Background. The identification of ischemic but viable myocardium by thallium exercise
scintigraphy is often imprecise, since many of the perfusion defects that develop in ischemic …

BACKGROUND: Brain imaging research in posttraumatic stress disorder has been largely
performed on patients with chronic disease, often heavily medicated, with current or past …

Purpose Recent data have indicated that 68 Ga-DOTA-NOC positron emission tomography/X-ray
computed tomography (PET/CT) may yield improved images in a shorter acquisition …

The standardized uptake value (SUV) and the slope of the Patlak plot (K) have both been
proposed as indices to monitor the progress of disease during cancer therapy. Although a …

Background Mice, whose ribosomal protein S6 cannot be phosphorylated due to replacement
of all five phosphorylatable serine residues by alanines (rpS6 P−/− ), are viable and fertile. …

Purpose This prospective pilot study was aimed to evaluate 11 C-choline PET/CT (choline)
as a tool for localization of parathyroid adenoma (PTA). Methods Forty patients with …

Emotional and cognitive abnormalities are common in adult hypothyroidism. Few studies,
however, have evaluated cerebral perfusion and metabolism in this disorder. The aims of this …

Altered cerebral energy metabolism and mitochondrial dysfunction in periphery and in brain
are implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. This study investigated whether …

Procedure Twelve regular users of marijuana underwent two positron emission tomography
(PET) scans using [ 18 F] Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), one while subject to the effects of 17 …

As PET candidate tracers for EGFr-TK, five 4-(anilino)quinazoline derivatives, each
fluorinated in the aniline moiety, were prepared. Each was tested in vitro for inhibition of EGFr …