Slovenska recepcija romana in filma V vrtincu se je v zadnjih osmih desetletjih precej spreminjala. Pred drugo svetovno vojno so bili odzivi pretežno naklonjeni tako levo kot desno usmerjenih publikacijah; celo karakterizacija pripovednih oseb, ki pozneje zaradi stereotipnega prikazovanja Afroameričanov postala sporna, bila večini tedanjih recenzij izpostavljena nekaj pozitivnega. Po vzpostavit...

BACKGROUND Purpose of the study was to investigate alterations in midbrain serotonin transporter (SERT) binding in patients with epilepsy and symptoms of depression compared to patients with epilepsy with no symptoms of depression. METHODS We studied 12 patients with epilepsy (7 patients had focal and 5 had generalized epilepsy syndromes). The presence of self-reported symptoms of depression ...

Different techniques have been introduced for full automatic processing of myocardial perfusion imaging with single-photon emission tomography. We tried to evaluate the accuracy of one of these commercial automatic processing methods. The study was performed in 300 patients during 18 months. Two post-stress acquisitions in supine and prone positions and one acquisition at rest , were performed ...

Soft tissue attenuation artefacts are more likely to occur in patients with high body mass index (BMI) undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and therefore it is routine practice in our department to perform attenuation correction in this group of patients. However, we suspected that attenuation artefacts may also occur in patients with normal BMI. We collected data prospectively on 5...

In this report, we present the application of hepatobiliary scintigraphy using Tc-99m mebrofenin in the diagnosis of bronchobiliary fistula caused by a liver hydatid cyst, which penetrated the diaphragm. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy noticeably depicted the leakage of the tracer from the biliary system of the liver to the bronchial tree. Hepatobiliary scintigraphy stands as a robust modality in th...

Activation of the auditory cortex by multifrequency acoustic stimuli has been evaluated using Single Photon Emission Tomography in a case of auditory brainstem implant after activation of 6 and 11 electrodes. Before implantation, no activation of the auditory cortex has been observed after acoustic stimulation. Following auditory brainstem implant, the stimulation of 11 electrodes showed an act...

Behavioral abnormalities have been reported in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) but their aetiology is not yet clearly defined. We report on the case of a 48 years old woman with long standing bulbar onset ALS referred to our department for brain perfusion scan for the evaluation of behavioral and emotional disorders. The patient's scores on the neuropsychological tests were sa...