Imaging in Periprosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis: A Comprehensive Review by Armin Hoveidaei, Yasaman Tavakoli, Mohammad Reza Ramezanpour, Mahyaar Omouri-kharashtomi, Seyed Pouya Taghavi, Amir Human Hoveidaei, Janet D. Conway

“…These include radiological techniques such as radiography, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultrasound (US); as well as advanced nuclear medicine techniques including bone scintigraphy (BS), anti-granulocyte antibody imaging (AGS), leukocyte scintigraphy (LS), and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET and FDG-PET/CT). Each imaging technique and radiopharmaceutical has been extensively studied, with unique diagnostic accuracy, limitations, and benefits for PJI diagnosis. …”
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Comparison of Lesion Detection and Quantification in MAP Reconstruction with Gaussian and Non-Gaussian Priors by Jinyi Qi

“…We simulate imaging a prostate tumor using positron emission tomography (PET). The detectability of a known tumor in either a fixed background or a random background is measured using a channelized Hotelling observer. …”
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Metachronous Schnitzler’s Metastasis of Gastric Adenocarcinoma 13 Years After Curative Resection: A Case Report by Jun Kyeong Lim, Suk Bae Kim, Hyun Deok Shin

“…A computed tomography (CT) scan showed a 3.0×1.2 cm invasive mass near the prostate, abutting the rectal wall and invading the right ureterovesical junction, causing hydroureteronephrosis. A positron emission tomography-CT scan indicated low fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the rectal or prostate area. …”
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Evaluation of 2′-Deoxy-2′-Flouro-5-Methyl-1-β--Arabinofuranosyluracil as a Potential Gene Imaging Agent for Expression In Vivo by Mian M. Alauddin, Atranik Shahinian, Erlinda M. Gordon, Peter S. Conti

“…2′-Deoxy-2′-flouro-5-methyl-1-β- d -arabinofuranosyluracil (FMAU) has been evaluated in HT-29 cells as a potential positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer for imaging HSV-tk gene expression in vivo. …”
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Applications of Neuroimaging to Disease-Modification Trials in Alzheimer’s Disease by Adam S. Fleisher, Michael Donohue, Kewei Chen, James B. Brewer, Paul S. Aisen, the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…Magnetic resonance imaging, fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography, new amyloid imaging techniques, and spinal fluid markers of AD all have great potential to provide surrogate endpoint measures for AD pathology. …”
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Mapping the landscape and research trend of imaging diagnosis in lymphoma: a bibliometric analysis from 1976 to 2024 by Yi Ma

“…The most frequently used keywords included positron emission tomography, computed tomography, and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.ConclusionThis study presented a bibliometric analysis of lymphoma imaging diagnosis, highlight showcasing research trends, influential significant studies, and collaborative networks. …”
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Preclinical Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging of Acute Hyperoxia Therapy of Chronic Hypoxia during Pregnancy by Alexander Zheleznyak, Joel R. Garbow, Michal Neeman, Suzanne E. Lapi

“…The goal of this work was to study the efficacy of the positron emission tomography (PET) tracers 2-deoxy-2-[ 18 F]fluoro-D-glucose ([ 18 F]FDG) and 64 Cu-diacetyl-bis(N4-methylthiosemicarbazone) ([ 64 Cu]ATSM) and in monitoring placental and fetal functional response to acute hyperoxia in late-term pregnant mice subjected to experimentally induced chronic hypoxia. …”
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Primary Pleural Angiosarcoma in a 63-Year-Old Gentleman by Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Shamayel Mohammed

“…Whole-body positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan showed two hypermetabolic fluorodeoxyglucose- (FDG-) avid lesions involving the right diaphragmatic pleura. …”
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SPECT and PET Imaging of Meningiomas by Varvara Valotassiou, Anastasia Leondi, George Angelidis, Dimitrios Psimadas, Panagiotis Georgoulias

“…Molecular Nuclear Medicine Imaging with Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) could provide complementary information to CT and MRI. …”
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Disease-Specific Target Gene Expression Profiling of Molecular Imaging Probes: Database Development and Clinical Validation by Lawrence Wing-Chi Chan, Connie Hiu-Ching Ngo, Fengfeng Wang, Moss Y. Zhao, Mengying Zhao, Helen Ka-Wai Law, Sze Chuen Cesar Wong, Benjamin Yat-Ming Yung

“…The DIPP database was validated with a clinical positron emission tomography (PET) study on lung cancer and an in vitro study on neuroendocrine cancer. …”
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Perspectives in Molecular Imaging Using Staging Biomarkers and Immunotherapies in Alzheimer’s Disease by Benoît Leclerc, Abedelnasser Abulrob

“…The most promising diagnostic strategies in today’s world would consist in performing high diagnostic accuracy of combined modality imaging technologies using beta-amyloid 42 peptide-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) positron emission tomography (PET), Pittsburgh compound B-PET, fluorodeoxyglucose-PET, total and phosphorylated tau-CSF, and volumetric magnetic resonance imaging hippocampus biomarkers for criteria evaluation and validation. …”
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Quantitative assessment of brain metabolism in mice using non-contrast MRI at 11.7T by Xiuli Yang, Yuguo Li, Hanzhang Lu, Zhiliang Wei

“…Brain oxygen metabolism indicates the rate of energy consumption and is a potential marker of pathological changes. Positron emission tomography (PET) is the gold standard for measuring metabolic rates using radioactive tracers. …”
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Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy Presenting as Dilated Phase of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Diagnosed with Histological and Genetic Analyses by Toshiki Kuno, Syohei Imaeda, Yohei Asakawa, Hiroshi Nakamura, Genzou Takemura, Daisuke Asahara, Akira Kanamori, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Yohei Numasawa

“…Since cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, beta-methyl-p-I123-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic myocardial scintigraphy, and positron emission tomography/computed tomography revealed no remarkable findings, we performed electron microscopic examination, which aided in diagnosing mitochondrial cardiomyopathy. …”
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Multimodal Imaging of Neural Progenitor Cell Fate in Rodents by Yannic Waerzeggers, Markus Klein, Hrvoje Miletic, Uwe Himmelreich, Hongfeng Li, Parisa Monfared, Ulrich Herrlinger, Mathias Hoehn, Heinrich Hubert Coenen, Michael Weller, Alexandra Winkeler, Andreas Hans Jacobs

“…We investigated C17.2 cells stably expressing herpes simplex virus type 1–thymidine kinase (HSV-1- tk ) and green fluorescent protein ( gfp ) (C17.2- tk IRES gfp = C17.2-TIG) or HSV-1- tk , gfp , and firefly luciferase ( luc ) (C17.2- luc IRES tkgfp = C17.2-LITG) and determined the detection sensitivity of positron emission tomography (PET) and bioluminescence imaging (BLI) for these cells in culture and in vivo in subcutaneous and intracranial glioma models. …”
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Venetoclax in combination with chidamide and azacitidine for the treatment of relapsed/refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with the MLL-AF4 gene: a case report and liter... by Xuelian Jin, Zhigang Liu, Yu Wu, Jie Ji

“…The patient received the VCA regimen (venetoclax, chidamide, and azacitidine) and was regularly monitored through blood counts, marrow cell morphology analysis, flow cytometry, and computed tomography or positron emission tomography-computed tomography imaging. After the first VCA course, the patient achieved a second CR with only transient myelosuppression. …”
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Artificial Neural Network-Statistical Approach for PET Volume Analysis and Classification by Mhd Saeed Sharif, Maysam Abbod, Abbes Amira, Habib Zaidi

“…The increasing number of imaging studies and the prevailing application of positron emission tomography (PET) in clinical oncology have led to a real need for efficient PET volume handling and the development of new volume analysis approaches to aid the clinicians in the clinical diagnosis, planning of treatment, and assessment of response to therapy. …”
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Quarter-Millimeter-Resolution Molecular Mouse Imaging with U-SPECT by Oleksandra Ivashchenko, Frans van der Have, Jose L. Villena, Harald C. Groen, Ruud M. Ramakers, Harrie H. Weinans, Freek J. Beekman

“…Limited spatial resolution of preclinical positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has slowed down applications of molecular imaging in small animals. …”
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Case report: Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma with suspected connective tissue disease diagnosed by EBUS-TBMB by Yanmei Feng, Chunxia Wu, Jing Chi, Linying Li, Pu Wang, Rui Guo

“…This case report also emphasizes the importance of EBUS-TBMB, under the guidance of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), in the diagnosis of this rare tumor in an unusual location.…”
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ntPET: A New Application of PET Imaging for Characterizing the Kinetics of Endogenous Neurotransmitter Release by Evan D. Morris, Karmen K. Yoder, Chunzhi Wang, Marc D. Normandin, Qi-Huang Zheng, Bruce Mock, F. Muzic Raymond, Janice C. Froehlich

“…We present a new application of positron emission tomography (“ntPET” or “neurotransmitter PET”) designed to recover temporal patterns of neurotransmitter release from dynamic data. …”
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Functional MRI Assessment of Task-Induced Deactivation of the Default Mode Network in Alzheimer’s Disease and At-Risk Older Individuals by Maija Pihlajamäki, Reisa A. Sperling

“…Recent functional imaging studies in AD have demonstrated alterations in a distributed network of brain regions supporting memory function, including regions of the default mode network. Previous positron emission tomography studies of older individuals at risk for AD have revealed hypometabolism of association cortical regions similar to the metabolic abnormalities seen in AD patients. …”
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