Understanding the standardized uptake value, its methods, and implications for usage

JA Thie - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
The ancients relied on just their visual interpretations of bright objects in the heavens. But
advancing technology led to quantifications that properly normalized stellar distances to obtain …

Power reactor noise

JA Thie - 1981 - osti.gov
Noise analysis is a growing field that offers advantages such as simplicity, low cost, and
natural multivariable interactions. A major advantage, continuous and undisturbed monitoring, …

[PDF][PDF] Clarification of a fractional uptake concept

JA Thie - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1995 - Soc Nuclear Med
Thie clarified the relationships among FUR, SUV and Patlakparametersand
concludedthat FURwas an easilyobtained and preferablequantitativeparameter. FUR may …

Core motion monitoring

JA Thie - Nuclear Technology, 1979 - Taylor & Francis
Experimental methods for detecting types of motion within and surrounding reactor cores
were employed, including the dominating influence of noise analysis techniques and the …

The diagnostic utility of the lognormal behavior of PET standardized uptake values in tumors

JA Thie, KF Hubner, GT Smith - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2000 - Soc Nuclear Med
A meta-analysis of data primarily from PET oncologic investigations using FDG PET was
performed. Its purpose was to establish statistical features of the distributions of standardized …

Optimizing imaging time for improved performance in oncology PET studies

JA Thie, KF Hubner, GT Smith - Molecular Imaging & Biology, 2002 - Elsevier
Purpose: The potential for improving the diagnostic performance of static positron imaging
tomography (PET) by judiciously choosing optimum post-injection imaging times is …

Cost analysis of FDG PET for managing patients with ovarian cancer

GT Smith, KF Hubner, T McDonald, JA Thie - Clinical Positron Imaging, 1999 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo simulation analysis was used to compare the cost of managing recurrent ovarian
cancer patients with and without the use of positron emission tomography (PET) scanning. …

The potential of F-18-FDG PET in breast cancer: detection of primary lesions, axillary lymph node metastases, or distant metastases

KF Hubner, GT Smith, JA Thie, JL Bell… - Clinical Positron …, 2000 - Elsevier
This retrospective study was done to evaluate the utility of 2-[F-18]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose
positron emission tomography (F-18-FDG PET) in identifying primary and recurrent breast …

Electron Excitation of Nuclei

JA Thie, CJ Mullin, E Guth - Physical Review, 1952 - APS
The cross section for an electric 2 l-pole transition produced by the electromagnetic field of
fast electrons is derived in the Born approximation. Electric dipole-quadrupole interference is …

A Weight Index for the Standardized Uptake Value in 2-Deoxy-2-[F-18]fluoro-d-glucose-Positron Emission Tomography

JA Thie, KF Hubner, FP Isidoro, GT Smith - Molecular Imaging and Biology, 2007 - Springer
Introduction Known errors in the standardized uptake value (SUV) caused by variations in
subject weights W encountered can be corrected by lean body mass or body surface area (bsa…