Aims To evaluate the value of 18 F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (
18 F-FDG PET) in detecting cardiac sarcoidosis. Methods and results Thirty-two patients with …

Purpose Despite accumulating reports on the clinical value of 18 F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose
positron emission tomography ( 18 F-FDG PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the …

Salivary gland dysfunction is one of the common side effects of high-dose radioiodine therapy
for thyroid cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine whether an early start of …

The biologic mechanisms involved in the intratumoral heterogeneous distribution of 18 F-FDG
have not been fully investigated. To clarify factors inducing heterogeneous 18 F-FDG …

Because of its higher soft-tissue contrast, whole-body integrated PET/MR offers potential
advantages over PET/CT for evaluation of bone lesions. However, unlike PET/CT, PET/MR …

Purpose To evaluate the performance of conventional [ 11 C]choline PET/CT in comparison
to that of simultaneous whole-body PET/MR. Methods The study population comprised 32 …

Carbon-11 acetate positron emission tomography (PET) has been reported to be of clinical
value for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. However, no detailed analysis has yet been …

Synthetic insulin analogues with a long lifetime are current drug targets for the therapy of
diabetic patients. The replacement of the interchain disulfide with a diselenide bridge, which is …

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a major global public
health concern. Although rapid point-of-care testing for detecting viral antigen is important for …

Caveolin‐1, which is an essential protein for caveola formation, was chemically synthesized.
It is composed of 177 amino acid residues, is triply palmitoylated at the C‐terminal region, …