Impact of Global Mean Normalization on Regional Glucose Metabolism in the Human Brain by Kristian N. Mortensen, Albert Gjedde, Garth J. Thompson, Peter Herman, Maxime J. Parent, Douglas L. Rothman, Ron Kupers, Maurice Ptito, Johan Stender, Steven Laureys, Valentin Riedl, Michael T. Alkire, Fahmeed Hyder

“…Because the human brain consumes a disproportionate fraction of the resting body’s energy, positron emission tomography (PET) measurements of absolute glucose metabolism (CMRglc) can serve as disease biomarkers. …”
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Cerebrospinal Fluid BACE1 Activity and Brain Amyloid Load in Alzheimer's Disease by Timo Grimmer, Panagiotis Alexopoulos, Amalia Tsolakidou, Liang-Hao Guo, Gjermund Henriksen, Behrooz H. Yousefi, Hans Förstl, Christian Sorg, Alexander Kurz, Alexander Drzezga, Robert Perneczky

“…We explored associations between CSF BACE1 activity and fibrillar amyloid pathology as measured by carbon-11-labelled Pittsburgh Compound B positron emission tomography ([11C]PIB PET). [11C]PIB and CSF studies were performed in 31 patients with AD. …”
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Emerging PET Radiotracers and Targets for Imaging of Neuroinflammation in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Outlook Beyond TSPO by Vidya Narayanaswami PhD, Kenneth Dahl PhD, Vadim Bernard-Gauthier PhD, Lee Josephson PhD, Paul Cumming PhD, Neil Vasdev PhD

“…Therefore, the development of specific and sensitive probes for positron emission tomography (PET) studies of neuroinflammation is attracting immense scientific and clinical interest. …”
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Glucose Metabolic Brain Network Differences between Chinese Patients with Lewy Body Dementia and Healthy Control by Danyan Chen, Jiaying Lu, Hucheng Zhou, Jiehui Jiang, Ping Wu, Qihao Guo, Jingjie Ge, Huiwei Zhang, Kuangyu Shi, Chuantao Zuo

“…The technique 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F FDG PET) was used to investigate brain metabolism patterns in DLB patients. …”
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Evaluation of Intraperitoneal [18F]-FDOPA Administration for Micro-PET Imaging in Mice and Assessment of the Effect of Subchronic Ketamine Dosing on Dopamine Synthesis Capacity by Els F. Halff, Sridhar Natesan, David R. Bonsall, Mattia Veronese, Anna Garcia-Hidalgo, Michelle Kokkinou, Sac-Pham Tang, Laura J. Riggall, Roger N. Gunn, Elaine E. Irvine, Dominic J. Withers, Lisa A. Wells, Oliver D. Howes

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) using the radiotracer [18F]-FDOPA provides a tool for studying brain dopamine synthesis capacity in animals and humans. …”
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Rotation errors in path integration are associated with Alzheimer’s disease tau pathology: a cross-sectional study by Lise Colmant, Lisa Quenon, Lara Huyghe, Adrian Ivanoiu, Thomas Gérard, Renaud Lhommel, Pauline Coppens, Yasmine Salman, Vincent Malotaux, Laurence Dricot, Lukas Kunz, Nikolai Axmacher, Philippe Lefèvre, Bernard Hanseeuw

“…We related the path integration performance of 102 individuals without dementia, aged over 50, to amyloid and tau pathologies, measured using positron emission tomography. We included 75 clinically normal individuals (19 with brain amyloidosis, 56 without) and 27 individuals with mild cognitive impairment (18 with brain amyloidosis, 9 without). …”
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Risk Factor Analysis and Prediction of Para‐Aortic Lymph Node Metastases in Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer by Tinglu Wang, Jinchen Wei, Li Jiang, Lulu Huang, Tingting Huang, Shanshan Ma, Qiufeng Huang, Yong Zhang, Fang Wu

“…Lymph node involvement was assessed using positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). Risk factors were evaluated by logistic regression. …”
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The PROMISE-V2 PRIMARY score and SULmax [18F]PSMA-1007 PET/CT in primary staging of prostate cancer by J. Antonio Serna-Macias, M. Lourdes Garcia-Colmenero, Emilly A. Cortes-Mancera, E. David Muñoz-Carpio, Mixel Z. Baltierra-Hernandez

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The Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation in Caustic Esophagus Injury: An Experimental Study by Murat Kantarcioglu, Bahadir Caliskan, Hakan Demirci, Ozgur Karacalioglu, Murat Kekilli, Zulfikar Polat, Armagan Gunal, Melih Akinci, Cagri Uysal, Sami Eksert, Hasan Gurel, Gurkan Celebi, Ferit Avcu, Ali Ugur Ural, Sait Bagci

“…Group 3, biodistribution of fluorodeoxyglucose labeled MSCs via positron emission tomography (PET) imaging (n: 10). Group 4, sham operated (n: 10). …”
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Longitudinal Evaluation of Myocardial Fatty Acid and Glucose Metabolism in Fasted and Nonfasted Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Using MicroPET/CT by Jennifer S. Huber PhD, Andrew M. Hernandez PhD, Mustafa Janabi PhD, James P. O’Neil PhD, Kathleen M. Brennan DVM, Stephanie T. Murphy BS, Youngho Seo PhD, Grant T. Gullberg PhD

“…Using longitudinal micro positron emission tomography (microPET)/computed tomography (CT) studies, we quantified changes in myocardial metabolism and perfusion in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs), a model of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). …”
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Integration of clinical, pathological, radiological, and transcriptomic data improves prediction for first-line immunotherapy outcome in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer by Nicolas Captier, Marvin Lerousseau, Fanny Orlhac, Narinée Hovhannisyan-Baghdasarian, Marie Luporsi, Erwin Woff, Sarah Lagha, Paulette Salamoun Feghali, Christine Lonjou, Clément Beaulaton, Andrei Zinovyev, Hélène Salmon, Thomas Walter, Irène Buvat, Nicolas Girard, Emmanuel Barillot

“…We analyze baseline multimodal data from a cohort of 317 metastatic NSCLC patients treated with first-line immunotherapy, including positron emission tomography images, digitized pathological slides, bulk transcriptomic profiles, and clinical information. …”
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Mesenteric desmoid tumor after laparoscopic resection of stage I endometrial cancer: A case report by Mamiko Kusaka, Tetsuo Maeda, Kazuhiro Kitajima, Homare Murakoshi, Takahiro Watanabe, Shigeki Yoshida, Yuka Sano, Noriko Osumi, Mieko Inagaki

“…Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging and integrated positron emission tomography/CT with 2-18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose suggested DT rather than recurrence, but surgical resection was chosen after considering the potential risks. …”
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Reproducibility and repeatability of 18F-(2S, 4R)-4-fluoroglutamine PET imaging in preclinical oncology models. by Gregory D Ayers, Allison S Cohen, Seong-Woo Bae, Xiaoxia Wen, Alyssa Pollard, Shilpa Sharma, Trey Claus, Adria Payne, Ling Geng, Ping Zhao, Mohammed Noor Tantawy, Seth T Gammon, H Charles Manning

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Measurement of repeatability and reproducibility (R&R) is necessary to realize the full potential of positron emission tomography (PET). Several studies have evaluated the reproducibility of PET using 18F-FDG, the most common PET tracer used in oncology, but similar studies using other PET tracers are scarce. …”
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A case of de novo neuroendocrine prostate cancer presented with elevated level of serum CEA carrying BRCA2 mutation: case report and literature review by Weizhe Han, Nihati Rexiati, Fang Yu, Yongzhi Wang, Yueli Tian, Jianyuan Wu, Gang Wang, Tao Liu, Zhonghua Yang

“…Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (FDG PET-CT) and prostate-specific membrane antigen PET-CT (PSMA PET-CT) indicated prostate cancer with metastases including pelvic lymph nodes, bone as well as lung metastases. …”
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Preclinical evaluation of the potential PARP-imaging probe [carbonyl-11C]DPQ by Katarína Benčurová, Theresa Balber, Victoria Weissenböck, Lukas Kogler, Joachim Friske, Verena Pichler, Markus Mitterhauser, Marcus Hacker, Cécile Philippe, Marius Ozenil

“…To enable non-invasive monitoring of PARP-1 expression, several PARP-1-targeting positron emission tomography (PET) tracers have been developed. …”
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A Novel PET Imaging Using 64Cu-Labeled Monoclonal Antibody against Mesothelin Commonly Expressed on Cancer Cells by Kazuko Kobayashi, Takanori Sasaki, Fumiaki Takenaka, Hiromasa Yakushiji, Yoshihiro Fujii, Yoshiro Kishi, Shoichi Kita, Lianhua Shen, Hiromi Kumon, Eiji Matsuura

“…Then, 11-25 mAb was labeled with 64Cu via a chelating agent DOTA and was used in both in vitro cell binding assay and in vivo positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in the tumor-bearing mice. …”
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Atypical Metastases from Prostate Cancer: Alpha-Methylacyl-Coenzyme A Racemase (AMACR) as a Potential Molecular Target in Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Negative Prostate Adeno... by Ilham Badrane, Angelo Castello, Matteo Brunelli, Corrado Cittanti, Sara Adamantiadis, Ilaria Bagni, Noemi Mindicini, Federica Lancia, Massimo Castellani, Licia Uccelli, Mirco Bartolomei, Luca Urso

“…Prostate cancer (PCa) is a high-prevalence disease usually characterized by metastatic spread to the pelvic lymph nodes and bones and the development of visceral metastases only in the late stages of disease. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) plays a key role in the detection of PCa metastases. …”
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Exercise training partly ameliorates cardiac dysfunction in mice during doxorubicin treatment of breast cancer by Tytti-Maria Uurasmaa, Pauline Bourdin, Wail Nammas, Shiva Latifi, Heidi Liljenbäck, Antti Saraste, Olli Eskola, Johan Rajander, Anne Roivainen, Helene Rundqvist, Anu Autio, Ilkka Heinonen, Katja Anttila

“…Mice underwent 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography and echocardiography after two and four DOX-doses. …”
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Structured reporting of neuroendocrine tumors in PET/CT using [18F]SiTATE - impact on interdisciplinary communication by Anna Hinterberger, Lukas Trupka, Sophia Kortbein, Ricarda Ebner, Nicola Fink, Matthias F. Froelich, Dominik Nörenberg, Carmen Wängler, Björn Wängler, Ralf Schirrmacher, Adrien Holzgreve, Matthias Brendel, Stefanie Corradini, Christoph Auernhammer, Johannes Rübenthaler, Freba Grawe

“…Abstract Our retrospective single-center study aims to evaluate the impact of structured reporting (SR) using a self-developed template on report quality compared to free-text reporting (FTR) in [18F]SiTATE Positron Emission Tomography/Computer Tomography (PET/CT) for the primary staging and therapy monitoring of patients diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors (NET). …”
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Predictive Value of Initial 18F-FDG PET/CT for Identifying EGFR and KRAS Mutations in Patients with Non-small-cell Lung Cancer by Ozge Vural Topuz, Nur Buyukpinarbasili

“…Aim: Since the importance of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog gene (KRAS) mutation status in predicting treatment response in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients is well known, we aimed to evaluate whether initial fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging could non-invasively predict EGFR or KRAS mutation states in this patient group. …”
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