Improving imaging-based response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer assessment could obviate histologic confirmation of pathologic complete response (pCR) and facilitate ...
PET/CT imaging of cancer with combined PET and CT scanners has become a standard component of diagnosis and staging in oncology (1,2). The glucose analog 18 F-FDG has been shown to concentrate in ...
The subjects of this study were those who underwent conventional wbPET imaging for clinical examination, for free medical treatment, or as part of the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development ...
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) in humans are characterized in part by aberrant CD4-positive (CD4+) T-cell responses. Currently, identification of foci of inflammation within the gut requires ...
We present an overview of our prospective fibroblast-activation protein inhibitor (FAPI) registry study across a 3-y period, with head-to-head comparison of tumor uptake in 68Ga-FAPI and 18F-FDG PET, ...
Introduction: Positron emission tomography (PET) is an imaging procedure that utilizes radiotracers to identify diseases and monitor their progression. Its ability to provide constructive assessments ...
SPECT is used to quantitatively and visually assess the distribution of radioactive biologic markers (tracers) in vivo in order to, for example, study animal models of disease and test new ...
When pregnancy is discovered during or after a diagnostic examination, the physician or the patient may request an estimate of the radiation dose received by the fetus as per guidelines and standard ...
Details of MPI and CTAC image acquisition and interpretation are available in the supplemental materials (16). Additional details on the training population are in Supplemental Table 1. Two separate ...
The diagnosis and management of breast cancer are undergoing a paradigm shift from a one-size-fits-all approach to an era of personalized medicine. Sophisticated diagnostics, including molecular ...
In the tubules of the kidney, small proteins and polypeptides are reabsorbed after glomerular filtration. An important mechanism of reabsorption is uptake via megalin, a 660-kDa transmembrane ...