objective(s): the aim of this study was to analyze detection rates and effectiveness of 18f-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (fdg-pet) cancer screening program for prostate cancer in japan, which is defined as a cancer-screening program for subjects without known cancer. it contains fdg-pet aimed at detection of cancer at an early stage with or without additional screening tests ...

Abstract B-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (B-LBL) is an uncommon subtype of pediatric non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) which rarely involves the skin primarily. The positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine- 18] fluoro-D: -glucose integrated with computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT) scan findings of a 8-year-old boy with cutaneous B-LBL were presented. PET/CT scan demonstrated mild FDG up...

(75 mg/m) and docetaxel (75 mg/m). The median percentage change in FDG uptake, as measured with the maximum SUV, was –53% for responders and –31% for non-responders. However, the sensitivity and specificity for predicting nonresponse to therapy was only 68% and 52% using a cut-off level of –40%. The use of this cut-off level was also not helpful to achieve statistical significance regarding ove...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to evaluate an imaging approach using gated 99mTc-MIBI (MIBI) SPECT and gated 18F-FDG (FDG) PET for assessment of myocardial viability and cardiac function. METHODS Forty-eight patients (38 men, mean age 68.1 +/- 9.6 years) underwent ECG-gated FDG PET and MIBI SPECT within a week. The baseline diagnoses were coronary artery disease (31), mitral regurgitation (1), ...

Temporal bone chondroblastoma is an extremely rare benign bone tumor. We encountered two cases showing similar imaging findings on computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and dual-time-point (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose ((18)F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/CT. In both cases, CT images revealed temporal bone defects and sclerotic changes around the tumor. Most parts of ...

A 60-year-old patient with testicular seminoma was referred for F-18 FDG PET/CT Study to evaluate recurrence. In addition to hypermetabolic cervical, mediastinal and hilar lymph node tumoral metastases, segmental intense FDG uptake along the lumbar spinal cord suggestive of tumoral metastasis was noted which quite an unusual presentation is.  At the time of PET study the patient was symptomless...

Metabolic imaging with [18] Fluorine Fluorodeoxyglucosepositron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) provides a simple imaging biomarker capable to evaluate the glucose metabolism in fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-avid lymphoma tumours before treatment and for response assessment. Therefore, FDG-PET/CT has been very soon recognized as the more valuable imaging tool in FDG-avid lymphom...

PURPOSE To investigate the prevalence and clinical significance of incidental prostate fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) uptake and to evaluate its impact on patient management. MATERIALS AND METHODS Of 47,109 men who underwent FDG positron emission tomography between 2004 and 2014, 1,335 (2.83%) demonstrated incidental FDG uptake in the prostate, with 99 of the latter undergoing prostate biopsy. T...

Objective(s): This study aimed to compare the diagnostic values of 11C-choline and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in patients with cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Methods: This prospective study was conducted on 10 patients (6 males and 4 females), aged 42-69 years, suspected of having CCA based on CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) resu...