OBJECTIVE We report the findings of Thallium-201 chloride ((201)TlCl) scintigraphy and consider how to use this technique to evaluate the character of soft tissue lesions. PATIENTS AND METHODS We enrolled 91 consecutive patients (45 males and 46 females, age range 8-91-years-old). Nineteen patients were malignant and 72 were benign. Patients were scanned 15 minutes (early phase) and 3 hours (...

The dual radionuclide myocardial distributions of imaging agents potassium-43 (43K) and technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) were studied in a 24-hour closed chest canine infarct preparation. In multiple myocardial biopsies in 20 dogs, tissue levels of both radionuclides were compared to either an index of tissue viability (myocardial creatine phosphokinase [CPK] depletion), or to ...

BACKGROUND This study investigated the relationships between background intestinal uptake on 18F-FDG PET and cardio-metabolic risk (CMR) factors. METHODS A total of 326 female patients that underwent 18F-FDG PET to determine the initial stage of breast cancer were enrolled. None of the patients had history of diabetes or hypertension. The background intestinal uptake on PET was visually grade...

Advances in innovation around financial instruments over the decades have promoted a response to improved development of agriculture products and services sector, allowing, some lesser extent, introduction testing these poor rural farmers. However, years, sector has faced challenges from climate change, resulting production productivity for Therefore, study considered extent which smallholder f...

UNLABELLED The sympathetic nervous system of the heart plays a key role in the pathophysiology of various cardiac diseases. Small-animal models are valuable for obtaining further insight into mechanisms of cardiac disease and therapy. To determine the translational potential of cardiac neuronal imaging from rodents to humans, we characterized the rat sympathetic nervous system using 3 radiotrac...

The system fertilization approach emerged to improve nutrient use efficiency in croplands. This new concept aims at taking advantage of cycling within an agroecosystem obtain maximum production from each unit. To monitor this effect, methodologies such as the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) are promising evaluate plant biomass and content. We evaluated NDVI a predictor shoot bioma...

Despite recent advances in medical and surgical treatments to prevent arterial stroke, the cerebrovascular burden of atherosclerosis remains high. Factors associated with a high risk for arterial stroke include stenosis .50% and ulcerated plaque. Given the important role of inflammation in atherosclerotic plaque progression and rupture, a measure of plaque inflammation may help stratify arteria...