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Bolcák K. PET Center - Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic. NUCLEAR MEDICINE REVIEW 2005; 8:160-2. [PMID: 16437408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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Ilic S. Prospectives in nuclear medicine. HELLENIC JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE 2005; 8:61. [PMID: 15886759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Als C. Does the Luxembourgish Society of Nuclear Medicine (SLMN) really exist? NUCLEAR MEDICINE REVIEW 2005; 8:157-9. [PMID: 16437407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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De Man S, Gemmel P, Vlerick P, Dierckx R. Waiting for Godot: waiting in nuclear medicine. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2004; 31:1572-4. [PMID: 15241629 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1592-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Yaeger T. Re: Fischman and Thrall editorial, "Who Should Read ... PET Studies". J Nucl Med 2004; 45:1975. [PMID: 15534071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/01/2023] Open
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Allen B. Report on the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering-WC2003. AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2004; 27:160. [PMID: 15580847 DOI: 10.1007/bf03178677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nuclear medicine makes news at SNM Annual Meeting. J Nucl Med 2004; 45:13N-16N, 52N. [PMID: 15452956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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Peters AM. Editorial. Nucl Med Commun 2004; 25:535-7. [PMID: 15167510 DOI: 10.1097/01.mnm.0000131671.75811.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mehlberg LM. SNMTS leadership update. J Nucl Med 2004; 45:37N-8N. [PMID: 15181120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Royal HD. SNM leadership update. J Nucl Med 2004; 45:36N-8N. [PMID: 15181119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Exhibit hall is a highlight of SNM 2004 annual meeting. J Nucl Med 2004; 45:19N. [PMID: 15181113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Marcus CS, Siegel JA. NRC absorbed dose reconstruction for family member of 131I therapy patient: case study and commentary. J Nucl Med 2004; 45:13N-6N, 37N. [PMID: 15073236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Wagner HN. Hosting the WFNMB: a memoir and a modest proposal. J Nucl Med 2004; 45:25N, 37N. [PMID: 15073240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Heller GV, Links J, Bateman TM, Ziffer JA, Ficaro E, Cohen MC, Hendel RC. American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and Society of Nuclear Medicine joint position statement: attenuation correction of myocardial perfusion SPECT scintigraphy. J Nucl Cardiol 2004; 11:229-30. [PMID: 15052255 DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2003.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pappas V. SNM leadership update. J Nucl Med 2004; 45:32N. [PMID: 15001671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Underwood SR, Anagnostopoulos C, Cerqueira M, Ell PJ, Flint EJ, Harbinson M, Kelion AD, Al-Mohammad A, Prvulovich EM, Shaw LJ, Tweddel AC. Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy: the evidence. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2004; 31:261-91. [PMID: 15129710 PMCID: PMC2562441 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1344-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This review summarises the evidence for the role of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS) in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. It is the product of a consensus conference organised by the British Cardiac Society, the British Nuclear Cardiology Society and the British Nuclear Medicine Society and is endorsed by the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of Radiologists. It was used to inform the UK National Institute of Clinical Excellence in their appraisal of MPS in patients with chest pain and myocardial infarction. MPS is a well-established, non-invasive imaging technique with a large body of evidence to support its effectiveness in the diagnosis and management of angina and myocardial infarction. It is more accurate than the exercise ECG in detecting myocardial ischaemia and it is the single most powerful technique for predicting future coronary events. The high diagnostic accuracy of MPS allows reliable risk stratification and guides the selection of patients for further interventions, such as revascularisation. This in turn allows more appropriate utilisation of resources, with the potential for both improved clinical outcomes and greater cost-effectiveness. Evidence from modelling and observational studies supports the enhanced cost-effectiveness associated with MPS use. In patients presenting with stable or acute chest pain, strategies of investigation involving MPS are more cost-effective than those not using the technique. MPS also has particular advantages over alternative techniques in the management of a number of patient subgroups, including women, the elderly and those with diabetes, and its use will have a favourable impact on cost-effectiveness in these groups. MPS is already an integral part of many clinical guidelines for the investigation and management of angina and myocardial infarction. However, the technique is underutilised in the UK, as judged by the inappropriately long waiting times and by comparison with the numbers of revascularisations and coronary angiograms performed. Furthermore, MPS activity levels in this country fall far short of those in comparable European countries, with about half as many scans being undertaken per year. Currently, the number of MPS studies performed annually in the UK is 1,200/million population/year. We estimate the real need to be 4,000/million/year. The current average waiting time is 20 weeks and we recommend that clinically appropriate upper limits of waiting time are 6 weeks for routine studies and 1 week for urgent studies.
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Torubarov FS. [Results and prospects of radiation neurology]. MEDITSINA TRUDA I PROMYSHLENNAIA EKOLOGIIA 2004:11-4. [PMID: 15124388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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The article represents main results and prospective goals on a problem concerning neurologic disorders caused by ionizing radiation in atomic industry workers.
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Ilić S. A window on Serbia and Montenegro. NUCLEAR MEDICINE REVIEW 2004; 7:196. [PMID: 15968617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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DOE announces 20-year science facility plan. J Nucl Med 2004; 45:17N. [PMID: 14734663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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Mehlburg L. Nuclear medicine technology state of the union. J Nucl Med Technol 2003; 31:190. [PMID: 14657283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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Murphy K. NMTCB report. J Nucl Med Technol 2003; 31:231-2. [PMID: 14657291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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Technologists news. J Nucl Med Technol 2003; 31:233-4. [PMID: 14657292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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As with all places of employment, nuclear medicine, medical physics and research departments in the United Kingdom which use radiation are required by legislation to make risk assessments associated with their work. Many have been slow to complete these, finding little guidance as to the best approach to take for departments which handle ionizing radiation. The Royal Free Hospital has set up a project to examine the whole procedure and approach to risk assessments in departments which use ionizing radiations, and has produced a standardized approach using matched risk assessment forms for both general risks and ionizing radiation risks. A worked example is included to illustrate the methodology and the standardized risk assessment forms.
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Fischman AJ, Thrall JH. Who should read and interpret 18F-FDG PET studies? J Nucl Med 2003; 44:1197-9. [PMID: 12902407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Thom AF. Information transfer from the USA and Europe to Latin America: current need and suitable methods. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2003; 30:1073-5. [PMID: 14552339 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1240-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Zaret BL. ICNC VI and beyond. J Nucl Cardiol 2003; 10:343. [PMID: 12900736 DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(03)00548-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lee MC, Chung JK. ARCCNM report for 2001-2002. Asian Regional Cooperative Council for Nuclear Medicine: a suitable model for the promotion of nuclear medicine in developing regions. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2003; 30:1067-9. [PMID: 12959109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023]
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McNeil BJ. McNeil appointed to NBIB council. J Nucl Med 2003; 44:20N-22N. [PMID: 12820608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023] Open
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Carril Carril JM. [Current Nuclear Medicine, the result of a solid and laborious past]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE MEDICINA NUCLEAR 2003; 22:131-2. [PMID: 12747824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Polgár C, Major T, Fodor J. In response to Dr. McCormick (2002;1:179–180). Brachytherapy 2003; 2:117-8; author reply 118. [PMID: 15062151 DOI: 10.1016/s1538-4721(03)00105-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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van den Broek WJM. The Nuclear Medicine Technologist in Europe - current status and future perspective. NUCLEAR MEDICINE REVIEW 2003; 6:135-7. [PMID: 14737729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
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Keech F. Message from the president. J Nucl Med Technol 2002; 30:152. [PMID: 12446747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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Tually P, Walker J, Cowell S. The effect of nuclear medicine telediagnosis on diagnostic pathways and management in rural and remote regions of Western Australia. J Telemed Telecare 2002; 7 Suppl 2:50-3. [PMID: 11747658 DOI: 10.1258/1357633011937119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Limited accessibility to certain medical imaging services in regional and rural centres has led to the use of alternative modalities, which may not be best practice or which require patients to travel considerable distances for diagnosis. Data collected over three years were examined to determine the clinical effect of nuclear medicine teleradiology (NMT) and its effect on diagnostic patterns for the investigation of cardiovascular disease, radio-occult musculoskeletal injury and oncology. In comparison with two other rural, non-NMT areas of similar demographic profile, there was a significant shift in the delivery of care in terms of diagnostic work-up. NMT input led to the detection of disease and a change to therapeutic management in 122 cases and eliminated the need to transfer patients to another facility for unnecessary and expensive examinations in 38 cases. While NMT is more costly than conventional nuclear medicine services, it permits faster access to specialist consultation, provides for better management and is likely to reduce overall health costs by reducing the volume of inappropriate tests and treatment practice.
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Reinstein LE, Hogstrom KR, Archer BR. Working agreement between the American Board of Radiology and The American Board of Medical Physics, Inc. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2001; 2:227-31. [PMID: 11686744 PMCID: PMC5726010 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v2i4.2599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2001] [Accepted: 09/04/2001] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Nyssen M. Internet and nuclear medicine. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2001; 25:201-205. [PMID: 11137797 DOI: 10.1016/s0895-6111(00)00049-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This paper aims in analyzing the effectiveness of the technological impact of internet technology on nuclear medicine. To make this evaluation we will first determine what we consider is the 'internet technology' and then see how the 'production line' in nuclear medicine benefits from this internet technology, putting both side by side.
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Heiss D, König A, Endres S, Pfluger T, Pfeifer KJ, Hahn K. [A combined PACS and Internet information system in a university medical center]. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2000; 172:542-52. [PMID: 10916551 DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-3765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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PURPOSE The Department of Radiology at the University Hospital Innenstadt Munich provides all clinical departments of a large university hospital with several radiology units at different locations. During the last four years all units have been fully digitalized with a stepwise installation of a PACS. The PACS also processes images from the Nuclear Medicine Department. METHODS As image modalities, archive systems and review workstations, we use devices from multiple vendors, which are integrated into a consistent system using the DICOM standard. The hospital has developed its own RIS and an Internet information system, which provides access to all reports and images from radiology for all clinical departments inside the hospital. Additionally, other clinical information such as laboratory results or ECG examinations are available through the system. RESULTS After one year of operation, the system succeeded in the clinical routine work as the primary source for radiological reports and images as well as for laboratory values. CONCLUSION The advantages of digitalization were, besides reduction of film cost, especially optimizations of work flow with access to digital images from everywhere at any time.
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Biersack HJ, Bender H, Ruhlmann J, Oehr P, Guhlke S, Grünwald F. Clinical PET in oncology. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE MEDICINA NUCLEAR 2000; 19:219-24. [PMID: 11062087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Tondeur M, Melis K, De Sadeleer C, Verelst J, Van Espen MB, Ham H, Piepsz A. Inter-observer reproducibility of relative 99Tcm-DMSA uptake. Nucl Med Commun 2000; 21:449-53. [PMID: 10874702 DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200005000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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99Tcm-DMSA planar images of 49 randomly selected patients (10 adults, 39 children) were sent to 15 physicians at various centres in Belgium. They were asked to calculate, using their own routine program, the relative uptake (expressed as a percentage) of each kidney. The data were sent on disks formatted so that they could be read by all participants, using their own computer systems. For each scan, the inter-observer variability was expressed using the maximum difference and the standard deviation of left renal uptake. Left renal uptake measured by the 15 observers in the 49 patients was 29.0-72.0% (mean +/- s = 49.8 +/- 6.4%). The maximum differences in left renal uptake ranged between 1.7% and 12.0% (4.5 +/- 2.6%); however, the maximum difference did not exceed 8% in about 90% of the patients. The standard deviations of the individual left renal uptake were between 0.6 and 3.9 (1.3 +/- 0.8). The standard deviations were significantly higher in adults (mean standard deviation = 2.05) than in children (mean standard deviation = 1.12) (P < 0.001); this was probably related to the high background observed in three adults with severe renal impairment. Indeed there was a significant correlation (P < 0.001) between the standard deviation and both the signal-to-noise ratio and the degree of asymmetry between the right and left kidneys. The differences between right and left kidney uptake were systematically lower for some observers, suggesting an influence of the calculation programs.
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Schwaiger M. Reflections on the Fourth International Conference of Nuclear Cardiology in Athens, Greece. J Nucl Cardiol 1999; 6:682-4. [PMID: 10608599 DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(99)90108-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Hoefnagel CA, Clarke SE, Fischer M, Chatal JF, Lewington VJ, Nilsson S, Troncone L, Vieira MR. Radionuclide therapy practice and facilities in Europe. EANM Radionuclide Therapy Committee. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE 1999; 26:277-82. [PMID: 10079320 DOI: 10.1007/s002590050389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Martín-Comín J, Lomeña R. [The AETS (Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias) report on PET in clinical oncology]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE MEDICINA NUCLEAR 1998; 17:137-9. [PMID: 9776627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Ullyot DJ, Drozda JP, Messer JV, Bateman TM, Port SC, Thomas GS. American College of Cardiology policy statement on nuclear cardiology services. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 31:720-1. [PMID: 9502659 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00518-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Kostylev VA. [Issues in oncologic radiation physics and the establishing of a nuclear medicine service in Russia]. VOPROSY ONKOLOGII 1998; 43:535-7. [PMID: 9432798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The creation of a framework of federal and regional medico-physical agencies at key medical, research and educational establishments will help solve many problems of development of oncological radiation physics. The setting-up of a medico-physical service in Russia will be instrumental in providing effective radiation treatment to cancer patients and will prevent huge losses in resources.
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Carreras Delgado JL. [Comments on the technical report "PET in Oncology" from the Health Technology Evaluation Agency of the Carlos III Health Institute]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE MEDICINA NUCLEAR 1998; 17:132-137. [PMID: 9611286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Wells CP, Burwood RJ, Forbes EK. South Thames Nuclear Medicine Survey 1996-97. South Thames Regional Nuclear Medicine Specialty Service Committee. Nucl Med Commun 1997; 18:1098-108. [PMID: 9423211 DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199711000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Data on the equipment available, staffing levels, number and type of procedures carried out in the South Thames Region during 1993-94 and 1996-97 are presented. These are compared with national data for 1993. The number of gamma cameras has increased by 5%, overall staffing by 15% and the number of procedures has increased by 31%. There has been a disproportionate increase in the technically more complex procedures, for example cardiac tomography (84%). Regional data have been collated since 1979 and techniques have been established to ensure consistency. Staffing levels, although improving, do not meet the minimum levels recommended by professional bodies. This raises questions about the quality and, possibly, the legality of the service provision.
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Murphy D. Technologists plan for nuclear medicine's future. J Nucl Med Technol 1997; 25:127-8. [PMID: 9239617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Steves AM, Dowd SB, Durick D. Caring for the older patient, Part II: Age-related anatomic and physiologic changes and pathologies. J Nucl Med Technol 1997; 25:86-97; quiz 103, 105. [PMID: 9239611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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This is the second article of a four-part series on gerontology and its applications to the care of elderly patients in nuclear medicine. This article reviews anatomic and physiologic changes and pathology associated with aging. It also discusses tailoring nuclear medicine procedures according to patients' needs and conditions, as well as adopting changes within the nuclear medicine department to better serve older patients. Upon completion of this article, the reader should be able to: (a) describe normal age-related anatomic and physiologic changes that are observed in older patients; (b) identify common age-related disorders; (c) discuss considerations in tailoring nuclear medicine procedures for older patients; and (d) identify changes in the nuclear medicine facility that would better accommodate older patients.
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Bateman TM, O'Keefe JH, Williams ME. Design and implementation of a nuclear cardiology testing facility in a private-practice cardiology office setting. J Nucl Cardiol 1997; 4:156-63. [PMID: 9115068 DOI: 10.1016/s1071-3581(97)90065-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Nuclear cardiology services increasingly are being provided in private-practice cardiology office settings. Because training programs are hospital based, trainees in nuclear cardiology may find only limited guidance on how to set up a private-practice nuclear laboratory. Furthermore, there is no literature to date advancing "models" for such facilities that might be useful for practice managers. The purpose of this review is to address common issues related to setting up and administering a nuclear cardiology laboratory in a private-practice cardiology office.
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