy: Kratochwil and colleagues report on results from the first 2 patients treated with this α-radionuclide–labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen ligand in advanced stages of prostate cancer.
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11C-CUMI-101 and α1-adrenoceptors: Shrestha and colleagues describe assays of 11C-CUMI-101 binding to α1-adrenoceptors in vivo in the human cerebellum and in vitro in human, monkey, and rat cerebellum.
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GEP NET imaging: Deroose and colleagues provide an educational overview of current and developing theranostic approaches to gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, including both primary and metastatic lesions.
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Gastrointestinal sensitivity to radioembolization: Pasciak and colleagues perform an analysis of the effect of 90Y radioembolization in a porcine model at different absorbed-dose endpoints to elucidate dosimetric thresholds for toxicity associated with the procedure.
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Preclinical intratherapeutic PET: Mellhammar and colleagues test the feasibility of performing intratherapeutic PET on 3 preclinical systems using 22Na point sources and phantoms filled with 18F, 99mTc, or 177Lu.
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Perfusion study of NHL xenograft models: Mendler and colleagues characterize 2 non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes with comparable CD20 expression and metabolism as part of a search for preclinical animal models to evaluate tumor heterogeneity and hemodynamics in targeted antibody treatments.
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18F-SFB PSMA for prostate cancer imaging: Harada and colleagues evaluate 4 new prostate-specific membrane antigen probes using succinimidyl 4-18F-fluorobenzoate, a rapid and effective labeling agent, in vitro and in PET imaging in human prostate cancer xenograft–bearing mice.
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11C-methionine and myocarditis: Maya and colleagues explore the potential of radiolabeled methionine to assess myocardial inflammatory activity in a rat model of experimental autoimmune myocarditis.
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GIRLRG peptide for tumor-targeting: Kapoor and colleagues evaluate the novel GIRLRG peptide, which specifically targets glucose-regulated protein 78, for cancer-specific binding in vitro and noninvasive tumor imaging in vivo.
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3D-printed kidney dosimetry phantoms: Tran-Gia and colleagues demonstrate the potential of 3D printing techniques for quantitative SPECT/CT imaging with a set of kidney dosimetry phantoms and their spheric counterparts.
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64Cu-ATSM and hypoxic plaque: Nie and colleagues determine the feasibility of 64Cu-ATSM PET detection of hypoxia in a rabbit model of atherosclerosis imaged on a simultaneous PET/MR scanner, using MR for both attenuation correction and depiction of lesion location.
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Induced PSCs and ischemic injury: Wu and colleagues investigate in vivo dynamic metabolic changes after transplantation of induced pluripotent stem cells and their derived enriched cardiomyocytes in a rat model of ischemic injury.
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International PET/MR practice: Fendler and colleagues report on an operational and use survey of PET/MR imaging practices from 39 international sites.
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Published studies and FDA approvals: Rieves and Jacobs summarize precedents for FDA approval of imaging agents using effectiveness data from publications, FDA guidance, and experience in reviewing publications, with a checklist for preparing reports on exploratory clinical studies.
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