[PDF][PDF] Performance evaluation of a whole-body PET scanner using the NEMA protocol

…, LE Adam, ME Bellemann, H Ostertag… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1997 - Soc Nuclear Med
The scanner consists of four rings of 72 bismuth germanate block detectors each, covering
an axial field of view of 15.5 cm with a patient port of 56.2 cm. A single block detector is …

[PDF][PDF] PET studies of fluorodeoxyglucose metabolism in patients with recurrent colorectal tumors receiving radiotherapy

…, R Engenhart, F Oberdorfer, H Ostertag… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1991 - Soc Nuclear Med
Forty-four patients with recurrent colorectal carcinoma were examined prior to a combination
of conventional photon radiotherapy (40 Gy) and neutron therapy (10 Gy). Twenty-one of …

Performance evaluation of the whole-body PET scanner ECAT EXACT HR/sup+/following the IEC standard

LE Adam, J Zaers, H Ostertag, H Trojan… - … on Nuclear Science, 1997 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance parameters of the whole-body PET scanner ECAT EXACT HR/sup +/ (CTI/Siemens,
Knoxville, TN) were determined following the standard proposed by the …

Use of scanner characteristics in iterative image reconstruction for high-resolution positron emission tomography studies of small animals

…, U Haberkorn, P Schmidlin, H Ostertag - European journal of …, 1997 - Springer
The purpose of this work was to improve of the spatial resolution of a whole-body positron
emission tomography (PET) system for experimental studies of small animals by incorporation …

Measured attenuation correction methods

H Ostertag, WK Kübler, J Doll, WJ Lorenz - European journal of nuclear …, 1989 - Springer
Accurate attenuation correction is a prerequisite for the determination of exact local radioactivity
concentrations in positron emission tomography. Attenuation correction factors range …

[PDF][PDF] Studies with positron emission tomography after systemic administration of fluorine-18-uracil in patients with liver metastases from colorectal carcinoma

…, LG Strauss, JH Clorius, H Ostertag… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1993 - Soc Nuclear Med
FU study. The total numberof counts exceeded 15 million per sliceforthetransmissionimages.
Thenumberofcountsacquired for †8Fvaried because they were dependent on tracer …

Noninvasive assessment of hepatobiliary and renal elimination of cysteinyl leukotrienes by positron emission tomography

…, J Müller, B Csuk-Glänzer, S Ziegler, H Ostertag… - Hepatology, 1995 - Elsevier
N-Acetyl-leukotriene E 4 has been identified as an endogenous, biologically less active
cysteinyl leukotriene metabolite in rodents and humans. To evaluate the ratio of hepatobiliary to …

Radioisotope therapy of cystic craniopharyngeomas

…, V Sturm, P Georgi, W Schlegel, H Ostertag… - International Journal of …, 1982 - Elsevier
Eighteen patients suffering from cystic craniopharyngeoma were treated with intracavitary
irradiation. The beta-emitting radioisotope 90 y (2.25 MeV) was instilled into the cyst following …

Uptake and turnover of L-(13N)-glutamate in the normal human heart and in patients with coronary artery disease

WH Knapp, F Helus, H Ostertag, H Tillmanns… - European Journal of …, 1982 - Springer
L-( 13 N)-glutamate (4–8 mCi) was administered IV to 27 patients with coronary artery
disease and to 12 control subjects. Quantitative whole body imaging of the 13 N label was …

Metabolism and actions of 2‐deoxy‐2‐fluoro‐d‐galactose in vivo

…, F Oberdorfer, WE Hull, H Ostertag… - European journal of …, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
The synthetic d‐galactose analog 2‐deoxy‐2‐fluoro‐d‐galactose (dGalF) offers unique
advantages for studies of the d‐galactose pathway by non‐invasive techniques using 19 F‐NMR …