Radioembolization is an established treatment modality that has been subjected to many
improvements over the last decade. Developments are occurring at a high pace, affecting …

Radioembolization is an established treatment for chemoresistant and unresectable liver
cancers. Currently, treatment planning is often based on semi-empirical methods, which yield …

Since its first suggestion as possible option for liver radioembolization treatment, the
therapeutic isotope holmium-166 ( 166 Ho) caught the experts’ attention due to its imaging …

The ECAT high resolution research tomograph (HRRT) is a dedicated brain and small animal
PET scanner, with design features that enable high image spatial resolution combined …

Objectives : This study was designed to evaluate myocardial substrate and high-energy
phosphate (HEP) metabolism in asymptomatic men with well-controlled, uncomplicated type 2 …

Background— Cardiac disease is the leading cause of mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).
Pioglitazone has been associated with improved cardiac outcome but also with an …

In hepatic 90 Y radioembolization, pretreatment 99m Tc-macroaggregated albumin ( 99m Tc-MAA)
nuclear imaging is used for lung shunt analysis, evaluation of extrahepatic deposition…

Background After yttrium-90 ( 90 Y) microsphere radioembolization (RE), evaluation of
extrahepatic activity and liver dosimetry is typically performed on 90 Y Bremsstrahlung SPECT …

Quantitative accuracy of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) images is
highly dependent on the photon scatter model used for image reconstruction. Monte Carlo …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between hepatic
triglyceride content and both myocardial function and metabolism in type 2 diabetes mellitus (…