Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of attenuation-corrected (AC) technetium-99m (Tc)tetrofosmin single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in detecting viable myocardium compared to Ffluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). Background. The role of Tc-labeled perfusion tracers in the assessment of myocardial viability remains controversia...

Detection of bone metastases in patients with lung cancer has important clinical significance and therapeutic implications, since it causes relevant changes in the patients’ treatment. This study compared the efficacies of 18F-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG PET)/CT, and 99mTc bone scintigraphy [planar and single photon emission CT (SPECT))for detection of bone metastases ...

PURPOSE Misery perfusion is defined as marginally sufficient cerebral blood supply relative to cerebral metabolic demand. The aim of the present study was to determine the optimal brain Tc-ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD) SPECT imaging and analysis to detect misery perfusion on O PET imaging in patients with chronic occlusive disease of unilateral internal carotid or middle cerebral artery (MCA). ...

AIM To compare the assessment of cerebrovascular reserve (CVR) using CO2BOLD magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) vs positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as reference standard. METHODS Ten consecutive patients (8 women, mean age of 41 ± 26 years) with moyamoya syndrome underwent 14 pre-surgical evaluations for external-internal carotid artery b...

Proteases play important roles during tumor angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis. Various molecular imaging techniques have been employed for protease imaging: optical (both fluorescence and bioluminescence), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), and positron emission tomography (PET). In this review, we will summarize the current status of imag...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this article is to give a subjective review of the usefulness of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in clinical practice in epilepsy for 2007. RECENT FINDINGS Both ictal perfusion SPECT and interictal fluorodeoxyglucose PET can provide new information in the presurgical evaluation of intractable partia...

In this chapter, two applications of Monte Carlo method in medicine are described. The first application is development of a Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), in which the intrinsic spatial and energy resolutions were estimated by simulating scintillation lights. The adequacy of the simulation was verified by comparisons of experimental results from a high-resolution SPECT. In...

Gamma camera cisternography after intrathecal administration of 111In-DTPA is a widely used and well established technique for studies of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) circulation. The radiation dose from 111In, however, is a limiting factor that sometimes seriously affects the image quality and, hence, correct interpretation. This investigation was designed to assess the value of tomographic techn...

Nuclear medicine imaging methods that use radionuclides, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), offer highly sensitive and quantitative tools for the detection and localization of the biochemical and functional abnormalities associated with various diseases. The introduction of dual-modality PET/CT and SPECT/CT systems to the clinical ...

combined pet/ct scanners now play a major role in medicine for in vivo imaging in oncology, cardiology, neurology, and psychiatry. as the performance of a scanner depends not only on the scintillating material but also on the scanner design, with regards to the advent of newer scanners, there is a need to optimize acquisition protocols as well as to compare scanner performances on an objective ...