UNLABELLED This study was performed to investigate the role of (68)Ga-DOTANOC SUVmax as a potential prognostic factor in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET). METHODS Among the patients who underwent (68)Ga-DOTANOC PET/CT, we retrospectively collected the data of those who had G1 or G2 pNET (2010 World Health Organization classification), presented with disease on PET/CT and C...

PurposeTo evaluate the effect of select baseline characteristics on geographic atrophy (GA) progression in eyes receiving intravitreal pegcetacoplan or sham.DesignPhase 2 multicenter, randomized, single-masked, sham-controlled trial.MethodsPatients with GA received 15 mg monthly every other month (EOM), sham injection EOM for 12 months. Primary efficacy endpoint was change lesion size (square r...

AIM To determine the temporal retinal vessel angle in babies and its relation to preterm birth. METHODS Digital images were obtained during routine screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP). The temporal retinal vessel angle was measured in 164 eyes of 82 babies born "very preterm" (24-27 weeks gestational age (GA)), "preterm" (28-31 weeks GA), and "near term" (>/=32 weeks GA). RESULTS...

Received 9/2/2002; accepted 10/30/2002. For correspondence or reprints contact: Shung-Shung Sun, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, China Medical College Hospital, 2 Yuh-Der Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan. Tel: (886)4-22052121 ext. 3475, Fax: (886)4-22023442, E-mail:[email protected] Background: Pentavalent Tc-dimercaptosuccinic acid (Tc(V)-DMSA) is a new tumor imaging agent which has been ...

Introduction: Gallium-67 citrate has been known as a good infection agent in nuclear medicine for decades. In this work the value of Ga-citrate has been investigated in infected animal models using SPECT imaging at optimized/standardized conditions. Methods: The bacterial (Staphylococcus aureus; S.a. and Escherichia coli; E.c.) and fungal (Candidae albicans; C.a.) species from standard sources ...

various radiometal complexes have been developed for tumor imaging, especially ga-68 tracer. in the present study, the development of a radiogallium bis-thiosemicarbazone complex has been reported. [67ga] acetylacetonate bis(thiosemicarbazone) complex ([67ga] aats) was prepared starting [67ga]gallium acetate and freshly prepared acetylacetonate bis (thiosemicarbazone) (aats) in 30 min at 90°c. ...