From January 1 to September 30, 1974, we examined 1056 of 5266 subjects (20.1 per cent)
who had received therapeutic irradiation primarily for infections and inflammatory disease of …

Of 5379 patients who had received radiation treatment at our institution for benign conditions
of the head and neck, 318 developed thyroid cancer 3 to 42 years later. We report follow-up …

External pituitary radiotherapy is sufficiently free of serious side effects to argue for it being a
first choice of treatment in acromegaly provided it is therapeutically effective. Of 28 …

METHODS Two Nuclear-Chicago cameras were studied at Michael Reese Hospital. One was
7 years old and had been upgraded from Pho/Gamma II to Pho/Gamma III 3 years ago; the …

The quality of Tc-PP scans is best in younger patients. In all age groups quality is adversely
affected by free TcO 4 - . This should be suspected if excessive background is present or …

Since its introduction in 1969, 67 Ga has become the most widely employed tumorscanning
agent in nuclear medicine. While 67 Ga is far from being the ideal tumor-scanning agent, it …

COLOMBETTI, MOERLIEN, PATEL, AND for the acetone strips (strips B). After the dye has
dried, the strips are stored in air-tight vials until used. The species of technetium found in …

The sensitivity and specificity of 99m Tc-sulfur colloid liver-spleen imaging in diffuse hepatocellular
disease and the significance of image patterns found in these diseases are presented…

99m Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy in a 67-year-old woman with chronic gastrointestinal
bleeding showed an area of increased activity in the right lower quadrant which appeared at the …

METHODS Animal experiments. Mongrel dogs of either sex, weighing I0— i5 kg, were used.
In five anesthetized dogs, the femoral veins of both legs were surgically exposed. Two …