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Oswaldo Acosta-Montenegro

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Comparison of 18F-sodium fluoride uptake in the whole bone, pelvis, and femoral neck of multiple myeloma patients before and after high-dose therapy and …

…, ME Revheim, SM Seraj, O Acosta-Montenegro… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Comparison of 18F-sodium fluoride uptake in the whole bone, pelvis, and femoral neck of
multiple myeloma patients before and after high-dose therapy and conventional-dose …

[HTML][HTML] Correlation of whole-bone marrow dual-time-point 18F-FDG, as measured by a CT-based method of PET/CT quantification, with response to treatment in …

…, SM Seraj, O Acosta-Montenegro… - American Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The practical application of dual-time-point-imaging (DTPI) technique still remains controversial.
One of the issues is that current parameters of DTPI quantification suffer from some …

Common carotid artery molecular calcification assessed by 18F-NaF PET/CT is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk: results from the CAMONA study

S Castro, D Muser, O Acosta-Montenegro… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
34 Background: The pathophysiologic process involved in the development of atherosclerotic
plaque includes inflammation, necrosis and mineralization of the arterial wall. F-sodium …

Association Between Common Carotid Artery Molecular Calcification Assessed by 18F-NaF PET/CT and Biomarkers of Vulnerable Atheromatous Plaques: Results …

S Castro, O Acosta-Montenegro, D Muser… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
443 Background: Early identification of vulnerable, rupture-prone atherosclerotic plaques is
of fundamental importance in prevention of cardiovascular events. In this setting, the …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of age and weight on the metabolic activities of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spines as measured by fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron …

…, W Raynor, O Acosta-Montenegro… - Hell J Nucl …, 2018 - academia.edu
Objective: This study aimed to explore the age and weight-related metabolic trends in the
spines of healthy 18 male subjects using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission …

Correlation of dual time point FDG-PET with response to chemotherapy in multiple myeloma

…, W Raynor, K Paydary, O Acosta-Montenegro… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
188 Objectives: Dual Time Point (DTP) PET imaging has been shown to be useful in
differentiating malignant from benign lesions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive …

Changes in bone marrow FDG uptake in multiple myeloma patients before and after treatment.

…, B Oestergaard, R Taghvaei, O Acosta-Montenegro… - 2018 - Soc Nuclear Med
1430 Objectives: The aim of this study was to measure the total bone marrow uptake of FDG
in multiple myeloma (MM) patients who underwent high-dose chemotherapy (HDT) and non-…

Quantification of the total bone marrow activity with FDG-PET in multiple myeloma before and after treatment: comparison with a control group.

…, W Raynor, R Taghvaei, O Acosta-Montenegro… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
190 Objectives: The aim of this study was to measure the total bone marrow uptake of FDG
in multiple myeloma patients compared with that of a healthy control population. Methods: 21 …

Global assessment of PET tracer uptake in the skeleton using CT segmentation: a novel approach to quantification of disease activity and whole body metabolism.

O Acosta-Montenegro, W Raynor, C Ayubcha… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
1017 In PET/CT images, whole body segmentation of the skeleton based on Hounsfield
units (HU) present on the CT image can be used to assess metabolic activity in both …

Aged related differences and cardiovascular molecular calcification a 18-NaF PET/CT quantification of vascular calcification in the common carotid artery study

…, S Emamzadehfard, D Muser, O Acosta-Montenegro… - 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
445 Background: The extent of arterial calcification is a well-known marker of cardiovascular
risk and increases with age particularly in patients with common cardiovascular risk factors. …