Radioactive Isotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research

Clinical PET in Oncology.- Pretargeting: Improved Pharmacokinetics and Therapeutic Ratio.- Brain Tumors — Effect of Radiation Therapy on Amino Acid Transport.- Scintimammography with Technetium-99m-SESTAMIBI: Planar Scanning Vs. SPECT.- How to Further Evaluate Indeterminate Mammograms. A Comparison between Semiquantitative Tc-99m SESTAMIBI Scintimammography and Dynamic MRI.- The Use of Technetium-99m Methoxyisobutylisonitrile (Tc-99m-MIBI) Breast Scintigraphy For Early Detection of Breast Cancer.- FDG SPECTto Monitor Lung Cancer Chemotherapy.- Diagnosis and Therapy Control of Ocular Melanoma with 18-FDG-PET — A Pilot Study.- FDG-PET, I-131 and MIBI-Scintigraphy in the Follow-Up of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer.- 18-FDG/131-I-Alternating Uptake in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer — Whole Body PETin 41 Patients.- Tc-99m-SESTAMIBI Whole Body Scintigraphy: A Useful Tool in the Follow-Up of Patients with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma?.- Hürthle Cell Tumor and Technetium-99m-SESTAMIBI Scintigraphy (Single Injection Double-Phase Study).- Gallium and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Follow-Up of Mediastinal Lymphoma.- Lymphocytic Immunophenotypes in GMCSF-Associated Juxtaarticular Uptake on Bone Scintigraphy.- Neuroactivation and Vasoactivation Studies in Patients with Impaired Cognitive Function Using Tc-99m-HMPAO-SPECT.- Neuroactivation with SPECT and Smooth Pursuit Eye Movement in Schizophrenics.- Usefulness of Brain Perfusion SPET with Tc-99m ECD in High Risk Neonates.- Tc-99m-ECD Brain SPET in Diagnosis of Cerebral Perfusion Abnormalities in Children with Therapy-Resistant Epilepsy.- Striatal Dopamine Transporter in Parkinson’s Disease Studied with [123-I]?-CIT-FP SPET.- Patterns of Different Brain SPECT Studies in Patients with Extrapyramidal Motor Symptoms (EPMS) and their Potential Impact on Clinical Management.- Impact of Somatostatin Receptor Scintigraphy in Patients with Suspected Meningeoma.- Bacterial Specific Infection Imaging.- In Vivo Detection of Activated Lymphocytes in Immune-mediated Diseases by 123-I-Interleukin-2 Scintigraphy.- Quantitative Evaluation of Myocardial Blood Flow and Coronary Reserve in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease: A Dobutamine Stress — [O-15] H2O-PET-Study.- Prediction of Improvement in Global and Regional Ventricular Function after Revascularization with FDG SPECT.- Myocardial Metabolism in Thyroid Dysfunctions Observed by Phosphorous-31 Spectroscopy.- Structural Alterations and the Effect of Coronary Revascularization on Myocardial Function in Regions with Moderate or Severe Persistent Thallium-201 Defects.- Imaging of Myocardial Amyloid Involvement with 99m-Tc-Aprotinin.- Thromboresistance is a Vascular Property.- Attenuation Correction in Cardiac SPET Using Two Gd-153 Line Sources — First Clinical Results.- 18-FDG Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Heart and Brain Scintigraphy — Instrumentation and Physical Aspects.- Iterative Reconstruction in PET Routine.- Quantitative Evaluation of Dynamic Renal Studies Using Fuzzy Regions of Interest and Functional Factor Images.- Ionisation Chamber Measurements of I-123 Using a Copper Filter.- The Separation of Church and State: How to Provide a Clean Interface Between Acquisition and Processing.- Colonic Transit in Lactulose and Polyethylene Glycol Induced Osmotic Diarrhea.- Clinical Value of Lung Perfusion Scintigraphy in Infants with Congenital Cardio-Pulmonary Disease.- Assessment of Mediastinal Involvement in Lung Cancer with [99m Tc]-SESTAMIBI SPET.- Bone Scanning in Preoperative Decision-Making in Hemimandibular Elongation.- Copper-67 Labeled mAb chCE7 as a Potential Therapeutic Agent for Neuroblastoma: Improved Biodistributions of Copper-67-chCE7 F(ab’)2.- Final Evaluation of a Prospective Clinical Comparative Trial of 111-In-Labeled Polyclonal Human IGG (HIG) Scintigraphy vs. Ultrasonography in 100 Patients with Carotid Artery Disease.- Correlation on SPECT and CTImages in Brain Tumor Radioimmunotherapy.- Planar and SPECT Imaging in Thallium Myocardial Scintigraphy.- Radioimmunotherapy of CEA-Expressing Cancers: Clinical Results with an 131-I-Labeled Anti-CEA Monoclonal IgG1.- Advanced Prostate Cancer Therapy with Yttrium-90 Citrate.- Prostate Osseous Metastases: Evaluation of the Combined Application of Disodium Pamidronate/SR-89-Chloride/RE-186-HEDP.- Results of PET Dosimetry in the Treatment of Thyrotoxicosis by 131-I.- Radiopharmaceutical Development of 123-I-(+)-3-IODO-MK 801 for NMDA-Receptor Scintigraphy.- Simple Production of Yttrium-90 in a Chemical Form Suitable to Clinical Grade Radioconjugates.- Investigations into Biokinetics of I-123-Diethylstilbestrol Phosphate (DSEP) in Tumor-Bearing Mice.- Preoperative Thoracic Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: 18-FDG-PET Evaluation.- Elevated Expression of Glucose Transporter Genes as Reason for an Increased F-18 FDG Uptake in Human Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.- Biodistribution and Kinetics of 191-Pt in Patients Undergoing Therapy with Cisplatin.- Biodistribution Pharmacokinetics and Dosimetry of Tc-99m-D-Glucaric Acid in Humans.- Progress in Modelling of Biokinetics of 131-I.- Pharmacokinetics and Dosimetry after Combined Application of Sr-89-Chloride and Re-186-HEDP in Bone Metastases.- Rhenium-186 Labelled MAb-170: A Suitable Agent for Radioimmunotherapy of Ovarain Carcinoma?.- Beta-Gamma Dosimetry in Radioimmunotherapy: Examples of Model Calculation Applied to Brain Glioma and Comparison between Different Radionuclides.- Absorbed Dose Estimation by Combined Use of CT Information and Whole Body Scanning with a Dual Head Gamma Camera in Patients with Osteosarcoma Treated with 153-Sm-EDTMP.- Non-Immunogenic Hyperthyroidism Before and After Radioiodine Therapy: Cell Mass and Autonomous Function.- Artifacts in Reconstructed PET-Images Due to Variation in Detector Sensitivity.- Bremsstrahlung Planar and SPECT Imaging: Resolution and Contrast Analysis and Activity Quantitation.- Stannous Ion Determination: Importance and Relevance in Radiopharmaceutical Kits.- Feasibility of the Noninvasive Evaluation of Glucose Uptake in Skeletal Muscle Using F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose and a Probe.- Pharmakokinetic Evaluation of Two Monoclonal Antibodies as Possible Immunoscintigraphy Agents for Pancreatic Cancer in Humans.- Preliminary Studies of Some 99m-Tc-Labeled Potential Myocardial Metabolic Agents in Rabbits.- Evaluation of Tumor Resistance Using Iodine-123 Labelled Anthracyclines in Cell Cultures.- Platelet Labeling with 67-Ga (67-Ga-Oxine, -Tropolone, -MPO).- Improved Synthesis and In Vitro Stability Test of Rhenium-188 Labeled Radiopharmaceuticals for Potential Use in Radiation Synovectomy.- Training in Radiopharmaceutical Quality Control.- Studies on Tumour Cell Targeting with Radiometals.- Regional Perfusion and Metabolism Before Revascularization Compared with Functional Outcome.- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): ROC-Analysis of Tc-99m-MIBI-SPECT Versus Rb-82-PET.- Determination of the Myocardial Rubidium Extraction Fraction: Theoretical Investigation.- Comparison of Filtered Back Projection with Iterative Reconstruction in Tl-201 Scintigraphy.- Measurement of the Abdominal Retention of 75-Se-Homotaurocholic Acid (SeHCAT) in Patients with Diarrhoeic Syndromes.- Follow-Up of Cardiac Toxicity of Anthracycline Chemotherapy with Equilibrium Radionuclide Angiography.- Follow-Up of High-Dose Chemotherapy-Treated Patients with Bone Marrow Scintigraphy with 99m-Tc Nannocoll.- Quantitative Determination of Renal Tc-99m-MAG3, Clearance. A Comparison of Results Acquired Simultaneously in Whole Body Geometry and with a Gamma Camera in ROI-Technique.- Follow-Up of The Renal Scars in Asymptomatic Siblings of Children with Vesicoureteric Reflux.- Labeling of Antineuroblastoma Monoclonal Antibody (MoAb) and First Results of In-Vivo Distribution in Scid-Mice.- Relative Tc-99m-ECD Brain Uptake Under Baseline Conditions and After Acetazolamide.- Evaluation of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Patients with Major Depression Using HMPAO SPECT.- Ventilation Studies of the Middle Ear and the Paranasal Sinuses with Xenon-133.- Oxidative Stress and Free Radical Formation: Modification of Proteins and Their Glycosylated Products During Oxidative Conditions. Labeling of Age-Albumin with 125-Iodine.- Therapy Trials in Cancer Patients Using an Improved 3-Step Pretargeting Approach.- Course of Time and Extent of the Thyroid Volume Reduction After Radioiodine Therapy in Graves Disease and Autonomous Goitre.- Author Index.