CT and PET: early prognostic indicators of response to imatinib mesylate in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor

…, RD Badawi, JB Manola, MF Kijewski… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. We report results from a pilot study aimed at optimizing the use of CT bidimensional
measurements and 18 F-FDG PET maximum standardized uptake values (SUVs- max ) …

18F-Fluoride Signal Amplification Identifies Microcalcifications Associated With Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability in Positron Emission Tomography/Computed …

…, AAS Tavares, DE Newby, MF Kijewski… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Microcalcifications in atherosclerotic plaques are destabilizing, predict
adverse cardiovascular events, and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. F-fluoride …

Absolute quantitation of cardiac 99mTc-pyrophosphate using cadmium-zinc-telluride–based SPECT/CT

…, H Skali, R Blankstein, C Bay, MF Kijewski… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2021 - Soc Nuclear Med
The primary aims of this study were to determine the correlation between absolute quantitative
99m Tc-pyrophosphate metrics and traditional measures of cardiac amyloid burden and …

Geographic disparities in reported US amyloidosis mortality from 1979 to 2015: potential underdetection of cardiac amyloidosis

…, SA Jacob, A Menon, RF Padera, MF Kijewski… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cardiac amyloidosis is an underdiagnosed disease and is highly fatal when
untreated. Early diagnosis and treatment with the emerging novel therapies significantly …

Early detection of multiorgan light-chain amyloidosis by whole-body 18F-florbetapir PET/CT

EC Ehman, MS El-Sady, MF Kijewski… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
Immunoglobulin light-chain (AL) amyloidosis affects multiple systemic organs. However,
determination of the precise extent of organ involvement remains challenging. Targeted amyloid …

Glycolytic inhibition with 3-bromopyruvate suppresses tumor growth and improves survival in a murine model of anaplastic thyroid cancer

…, A Aggarwal, JA Marshall, JA Barletta, MF Kijewski… - Surgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Anaplastic thyroid cancer is a rare but devastating malignancy. Anaplastic
thyroid cancer cells exhibit the Warburg effect by preferentially undergoing glycolysis even in …

[PDF][PDF] Quantitative brain SPECT in Alzheimer's disease and normal aging

KA Johnson, MF Kijewski, JA Becker… - Journal of Nuclear …, 1993 - Soc Nuclear Med
RESULTS Normalized@ Tc-HMPAOuptake was significantly re duced (ANCOVA p< 0.001)
in AD patients comparedto normal control subjects in 43! 112 macrovoxels (Fig. 1).

18F-PBR06 versus 11C-PBR28 PET for assessing white matter translocator protein binding in multiple sclerosis

…, S Hurwitz, R Chu, S Tauhid, MF Kijewski… - Clinical Nuclear …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Background and Purpose 18 F-PBR06 and 11 C-PBR28 are second-generation PET
radioligands targeting the 18-kd translocator protein to assess microglial activation. We directly …

Simultaneous Tc-99m/Tl-201 imaging using energy-based estimation of the spatial distributions of contaminant photons

…, RE Zimmerman, KH Chan, MF Kijewski - IEEE transactions on …, 1995 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The advantages of simultaneous acquisition of Tc-99m and Tl-201 myocardial perfusion
SPECT images can be fully realized only if the effects of the Tc-99m agent can be accurately …

Targeting glioblastoma using a novel peptide specific to a deglycosylated isoform of brevican

…, JM Wolfe, S Dubey, BY Yang, MF Kijewski… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and deadliest form of brain tumor and remains
amongst the most difficult cancers to treat. Brevican (Bcan), a central nervous system (CNS)‐…