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MIOKO MATSUO, SHINGO BABA, KAZUKI HASHIMOTO, TAKURO ISODA, YOSHIYUKI KITAMURA, RYUNOSUKE KOGO, RINA JIROMARU, TAKAHIRO HONGO, TOMOMI MANAKO, TAKASHI NAKAGAWA, Utility of FDG PET at the Initial Radioiodine Therapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, ANTICANCER RESEARCH, 10.21873/anticanres.16148, 43, 1, 183-190, 2023.01. |
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Yuzo Yamasaki, Takeshi Kamitani, Kohtaro Abe, Kazuya Hosokawa, Koji Sagiyama, Tomoyuki Hida, Yuko Matsuura, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Takuro Isoda, Shingo Baba, Hideki Yoshikawa, Taku Kuramoto, Hidetake Yabuuchi, Kousei Ishigami, Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension Using Dynamic Chest Radiography, Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2021.12. |
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Shinji Itoh, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Kyohei Yugawa, Norifumi Iseda, Tomonari Shimagaki, Yoshihiro Nagao, Takeo Toshima, Noboru Harada, Kenichi Kohashi, Shingo Baba, Kousei Ishigami, Yoshinao Oda, Masaki Mori, Impact of Metabolic Activity in Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Association With Immune Status and Vascular Formation, Hepatol Commun, 2021.05. |
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Kikuchi K, Togao O, Yamashita K, Momosaka D, Nakayama T, Kitamura Y, Kikuchi Y, Baba S, Sagiyama K, Ishimatsu K, Kamei R, Mukae N, Iihara K, Suzuki SO, Iwaki T, Hiwatashi A, Diagnostic accuracy for the epileptogenic zone detection in focal epilepsy could be higher in FDG-PET/MRI than in FDG-PET/CT, Eur Radiol, 2021.05. |
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Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Masayuki Sasaki, Akihiro Nishie, Kousei Ishigami, Usefulness of semi-quantitative analysis in 123I metaiodobenzylguanidine SPECT/CT for the differentiation of pheochromocytoma and cortical adenoma, Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 2022.01. |
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Kitamura Yoshiyuki, Baba Shingo, Isoda Takuro, Maruoka Yasuhiro, Sasaki Masayuki, Kamitani Takeshi, Koga Yuhki, Kawakubo Naonori, Matsuura Toshiharu, Ishigami Kousei, I-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) uptake predicts early relapse of neuroblastoma using semi-quantitative SPECT/CT analysis, ANNALS OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 10.1007/s12149-021-01595-7, 35, 5, 549-556, 2021.05. |
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Ayako Ishikita, Ichiro Sakamoto, Kenichiro Yamamura, Shintaro Umemoto, Hazumu Nagata, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Yuzo Yamasaki, Hiromichi Sonoda, Hideki Tatewaki, Akira Shiose, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Usefulness of 18 F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Diagnosis of Infective Endocarditis in Patients With Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Circ J, 2021 Apr 1. doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-20-1067. Online ahead of print.
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Yasuhiro Maruoka, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Koichiro Abe, Masayuki Sasaki, Horoshi Honda, A functional scoring system based on salivary gland scintigraphy for evaluating salivary gland dysfunction secondary to 131I therapy in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 10.7860/JCDR/2017/27340.10431, 11, 8, TC23-TC28, 2017.08, Introduction: Radioiodine therapy with 131I (131I therapy) after total or near-total thyroidectomy has been established as an effective treatment for Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (DTC), but can induce dry mouth symptoms by salivary gland damage and impair the patients’ quality of life. Aim: To propose a functional scoring system based on Salivary Gland Scintigraphy (SGS) findings that evaluates development of salivary gland dysfunction secondary to 131I therapy in patients with DTC. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study evaluated the records of 279 DTC patients who underwent SGS after one or more round(s) of 131I therapy, using 370 MBqof 99mTc-pertechnetate. The SGS results were assessed using a novel functional scoring system in the Parotid Glands (PGs) and Submandibular Glands (SMGs) according to visual evaluations based on a three-point uptake score, Washout Rate (%WR) score after lemon-juice stimulation, and functional score. The scores were compared among pretreatment, low-dose (10 GBq) groups and among pretreatment, symptom-positive, and symptom-negative groups. Risk factors for dry mouth were analyzed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results: Dry mouth symptoms developed in 15.4% of the DTC patients after 131I therapy. The three-point uptake, %WR, and functional scores in both the PG and SMG were statistically significant between low-dose and high-dose groups, and between symptom-positive and symptom-negative groups. The PG/SMG functional scores were independent risk factors for dry mouth (odds ratio, 0.03 and 0.0007 respectively). Conclusion: SGS-based PG and SMG functional scores were effective biomarkers to objectively evaluate salivary gland dysfunction, with the high strength of association with dry mouth symptoms.. |
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Yasuhiro Maruoka, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Koichiro Abe, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Honda, Association between volumetric analysis of lung metastases on F-18-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and short-term progression after i-131 therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma, Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 10.4103/ijnm.IJNM_43_17, 32, 3, 167-172, 2017.07, Purpose: Lung metastases (LMs) and their radioiodine uptake affect prognosis in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC). We herein investigate the value of metabolic tumor volume (MTV) in LMs on positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) using 2-[F-18]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (F-18 FDG PET/CT) in predicting short-term progression after initial I-131 therapy in DTC patients. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 111 DTC patients with LMs. Diagnostic CT and I-131 scintigraphy were performed within 1 week of I-131 therapy. Maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) and total MTV (MTVtotal) were compared between patients with I-131-positive and I-131-negative LMs and between patients with and without short-term progression. Correlation analyses were performed between F-18 FDG PET/CT parameters and thyroglobulin (TG) level, and predictive factors for short-term progression were analyzed by logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis.Results: Patients with short-term progression had significantly higher SUVmax and MTVtotal than those without. TG levels were significantly correlated with SUVmax (r = 0.21) and MTVtotal (r = 0.51) after I-131 therapy. MTVtotal showed significant association (χ2 = 16.5, odds ratio = 0.02) with short-term progression after initial I-131 therapy and had the highest predictive value of all the putative risk factors. Conclusions: MTVtotal in LMs on F-18 FDG PET/CT is an independent predictive factor with a high predictive value for short-term progression of DTC after initial I-131 therapy. It is recommended that F-18 FDG PET/CT be performed before planning therapy during the evaluation of DTC patients with LM.. |
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Yasuhiro Maruoka, Michinobu Nagao, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Yuzo Yamazaki, Koichiro Abe, Masayuki Sasaki, Kotaro Abe, Hiroshi Honda, Three-dimensional fractal analysis of 99m Tc-MAA SPECT images in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension for evaluation of response to balloon pulmonary angioplasty
Association with pulmonary arterial pressure, Nuclear Medicine Communications, 10.1097/MNM.0000000000000673, 38, 6, 480-486, 2017.05, Objective Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is used for inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), but its effect cannot be evaluated noninvasively. We devised a noninvasive quantitative index of response to BPA using three-dimensional fractal analysis (3D-FA) of technetium-99m-macroaggregated albumin (99m Tc-MAA) single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Patients and methods Forty CTEPH patients who underwent pulmonary perfusion scintigraphy and mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) measurement by right heart catheterization before and after BPA were studied. The total uptake volume (TUV) in bilateral lungs was determined from maximum intensity projection 99m Tc-MAA SPECT images. Fractal dimension was assessed by 3D-FA. Parameters were compared before and after BPA, and between patients with post-BPA mPAP more than 30 mmHg and less than or equal to 30 mmHg. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was carried out. Results BPA significantly improved TUV (595±204-885±214 ml, P |
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Takuro Isoda, Shingo Baba, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Keiichiro Tahara, Masayuki Sasaki, Masamitsu Hatakenaka, Hiroshi Honda, Influence of the Different Primary Cancers and Different Types of Bone Metastasis on the Lesion-based Artificial Neural Network Value Calculated by a Computer-aided Diagnostic System, BONENAVI, on Bone Scintigraphy Images
, Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 10.22038/aojnmb.2016.7606, 5, 1, 49-55, 2017.01. |
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Takuro Isoda, Shingo Baba, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Keiichiro Tahara, Masayuki Sasaki, Masamitsu Hatakenaka, Hiroshi Honda, The Efficiency of Respiratory-gated 18F-FDG PET/CT in Lung Adenocarcinoma: Amplitude-gating Versus Phase-gating Methods, Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 10.22038/aojnmb.2016.7747, 5, 1, 30-36, 2017.01. |
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Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Shingo Baba, Makoto Endo, Nokitaka Setsu, Keiichiro Iida, Jun-Ichi Fukushi, Kenichi Kawaguchi, Seiji Okada, Hirofumi Bekki, Takuro Isoda, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Honda, Yasuharu Nakashima, Metabolic Tumor Volume by (18)F-FDG PET/CT Can Predict the Clinical Outcome of Primary Malignant Spine/Spinal Tumors, BioMed Research International, 10.1155/2017/8132676, 2017, 8132676, 2017, BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Primary malignant spine/spinal tumors (PMSTs) are rare and life-threatening diseases. In this study, we demonstrated the advantage of volume-based (18)F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameter, metabolic tumor volume (MTV), for assessing the aggressiveness of PMSTs.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 27 patients with PMSTs and calculated SUVmax, MTV, and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) to compare their accuracy in predicting progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to compare the reliability of the metabolic parameters and various clinical factors.
RESULTS: MTV exhibited greater accuracy than SUVmax or TLG. The cut-off values for PFS and OS derived from the AUC data were MTV 45 ml and 83 ml and TLG 250 SUV⁎ml and 257 SUV⁎ml, respectively. MTV above cut-off value, but not TLG, was identified as significant prognostic factor for PFS by log-lank test (p = 0.04). In addition, MTV was the only significant predictive factors for PFS and OS in the multivariate analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: MTV was a more accurate predictor of PFS and OS in PMSTs compared to TLG or SUVmax and helped decision-making for guiding rational treatment options.. |
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Koji Yamashita, Akio Hiwatashi, Osamu Togao, Kazuhumi Kikuchi, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Masahiro Mizoguchi, Koji Yoshimoto, Takuro Isoda, Shingo Baba, Koji Iihara, Toru Iwaki, Hiroshi Honda, Diagnostic utility of intravoxel incoherent motion mr imaging in differentiating primary central nervous system lymphoma from glioblastoma multiforme., Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 10.1002/jmri.25261, 44, 5, 1256-1261, 2016.11. |
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Takuro Isoda, Shingo Baba, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Keiichiro Tahara, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Honda, Impact of patient age on the iodine/FDG “flip-flop” phenomenon in lung metastasis from thyroid cancer, Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 10.1007/s12149-016-1104-9, 30, 8, 518-524, 2016.10, Objectives: Radioiodine therapy is an effective treatment for lung metastasis from thyroid cancer. However, cases of lung metastasis without iodine uptake are often encountered. In such cases, FDG accumulation in lung lesions is often observed. There is a reverse relationship between iodine and FDG accumulation in thyroid cancer lesions, the so-called “flip-flop” phenomenon. The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between patient age and the occurrence of the flip-flop phenomenon. Methods: Eighty-six patients who underwent radioiodine therapy for lung metastasis were studied retrospectively (age 17–73 years; median 60 years; males:females 22:64). We compared the clinical data and imaging findings (size and FDG uptake of lung nodules) between patients with (n = 44) and without (n = 42) iodine uptake in lung metastasis. Results: Significantly more young patients showed iodine accumulation in lung metastasis than old patients (p = 0.0025). Lung metastases with larger size or greater FDG uptake showed no iodine uptake more frequently with significant difference (p = 0.015 and |
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Michinobu Nagao, Yuzo Yamasaki, Takeshi Kamitani, Satoshi Kawanami, Koji Sagiyama, Torahiko Yamanouchi, Yamato Shimomiya, Tetsuya Matoba, Yasushi Mukai, Keita Odashiro, Shingo Baba, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Akihiro Nishie, Hiroshi Honda, Quantification of coronary flow using dynamic angiography with 320-detector row CT and motion coherence image processing
Detection of ischemia for intermediate coronary stenosis, European Journal of Radiology, 10.1016/j.ejrad.2016.02.027, 85, 5, 996-1003, 2016.05, Objectives Anatomical coronary stenosis is not always indicative of functional stenosis, particularly for intermediate coronary lesions. The purpose of this study is to propose a new method for quantifying coronary flow using dynamic CT angiography for the whole heart (heart-DCT) and investigate its ability for detecting ischemia from intermediate coronary stenosis. Methods Participants comprised 36 patients with coronary artery disease who underwent heart-DCT using 320-detector CT with tube voltage of 80 kV and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS). Heart-DCT was continuously performed at mid-diastole throughout 15-25 cardiac cycles with prospective ECG-gating after bolus injection of contrast media (12-24 ml). Dynamic datasets were computed into 90-100 data sets by motion coherence image processing (MCIP). Next, time-density curves (TDCs) for coronary arteries with a diameter >3 mm were automatically calculated for all phases using MCIP. On the basis of the maximum slope method, coronary flow index (CFI) was defined as the ratio of the maximum upslope of coronary artery attenuation to the upslope of ascending aorta attenuation on the TDC, and was used to quantify coronary flow. CFIs for the proximal and distal sites of coronary arteries with mild-to-moderate stenosis were calculated. Coronary territories were categorized as non-ischemic or ischemic by MPS. Receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to determine the optimal cutoff for CFI to detect ischemia. Results Distal CFI was significantly lower for ischemia (0.26 ± 0.08) than for non-ischemia (0.50 ± 0.17, p |
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Michinobu Nagao, Shingo Baba, Masato Yonezawa, Yuzo Yamasaki, Takeshi Kamitani, Takuro Isoda, Satoshi Kawanami, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Kotaro Abe, Taiki Higo, Kenji Sunagawa, Hiroshi Honda, Prediction of adverse cardiac events in dilated cardiomyopathy using cardiac T2* MRI and MIBG scintigraphy, International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, 10.1007/s10554-014-0562-1, 31, 2, 399-407, 2015.02, Iron deficiency and cardiac sympathetic impairment play a role in the worsening of heart failure, and these two conditions may be linked. The present study aimed to clarify the relationship between myocardial iron deficiency, cardiac sympathetic activity, and major adverse cardiac events (MACE) in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Cardiac T2* MRI for iron deficiency and 123I-Metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) imaging for cardiac sympathetic activity were performed in 46 patients with DCM. Myocardial T2* value (M-T2*) was calculated by fitting signal intensity data for mid-left ventricular septum to a decay curve using 3-Tesla scanner. 123I-MIBG washout rate (MIBG-WR) was calculated using a polar-map technique with tomographic data. We analyze the ability of M-T2* and MIBG-WR to predict MACE. MIBG-WR and M-T2* were significantly greater in DCM patients with MACE than in patients without MACE. Receiver-operating-characteristics curve analysis showed that the optimal MIBG-WR and M-T2* thresholds of 35 % and 28.1 ms, and the two combination predict MACE with C-statics of 0.69, 0.73, and 0.82, respectively. Patients with MIBG-WR 2 and the hazard ratio were 3.99 and 2.15 for development of MACE in patients with MIBG-WR ≥35 % or M-T2* ≥28.1 ms (p |
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Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Yukihisa Takayama, Akihiro Nishie, Yoshiki Asayama, yasuhiro ushijima, nobuhiro fujita, Koichirou Morita, Shingo Baba, Yuichiro Kubo, Ken Shirabe, Hiroshi Honda, Inflammatory pseudotumor-like follicular dendritic cell tumor of the spleen
Case report and review of the literature, Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences, 10.2463/mrms.2014-0052, 14, 4, 347-354, 2015.01, A 74-year-old woman underwent contrast-enhanced (CE) computed tomography (CT) that revealed an enlarging splenic lesion. This splenic tumor was suspected as metastasis because the patient had been diagnosed with right breast cancer with lung and right axillary lymph node metastases 4 years earlier and had undergone surgery and hormone therapy at another hospital. T2-weighted imaging of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated the tumor with slightly high intensity with a rim of low intensity at the margin. On dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE)-MR imaging after intravenous administration of gadolinium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid, delayed enhancement was observed in the center and margin of the tumor. On positron emission tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-Dglucose (FDG) integrated with CT, the tumor showed high FDG uptake. Splenic metastasis was considered based on the imaging findings, lack of inflammation on laboratory data, and clinical course, so she underwent splenectomy. Histopathologically, the tumor was encapsulated by a fibrous structure, which was depicted as the rim at the tumor margin on T2-weighted imaging and DCE-MR imaging. Immunohistochemical study allowed the diagnosis of inflammatory pseudotumor (IPT)-like follicular dendritic cell tumor (FDCT). FDCT is a primary neoplasm of lymph nodes that shows features of follicular dendritic cell differentiation, and it is rare at the spleen. Differential diagnosis is difficult between IPTlike FDCT and similar splenic tumors, such as IPT, splenic metastases, hamartoma and hemangioma. However, in addition to the enhancement pattern within a tumor on DCEMR imaging, detection of the capsular-like rim on MR imaging might aid the diagnosis of splenic IPT-like FDCT.. |
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Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Y. Maruoka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Hiroshi Honda, Masayuki Sasaki, Role of FDG-PET for the treatment strategy of malignant lymphoma, Japanese Journal of Clinical Radiology, 59, 10, 1292-1301, 2014.10, FDG-PET is increasingly being used for assessment of the staging, for evaluating the response to treatment, and for monitoring the reactions to therapy in malignant lymphoma. This review will highlight the most important applications of FDG-PET in lymphoma, focusing on the advantages and pitfalls of this imaging, and past and ongoing efforts to standardize the use of FDG-PET, particularly in response to assessment and therapy monitoring.. |
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Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Masayuki Sasaki, Tsuyoshi Yoshida, Hiroshi Honda, Diagnostic and prognostic value of pretreatment SUV in 18F-FDG/ PET in breast cancer
Comparison with apparent diffusion coefficient from diffusion-weighted MR imaging, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 10.2967/jnumed.113.129395, 55, 5, 736-742, 2014.05, In oncology, the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measured by diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) and the standardized uptake value (SUV) from 18F-FDG PET have similar clinical applications. The purpose of this study was to assess the correlation between the ADC and SUV and compare their potential in the diagnosis and prediction of prognosis in breast tumors. Methods: Seventy-nine female patients (age range, 19-69 y; average, 49.1 y) with 83 pathologically proven breast tumors were recruited. The diagnoses consisted of 70 malignant breast tumors (65 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma, 1 of medullary carcinoma, 1 of mucinous carcinoma, 1 of squamous cell carcinoma, and 2 of micropapillary carcinoma) and 13 benign breast tumors (4 cases of fibroadenoma, 4 of mastopathy, 3 of adenosis with atypia, and 2 of benign phyllodes tumor). All patients underwent mammary gland MR imaging with DWI and 18F-FDG PET within a 2-wk interval. The patients' ADCs and SUVs were measured within the tumor by DWI and 18F-FDG PET, respectively. For the malignant tumors, we evaluated the relationships among ADC, SUV, histopathologic appearance, and long-term prognosis. Results: A significant difference (P |
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Yuji Tsutsui, Daisuke Kidera, Takafumi Taniguchi, Go Akamatsu, Isao Komiya, Yoshiyuki Umezu, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Shingo Baba, Masayuki Sasaki, Accuracy of amplitude-based respiratory gating for PET/CT in irregular respirations, Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 10.1007/s12149-014-0870-5, 28, 8, 770-779, 2014.01, Objective: We evaluated the accuracy of amplitude gating PET (AG-PET) compared with phase gating PET (PG-PET) in relation to respiratory motion patterns based on a phantom analysis.
Method: We used a NEMA IEC body phantom filled with an 18F solution with a 4:1 sphere-to-background radioactivity ratio (12.6 and 2.97 kBq/mL). PET/CT scans were acquired in a motionless and moving state on a Biograph mCT. The respiratory movements were simulated by four different waveform patterns consisting of ideal breathing, breathing with a pause period, breathing with a variable amplitude and breathing with a changing baseline. AG-PET selects the narrow bandwidth containing 20 % of the respiratory cycle. PG-PET was reconstructed with five gates. The image quality was physically assessed using the percent contrast (QH,10mm), background variability (N10mm) recovery coefficient (RC), and sphere volumes.
Result: In regular motion patterns with ideal breathing and breathing with a pause period, the QH,10mm, RC and sphere volumes were not different between AG-PET and PG-PET. In the variable amplitude pattern, the QH,10mm of AG-PET was higher than that of PG-PET (35.8 vs 28.2 %), the RC of AG-PET was higher than that of PG-PET and sphere volume of AG-PET was smaller than that of PG-PET (6.4 vs 8.6 mL). In the changing baseline pattern, the QH,10mm of AG-PET was higher than that of PG-PET (42.4 vs 16.7 %), the RC of AG-PET was higher than that of PG-PET and sphere volume of AG-PET was smaller than that of PG-PET (6.2 vs 9.8 mL). The N10mm did not differ between AG-PET and PG-PET, irrespective of the motion pattern.
Conclusion: Amplitude gating PET is considered to be more accurate than phase gating PET for examining unstable respiratory motion patterns, such as those involving a variable amplitude or changing baseline.. |
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Takuro Isoda, Shingo Baba, Yasuhiro Maruoka, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Akihiro Nishie, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Honda, Nabothian Cyst a predominant cause of false-positive iodine uptake in Uterus
Comparison of SPECT/CT and Pelvic MRI, Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000504, 39, 8, 680-684, 2014.01, PURPOSE: Many cases of unexpected radioiodine uptake have been reported, including physiological uptake in healthy tissue and in both benign and malignant nonthyroidal lesions. However, iodine uptake in the uterus has not been well assessed. In this article, we systemically analyzed iodine uptake in the uterus and identified the site in which uptake occurred. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy-six female patients who underwent SPECT/CT from neck to pelvis were included in this study; 5 patients with uterine uptake received pelvic MRI. Iodine uptake in the uterus was diagnosed with SPECT/CT and compared with the findings of the MRI. Serum TSH level, administered dose of iodine-131 and number of radioiodine therapies were compared between the 2 groups with and without iodine uptake in the uterus. RESULTS: Twenty (26.3%) of 76 patients showed iodine uptake in the uterine cervix on SPECT/CT. It was difficult to distinguish the uptake in the uterus from that in the urinary bladder or rectum using only planar images. The patients with the uterine uptake were younger than those without (median age, 46.5 vs. 62, P = 0.011). There were no significant differences in serum TSH level, administered dose of iodine-131, or number of radioiodine therapies between the 2 groups. In all instances of the 5 patients who underwent pelvic MRI, iodine uptake in the uteri was located in nabothian cysts. CONCLUSION: Iodine uptake in the uterus is frequently found if pelvic SPECT/CT is performed. Nabothian cysts are a predominant cause of iodine uptake in the uterine cervix.. |
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Yasuhiro Maruoka, Koichiro Abe, Shingo Baba, Takuro Isoda, Yoshiyuki Kitamura, Noriko Mizoguchi, Go Akamatsu, Masayuki Sasaki, Hiroshi Honda, Usefulness of partial volume effect-corrected F-18 FDG PET/CT for predicting I-131 accumulation in the metastatic lymph nodes of patients with thyroid carcinoma, Annals of Nuclear Medicine, 10.1007/s12149-013-0767-8, 27, 10, 873-879, 2013.12, Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of partial volume effect (PVE)-corrected F-18 FDG PET/CT for predicting I-131 accumulation in metastatic lymph nodes (mLNs) during I-131 therapy for papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Methods: Sixty-five mLNs in 31 PTC patients who underwent F-18 FDG PET/CT in an initial radioiodine therapy (RIT) were retrospectively evaluated. Of these, 25 mLNs were I-131-positive and 40 were I-131-negative. SUVmax and SUVmax with PVE correction (cSUVmax) were measured for each mLN, where PVE correction was performed utilizing a simple table lookup correction method. Then, SUVmax/cSUVmax was compared between I-131-positive and I-131-negative mLNs, including the analyses for the mLNs with small-sized ( |
