We recently demonstrated in isolated, perfused hearts that radiolabeled pyruvaldehyde bis(N4-methylthiosemicarbazonato)copper(II) (Cu-PTSM) is well extracted throughout a range of conditions including ischemia, hypoxia, and hyperemia. Once extracted, binding of radioactivity by the isolated heart was essentially irreversible, giving this tracer microspherelike qualities. Because Cu-PTSM can be ...

In this paper, a parametric trajectory segment model (PTSM) with segmental inner time warping is proposed to improve the recognition accuracy of large vocabulary continuous speech recognition(LVCSR). The proposed PTSM utilizes the state boundary information provided by HMM system during decoding to do segmental inner time warping. Good alignment between different length realizations of a same p...

UNLABELLED We have evaluated Cu-diacetyl-bis(N4-methylthiosemicarbazone) (Cu-ATSM), an effective marker for the delineation of hypoxic but viable tissue, in vitro in the EMT6 carcinoma cell line under varying degrees of hypoxia and compared it with the flow tracer 64Cu-pyruvaldehyde-bis(N4-methylthiosemicarbazone) (Cu-PTSM) and the hypoxic tracer 18F-fluoromisonidazole (MISO). We have also comp...

BACKGROUND Noninvasive assessment of regional myocardial perfusion at rest and after stress is important for the objective evaluation of the effects of coronary artery disease and its response to therapy. Centers that do not have cyclotrons rely on generator-produced radioisotopes for assessment of regional myocardial perfusion with positron emission tomography (PET). The aim of the present stu...

We recently demonstrated in isolated, perfused hearts that radiolabeled pyruvaldehyde bis(N4-methylthiosemicarbazonato)copper(II) (Cu-PTSM) is well extracted throughout a range of conditions including ischemia, hypoxia, and hyperemia. Once extracted, binding of radioactivity by the isolated heart was essentially irreversible, giving this tracer microspherelike qualities. Because Cu-PTSM can be ...

Laparoscopic colectomy for curable colon cancer may result in the development of abdominal wall implants because of disseminated disease and the favorable environment of the wound site for cell implantation. Injection of disaggregated human GW39 colon cancer cells into the hamster peritoneum represents a model of tumor spillage that may occur during dissection, manipulation, resection, and extr...

We have determined cerebral blood flow (CBF) and the single-pass cerebral extraction (E) of several putative agents for external imaging of CBF. Simultaneous measurements of blood flow and extraction were performed in 106 rats. For all agents, comparison of linear and exponential regressions of E on CBF indicates that this relationship can be described as linear over the range of flows studied....

Introduction: 64Cu-pyruvaldehyde-bis(N4-methylthiosemicarbazone) (64Cu-PTSM)‍ is one of the most important copper radiopharmaceuticals used in clinical experiments. Methods: In this work, copper-64 (T1/2=12.33 h) production has been presented followed by the synthesis of the complexing agent, PTSM, and its structure was confirmed by common spectroscopic methods followed by radiolabeling w...

Background: Copper-64 (T1/2=12.7 h) is an important radionuclide used both in PET imaging and therapy. [64Cu]-pyruvaldehyde-bis (N4-methylthiosemicarbazone) ([64Cu]-PTSM) is one of the most famous copper radiopharmaceuticals with unique specifications (suitable half life, stability, etc.). The wide range of 64Cu applications arouse great interest for its production. Materials and Methods: Cu-64...

background: copper-64 (t1/2=12.7 h) is an important radionuclide used both in pet imaging and therapy. [64cu]-pyruvaldehyde-bis (n4-methylthiosemicarbazone) ([64cu]-ptsm) is one of the most famous copper radiopharmaceuticals with unique specifications (suitable half life, stability, etc.). the wide range of 64cu applications arouse great interest for its production. materials and methods: cu-64...