The practice of medicine involves not only the science but also the art of dealing with the
prevention, diagnosis, alleviation, and treatment of disease. The variety and complexity of …

We present a system for cancer targeting based on single–chain Fv (scFv) antibodies selected
from combinatorial libraries, produced in bacteria and purified by using an engineered tag…

The ultimate judgment regarding the propriety of any specific procedure or course of action
must be made by the physician or medical physicist in light of all the circumstances presented…

… There are several methods for quantitative evaluation of the vascular phase, The most widely
used are Hilson's perfusion index (PI) t5 and Kirchner's kidney/aorta ratio. 16 These relate …

Cardiac scintigraphy has been performed in 60 β-thalassaemia major patients aged 8-35
years who received regular blood transfusions and subcutaneous desferrioxamine (DFX) …

High-activity 111 In-pentetreotide has been used to treat patients with disseminated
neuroendocrine tumors. There is, however, little information related to the efficacy of this agent …

We have performed 955 studies on 152 patients with 167 renal transplants. Images were
recorded following bolus injection of 12-15 mCi Tc-99m DTPA (Sn). The data were stored on a …

Disseminated neuroendocrine tumours are difficult to treat and are generally not responsive
to radiotherapy or chemotherapy. Nuclear medicine techniques using a radiolabelled …

The diagnostic work-up of renovascular hypertension is still controversial. The efficacy of
renal scintigraphy with technetium-99m diethylene triamine penta-acetate (DTPA) before and …

Abstract Comparison of the blood clearances of 51 Cr–EDTA and 99 Tc m –Sn–DTPA, in a
series of 45 patients with a wide range of glomerular filtration rates, showed that there was a …