Utilizing novel imaging modalities for defining response and predicting long-term outcome after treatment may have a significant impact on cancer patient management. (18)F-FDG PET/CT has great potential for use in early assessment of response to cancer therapy. However, the lack of a general consensus on a specific set of response criteria makes adoption of PET difficult for the oncology commun...

A case of gross skeletal muscle uptake of 18F-FDG during PET is described. The clinical context of immunosuppression after heart and lung transplantation and the absence of any other known association make the former a likely etiologic factor.

UNLABELLED (18)F-FDG kinetics are quantified by a 2-tissue-compartment model. The routine use of dynamic PET is limited because of this modality's 1-h acquisition time. We evaluated shortened acquisition protocols up to 0-30 min regarding the accuracy for data analysis with the 2-tissue-compartment model. METHODS Full dynamic series for 0-60 min were analyzed using a 2-tissue-compartment mode...

FDG-PET is a useful tool in the imaging of head and neck tumours. It can be used to stage the primary tumour, to assess response to therapy and most importantly for the detection of recurrent tumour. The advantages and limitations of this technique are discussed in this article.

Die vorliegenden Ergebnisse wurden inzwischen unter meiner Mitautorenschaft veröffentlicht [Förster, S., Teipel, S. et al. (2010). " FDG-PET mapping the brain substrates of visuo-constructive processing in Alzheimer´s disease. " J Psychiatr Res 44(7): 462-469]. Teile der Publikation finden sich im Ergebnis-, Methoden-und Diskussionsteil dieser Dissertationsschrift und sind entsprechend gekennze...

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Escherichia coli F18 bacteria producing enterotoxins and/or shigatoxin (ETEC/STEC) are main pathogens that cause oedema disease and postweaning diarrhoea in piglets, and alpha-1-fucosyltransferase (FUT1) gene has been identified as a candidate gene for controlling the expression of ETEC F18 receptor. The genetic variations at nucleotide position 307 in open reading frame of FUT1 gene in one wil...

FDG is the most commonly used radiopharmaceutical in clinical oncology PET studies and is used in numerous clinical trials. In clinical trials, it is important to conduct the studies in a standardized fashion that facilitates accurate interpretation of the study data, particularly when compared to similar trials. In an effort to create one protocol that would be widely acceptable for virtually ...