Structural and functional images of the brain play an important role as powerful adjuncts in
the management of an increasing number of neurologic and psychiatric diseases. Brain …

Objective: To assess right ventricular systolic function using indices derived from tricuspid
annular motion, and to compare the results with right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) …

PET with 18 F-FDG has been considered of limited value for detection of bladder cancer
because of the urinary excretion of the tracer. The purpose of this study was to investigate the …

Regional cerebral blood flow was measured with single photon emission computed tomography
in 10 obsessive-compulsive patients and eight comparison subjects. The patients had a …

Cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics were evaluated by 111 Indiumdiethylenetriamine pentaacetic
acid ( 111 In-DTPA) ventriculography in 27 patients with neoplastic meningitis. Nineteen …

There are different metabolic imaging methods, various tracers, and emerging anatomic
modalities to stage neuroendocrine tumor (NET). We aimed to compare NET lesion detectability …

Convergent findings from neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies have suggested
that neural dysfunction in frontal–subcortical circuits may play a central role in the …

Functional neuroimaging studies have pointed to a possible role of cerebral circuits
involving the prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices, the striatum, and thalamus in the …

Sdntigraphic Method After a fastingperiod of at least 3 hr, each patient received 0.02,@
gJkgcholecystokinin-8 (CCK)(Kinevac, SquibbDiagnos tics, Princeton, NJ) in a 3-mm intravenous …

Three-phase skeletal scintigraphy, consisting of a radionuclide angiogram, an immediate
postinjection" blood-pool" image, and 2--3 hr delayed images, was performed on 98 patients …