Position for Site-Specific Attachment of a DOTA Chelator to Synthetic Affibody Molecules Has a Different Influence on the Targeting Properties of Ga-Compared to In-Labeled Conjugat... by Hadis Honarvar, Joanna Strand, Anna Perols, Anna Orlova, Ram Kumar Selvaraju, Amelie Eriksson Karlström, Vladimir Tolmachev

“…Radiolabeling of Affibody molecules with the positron-emitting nuclide 68 Ga would permit the use of positron emission tomography (PET), providing better resolution, sensitivity, and quantification accuracy than single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). …”
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Monitoring of Biodistribution and Persistence of Conditionally Replicative Adenovirus in a Murine Model of Ovarian Cancer Using Capsid-Incorporated mCherry and Expression of Human... by Igor P. Dmitriev, Elena A. Kashentseva, Kenneth H. Kim, Qiana L. Matthews, Stephanie S. Krieger, Jesse J. Parry, Kim N. Nguyen, Walter J. Akers, Samuel Achilefu, Buck E. Rogers, Ronald D. Alvarez, David T. Curiel

“…Optical imaging demonstrated relative correlation of fluorescent signal with virus replication as determined by viral genome quantification in tumors. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography studies demonstrated that we can visualize radioactive uptake in tumors injected with imaging CRAd and the trend for greater uptake by standardized uptake value analysis compared to control CRAd. …”
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Temporal Changes in Phosphatidylserine Expression and Glucose Metabolism after Myocardial Infarction: An in Vivo Imaging Study in Mice by Sebastian Lehner, Andrei Todica, Stefan Brunner, Christopher Uebleis, Hao Wang, Carmen Wängler, Nadja Herbach, Tanja Herrler, Guido Böning, Rüdiger Paul Laubender, Paul Cumming, Ralf Schirrmacher, Wolfgang Franz, Marcus Hacker

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) for in vivo monitoring of phosphatidylserine externalization and glucose metabolism can potentially provide early predictors of outcome of cardioprotective therapies after myocardial infarction. …”
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Evaluation of Positron Emission Tomographic Tracers for Imaging of Papillomavirus-Induced Tumors in Rabbits by Sonja Probst, Stefan Wiehr, Frederic Mantlik, Holger Schmidt, Armin Kolb, Peter Münch, Maria Delcuratolo, Frank Stubenrauch, Bernd J. Pichler, Thomas Iftner

“…In this study, simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was employed to evaluate the feasibility of the PET tracers 2-deoxy-2- 18 F-fluoro-D-glucose ( 18 F-FDG), 11 C-choline, and 18 F-fluorothymidine ( 18 F-FLT) to detect papillomavirus-induced tumors in an established rabbit model system. …”
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Atypical Fragility Fractures due to Bony or Soft Tissue Phosphaturic Mesenchymal Tumors: A Report of Two Cases by Stephanie M. Clegg, Emily S. Eiel, Sara Fine, Rachel I. Gafni, Mathew J. Most

“…A 68Ga-DOTATATE-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scan identified a soft tissue tumor in his plantar foot, which was ultimately excised. …”
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Sustained remission in large-Vessel vasculitis: Do they ever burn out? by Sakir Ahmed, Padmanabha Shenoy, Debashish Danda, Ramnath Misra

“…While magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography are sensitive tools, these cannot differentiate smouldering disease from vascular repair. …”
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Comparison of Al[18F]-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT and [18F]-FDG PET/CT in a patient with lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report and literature review by Jingjie Qin, Jinming Yu, Yuchun Wei

“…The purpose of the study is to explore superiority of [18F]-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT in distinguishing TB from malignant lesions and accurately detecting inflammatory lymph nodes than [18F]-FDG PET/CT.Case summaryHerein, we described a case report of a patient with both lung cancer and tuberculosis underwent [18F]-FDG and Al[18F]-NOTA-FAPI-04 positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) to determine staging. …”
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Diffusion-Weighted MRI and FDG-PET in Diagnosis of Endometrial Stromal Nodule by Shunsuke Maruyama, Yukiyasu Sato, Yumiko Satake, Hiroko Mise, Tomoko Kim

“…The tumor exhibited high signal intensity in diffusion-weighted MRI (DW-MRI) and intense accumulation of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in positron emission tomography (PET). Intense FDG accumulation was also observed in the left internal iliac region. …”
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Modalities for Imaging of Prostate Cancer by A. H. Hou, D. Swanson, A. B. Barqawi

“…This review discusses the more established imaging techniques, including Ultrasonography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MR Spectroscopy, Computed Tomography, and Positron Emission Tomography. We also review several promising techniques on the horizon, including Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI, Diffuse-Weighted Imaging, Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles, and Radionuclide Scintigraphy.…”
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Resting State fMRI: A Valuable Tool for Studying Cognitive Dysfunction in PD by Kai Li, Wen Su, Shu-Hua Li, Ying Jin, Hai-Bo Chen

“…In combination with other modalities such as positron emission tomography, rs-fMRI could give us more information on the underlying mechanism of cognitive deficits in PD.…”
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Multiscale Mask R-CNN–Based Lung Tumor Detection Using PET Imaging by Rui Zhang PhD, Chao Cheng PhD, Xuehua Zhao PhD, Xuechen Li PhD

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging serves as one of the most competent methods for the diagnosis of various malignancies, such as lung tumor. …”
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Emerging Role of PET in the Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer by Geoffery Coates, Stephen J Skehan

“…Positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) has recently emerged as a practical and useful imaging modality in patients with lung cancer. …”
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Micro-PET/CT Monitoring of Herpes Thymidine Kinase Suicide Gene Therapy in a Prostate Cancer Xenograft: The Advantage of a Cell-specific Transcriptional Targeting Approach by Mai Johnson, Makoto Sato, Jeremy Burton, Sanjiv S. Gambhir, Michael Carey, Lily Wu

“…Serial bioluminescence imaging, positron emission tomography, and computed tomography revealed restriction of gene expression to the tumors when prostate-specific vector was employed. …”
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Illuminating the Shadows: Innovation in Advanced Imaging Techniques for Myeloma Precursor Conditions by Kara I. Cicero, Rahul Banerjee, Mary Kwok, Danai Dima, Andrew J. Portuguese, Delphine Chen, Majid Chalian, Andrew J. Cowan

“…Computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET)-CT with [¹⁸F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) have improved sensitivity for the detection of myeloma bone disease compared to traditional skeletal surveys, and such advanced imaging also provides this field with better tools for detecting early signs of progression. …”
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Multimodality Registration without a Dedicated Multimodality Scanner by Bradley J. Beattie, Gregor J. Förster, Ricardo Govantes, Carl H. Le, Valerie A. Longo, Pat B. Zanzonico, Luc Bidaut, Ronald G. Blasberg, Jason A. Koutcher

“…Using a thin plastic wrap to immobilize and fix a mouse or other small animal atop a removable bed, we are able to calculate registrations between all combinations of four different small animal imaging scanners (positron emission tomography, single-photon emission computed tomography, magnetic resonance, and computed tomography [CT]) at our disposal, effectively equivalent to a quadruple-modality scanner. …”
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Diagnostic Consideration for Sinonasal Wegener’s Granulomatosis Clinically Mistaken for Carcinoma by Cristina La Rosa, Carmela Emmanuele, Maria Grazia Tranchina, Massimo Ippolito, Sebastiano Cosentino, Vincenzo Saita, Giuseppina Improta, Filippo Fraggetta

“…The lesion was clinically suspected as malignant on the basis of clinical and radiological findings (namely, computed tomography scan and positron emission tomography). However, multiple biopsies were not conclusive for malignancy showing histological change suggestive of Wegener’s granulomatosis. …”
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Feasibility study of PET/CT for the detection and localization of nervous system damage caused by trimethyltin chloride by Anqing Liu, Qingqiang Tu, Ming Huang

“…In this study, Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with 10 mg/kg TMT to simulate acute exposure in humans. Micro-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (Micro-PET/CT) and molecular imaging quantitative analysis tools were employed to calculate the uptake rate of 18 F-2-fluoro-D-deoxy-glucose in each functional region of brain tissue. …”
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Efficient F Labeling of Cysteine-Containing Peptides and Proteins Using Tetrazine–-Cyclooctene Ligation by Shuanglong Liu, Matthew Hassink, Ramajeyam Selvaraj, Li-Peng Yap, Ryan Park, Hui Wang, Xiaoyuan Chen, Joseph M. Fox, Zibo Li, Peter S. Conti

“…18 F positron emission tomography (PET) has a number of attributes that make it clinically attractive, including nearly 100% positron efficiency, very high specific radioactivity, and a short half-life of ≈ 110 minutes. …”
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A Rare Case of Testicular Tuberculosis Mimicking as Testicular Malignancy by S. Rishabh, K. Krishnamoorthy, T. Joseph Pratheeban, E. Mathan, O. M. Rahman Shahul Hameed

“…Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography–computed tomography revealed metabolically active lesions in both testes and several lymph nodes. …”
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Assessment and Prediction of Salivary Gland Function After Head and Neck Radiotherapy: A Systematic Review by J. Le Guevelou, X. Palard‐Novello, E. Kammerer, M. Baty, M. Perazzi, A. Larnaudie, R. De Crevoisier, J. Castelli

“…ABSTRACT Background Modern imaging techniques with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) have recently been developed to assess radiation‐induced damage to salivary structures. …”
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