The role of 18F-FDG PET in staging and early prediction of response to therapy of recurrent gastrointestinal stromal tumors

…, M Johnson, H Macapinlac, N Swanston… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are gaining the interest of researchers because of
impressive metabolic response to the targeted molecular therapeutic drug imatinib mesylate. …

Prognostic factors in patients treated with 223Ra: the role of skeletal tumor burden on baseline 18F-fluoride PET/CT in predicting overall survival

…, JC Araujo, PS Fox, NM Swanston… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
The purpose of this study was to evaluate outcome after 223 Ra dichloride therapy ( 223 Ra)
and to determine whether skeletal tumor burden on whole-body 18 F-fluoride PET/CT can …

Determination of skeletal tumor burden on 18F-fluoride PET/CT

…, JC Araujo, BP Hobbs, NM Swanston… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Soc Nuclear Med
The purpose of this study was to define a method to assess skeletal tumor burden with 18 F-labeled
sodium fluoride PET/CT ( 18 F-fluoride PET/CT) and evaluate the reproducibility of …

Effect of colony-stimulating factor and conventional-or high-dose chemotherapy on FDG uptake in bone marrow

T Kazama, N Swanston, DA Podoloff… - European journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Purpose Granulocyte or granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (CSF), usually
used in conjunction with chemotherapy, may interfere with the 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) …

Factors affecting 223Ra therapy: clinical experience after 532 cycles from a single institution

…, DR Milton, JC Araujo, NM Swanston… - European journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to identify baseline features that predict outcome in 223
Ra therapy. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 110 patients with metastatic castration-…

Skeletal tumor burden on baseline 18F-fluoride PET/CT predicts bone marrow failure after 223Ra therapy

…, WD Erwin, RE Wendt III, NM Swanston… - Clinical nuclear …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Determine if skeletal tumor burden on 18 F-fluoride PET/CT (fluoride PET/CT) predicts
the risk of bone marrow failure (BMF) after 223 Ra dichloride therapy (223 Ra). Methods …

Implementation of automated tube current modulation in PET/CT: prospective selection of a noise index and retrospective patient analysis to ensure image quality

J Jackson, T Pan, E Tonkopi, N Swanston… - Journal of nuclear …, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Automated tube current modulation (ATCM) has been shown to be a useful tool for reducing
CT dose. However, its implementation can be complicated, because the correlation …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of a graft-versus-Hodgkin lymphoma effect in the setting of extensive bone marrow involvement

P Anderlini, N Swanston, A Rashid… - Biology of Blood and …, 2008 - tctjournal.org
Although a graft-versus-malignancy effect is well documented in many hematologic malignancies
[1], the issue of whether a graft-versus-Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) effect does exist has …

Correlation of PUV and SUV in the extremities while using PEM as a high-resolution positron emission scanner

…, P Fox, S Taylor, R Millican, NM Swanston… - Skeletal radiology, 2014 - Springer
Objective Owing to its unique configuration of two adjustable plate detectors positron emission
mammography, or PEM, could theoretically also function as a high-resolution positron …

Impact of continuous bed motion (CBM) PET/CT scanners on clinical operation

…, T Palendat, T Pan, L Peirsol, B Simon, N Swanston… - 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
2511 Objectives CBM PET/CT imaging has been suggested as an approach to improve
image uniformity, decrease patient radiation dose, and increase patient comfort. Our objective …