UNLABELLED Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is retained into adulthood in some patients. It has been imaged using several radiopharmaceuticals, including (18)F-FDG. Using SPECT/CT, we assessed whether and how frequently uptake of (99m)Tc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile ((99m)Tc-MIBI) was present in expected locations of BAT. METHODS A total of 205 SPECT/CT scans using (99m)Tc-MIBI for parathyroid imaging...

(99m)Tc is the standard radionuclide used for nuclear medicine imaging. In addition to gamma irradiation, (99m)Tc emits low-energy Auger and conversion electrons that deposit their energy within nanometers of the decay site. To study the potential for DNA damage, direct DNA binding is required. Plasmid DNA enables the investigation of the unprotected interactions between molecules and DNA that ...

amyloidosis is characterized by an abnormal extracellular deposition of amyloid in different organs, where it usually causes some type of dysfunction. its cause is unknown. five different types of amyloidosis have been described according to the underlying disease; immunoglobulin amyloidosis, familial amyloidosis, senile systemic amyloidosis, secondary amyloidosis and hemodialysis-associated am...

BACKGROUND In 2009, the Chalk River nuclear reactor closed for repairs that led to a critical shortage of technetium-99m (Tc-99m). Several centers used thallium-201 (Tl-201) as an alternative radiotracer for myocardial perfusion imaging. Because Tl-201 is considered by many as a suboptimal radiotracer, we sought to understand the impact of using Tl-201 (during the Tc-99m shortage) on downstream...

UNLABELLED Integrin αvβ6, a member of the integrin family, is specifically expressed in many malignancies but not in normal organs. Overexpression of integrin αvβ6 is usually correlated with malignant potential and poor prognosis. In this study, we describe the synthesis and evaluation of a (99m)Tc-labeled integrin αvβ6-targeting peptide as a SPECT radiotracer for the in vivo imaging of integri...

tc-99m-mibi is an isonrtrile derivative used for evaluation of myocardial perfusion in recent years. in this preliminary report, 7 patients with coronary artery disease are evaluated with tc-99m-mlbl stress planar and sped studies. good correlation with coronary angiography is observed in these cases.in view of inherent technical problems present with thallium 201, tc-99m-mibi is a good alterna...

A brief review of the theory contributions presented in the EC-18 Workshop is given. The covered spectrum of topics is quite broad including the electron cyclotron wave propagation physics as well the results of numerical modelling of transport and current drive.

The authors report a case of alveolar soft-part sarcoma with lung metastases demonstrated by "double imaging" with Tc-99m HDP and Tc-99m MIBI. The tumor originated in the soft tissue with direct invasion to the right scapula, which was hypoactive on bone scan and hyperactive on Tc-99m MIBI images. A focus of dense accumulation of Tc-99m MIBI in the lungs, suggesting metastasis was also demonstr...

Tc-99m-tetrofosmin is an agent to delineate cancer. To elucidate the usefulness of Tc-99m-tetrofosmin scintigraphy, we analyzed the relationship between the uptake of Tc-99m-tetrofosmin and histopathology in patients with lung cancer. SPECT studies were conducted twice: 15 minutes (early scan), and 60 minutes (delayed scan), after intravenous injection of 740 MBq Tc-99m-tetrofosmin. We calculat...

I survey the parameter space of NAHE-based free fermionic heterotic string models. First, I discuss flat directions of the low energy effective field theories and show that D-flat directions need not be isomorphic to gauge invariant superpotential terms. Next, I review recent studies of three generation SU(3)C × SU(2)L × U(1)Y , SU(3)C ×SU(2)L ×SU(2)R ×U(1)B−L, SU(4)C × SU(2)L ×U(1)Y ′ , and fl...