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The image quality of myocardial perfusion images acquired with a PET system depends on the radiotracer used in the study. The commonly used radiotracers in cardiac PET imaging are 15 O-water (H 2 15 O ...
Journal of Nuclear Medicine May 2025, jnumed.125.269519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.125.269519 ...
The PSMA-targeting ligand 177 Lu-PSMA-617 was prepared in compliance with good manufacturing practices. Radio–high-performance liquid chromatography as the primary method of quality control was ...
Journal of Nuclear Medicine May 2025, jnumed.124.269444; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.269444 ...
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2020 for the staging of newly diagnosed prostate cancer, yet rates of adoption and real-world ...
The results are presented as median and interquartile range (IQR) for continuous variables and as number and percentage for categoric variables. Kaplan–Meier analysis was used to estimate overall ...
Journal of Nuclear Medicine May 2025, jnumed.125.269746; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.125.269746 ...
The prevalence of thyroid nodules is high, especially in iodine-deficient countries. Germany is a country with a long history of iodine deficiency; even today, the iodine supply is considered ...
The accurate quantification of radiotracer activity in a vascular wall plaque on PET can be problematic. Because most atherosclerotic plaques are small and exhibit complex morphology, it can be quite ...
Journal of Nuclear Medicine May 2025, jnumed.124.268706; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.268706 ...
PET/CT is commonly performed in the staging of malignancy and in determining disease response, most commonly with 18 F-FDG, although one of the limitations of PET is its relatively low, 5-mm, spatial ...
For patients with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) who are refractory to immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI), treatment options are limited. Few cases of MCCs have been reported to show responses to peptide ...