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Lan W, Sari H, Rominger A, Fougère CL, Schmidt FP. Optimization and impact of sensitivity mode on abbreviated scan protocols with population-based input function for parametric imaging of [ 18F]-FDG for a long axial FOV PET scanner. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2024:10.1007/s00259-024-06745-3. [PMID: 38763962 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-024-06745-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 04/28/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
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BACKGROUND The long axial field of view, combined with the high sensitivity of the Biograph Vision Quadra PET/CT scanner enables the precise deviation of an image derived input function (IDIF) required for parametric imaging. Traditionally, this requires an hour-long dynamic PET scan for [18F]-FDG, which can be significantly reduced by using a population-based input function (PBIF). In this study, we expand these examinations and include the scanner's ultra-high sensitivity (UHS) mode in comparison to the high sensitivity (HS) mode and evaluate the potential for further shortening of the scan time. METHODS Patlak Ki and DV estimates were determined by the indirect and direct Patlak methods using dynamic [18F]-FDG data of 6 oncological patients with 26 lesions (0-65 min p.i.). Both sensitivity modes for different number/duration of PET data frames were compared, together with the potential of using abbreviated scan durations of 20, 15 and 10 min by using a PBIF. The differences in parametric images and tumour-to-background ratio (TBR) due to the shorter scans using the PBIF method and between the sensitivity modes were assessed. RESULTS A difference of 3.4 ± 7.0% (Ki) and 1.2 ± 2.6% (DV) was found between both sensitivity modes using indirect Patlak and the full IDIF (0-65 min). For the abbreviated protocols and indirect Patlak, the UHS mode resulted in a lower bias and higher precision, e.g., 45-65 min p.i. 3.8 ± 4.4% (UHS) and 6.4 ± 8.9% (HS), allowing shorter scan protocols, e.g. 50-65 min p.i. 4.4 ± 11.2% (UHS) instead of 7.3 ± 20.0% (HS). The variation of Ki and DV estimates for both Patlak methods was comparable, e.g., UHS mode 3.8 ± 4.4% and 2.7 ± 3.4% (Ki) and 14.4 ± 2.7% and 18.1 ± 7.5% (DV) for indirect and direct Patlak, respectively. Only a minor impact of the number of Patlak frames was observed for both sensitivity modes and Patlak methods. The TBR obtained with direct Patlak and PBIF was not affected by the sensitivity mode, was higher than that derived from the SUV image (6.2 ± 3.1) and degraded from 20.2 ± 12.0 (20 min) to 10.6 ± 5.4 (15 min). Ki and DV estimate images showed good agreement (UHS mode, RC: 6.9 ± 2.3% (Ki), 0.1 ± 3.1% (DV), peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR): 64.5 ± 3.3 dB (Ki), 61.2 ± 10.6 dB (DV)) even for abbreviated scan protocols of 50-65 min p.i. CONCLUSIONS Both sensitivity modes provide comparable results for the full 65 min dynamic scans and abbreviated scans using the direct Patlak reconstruction method, with good Ki and DV estimates for 15 min short scans. For the indirect Patlak approach the UHS mode improved the Ki estimates for the abbreviated scans.
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- W Lan
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthineers International AG, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence iFIT (EXC 2180) "Image Guided and Functionally Instructed Tumor Therapies", University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
- Werner Siemens Imaging Center, Department of Preclinical Imaging and Radiopharmacy, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.
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Gao J, Bai Y, Miao F, Huang X, Schwaiger M, Rominger A, Li B, Zhu H, Lin X, Shi K. Prediction of synchronous distant metastasis of primary pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma using the radiomics features derived from 18F-FDG PET and MRI. Clin Radiol 2023; 78:746-754. [PMID: 37487840 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2023.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023]
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AIM To explore the potential of the joint radiomics analysis of positron-emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of primary tumours for predicting the risk of synchronous distant metastasis (SDM) in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). MATERIALS AND METHODS 18F-FDG PET and MRI images of PDAC patients from January 2011 to December 2020 were collected retrospectively. Patients (n=66) who received 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI were included in a development group. Patients (n=25) scanned with hybrid PET/MRI were incorporated in an external test group. A radiomics signature was constructed using the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator algorithm to select PET-MRI radiomics features of primary PDAC tumours. A radiomics nomogram was developed by combining the radiomics signature and important clinical indicators using univariate and multivariate analysis to assess patients' metastasis risk. The nomogram was verified with the employment of an external test group. RESULTS Regarding the development cohort, the radiomics nomogram was found to be better for predicting the risk of distant metastasis (area under the curve [AUC]: 0.93, sensitivity: 87%, specificity: 85%) than the clinical model (AUC: 0.70, p<0.001; sensitivity:70%, specificity: 65%) and the radiomics signature (AUC: 0.89, p>0.05; sensitivity: 65%, specificity:100%). Concerning the external test cohort, the radiomics nomogram yielded an AUC of 0.85. CONCLUSION PET-MRI based radiomics analysis exhibited effective prediction of the risk of SDM for preoperative PDAC patients and may offer complementary information and provide hints for cancer staging.
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- J Gao
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland; Department of Informatics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
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Li Y, Hu J, Sari H, Xue S, Ma R, Kandarpa S, Visvikis D, Rominger A, Liu H, Shi K. A deep neural network for parametric image reconstruction on a large axial field-of-view PET. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2023; 50:701-714. [PMID: 36326869 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-022-06003-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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PURPOSE The PET scanners with long axial field of view (AFOV) having ~ 20 times higher sensitivity than conventional scanners provide new opportunities for enhanced parametric imaging but suffer from the dramatically increased volume and complexity of dynamic data. This study reconstructed a high-quality direct Patlak Ki image from five-frame sinograms without input function by a deep learning framework based on DeepPET to explore the potential of artificial intelligence reducing the acquisition time and the dependence of input function in parametric imaging. METHODS This study was implemented on a large AFOV PET/CT scanner (Biograph Vision Quadra) and twenty patients were recruited with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) dynamic scans. During training and testing of the proposed deep learning framework, the last five-frame (25 min, 40-65 min post-injection) sinograms were set as input and the reconstructed Patlak Ki images by a nested EM algorithm on the vendor were set as ground truth. To evaluate the image quality of predicted Ki images, mean square error (MSE), peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR), and structural similarity index measure (SSIM) were calculated. Meanwhile, a linear regression process was applied between predicted and true Ki means on avid malignant lesions and tumor volume of interests (VOIs). RESULTS In the testing phase, the proposed method achieved excellent MSE of less than 0.03%, high SSIM, and PSNR of ~ 0.98 and ~ 38 dB, respectively. Moreover, there was a high correlation (DeepPET: [Formula: see text]= 0.73, self-attention DeepPET: [Formula: see text]=0.82) between predicted Ki and traditionally reconstructed Patlak Ki means over eleven lesions. CONCLUSIONS The results show that the deep learning-based method produced high-quality parametric images from small frames of projection data without input function. It has much potential to address the dilemma of the long scan time and dependency on input function that still hamper the clinical translation of dynamic PET.
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- Y Li
- College of Biomedical Engineering & Instrument Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselpital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology, Siemens Healthcare AG, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselpital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselpital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- LaTIM, INSERM, UMR 1101, University of Brest, Brest, France
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- LaTIM, INSERM, UMR 1101, University of Brest, Brest, France
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselpital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselpital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.,Computer Aided Medical Procedures and Augmented Reality, Institute of Informatics I16, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Hu J, Xue S, Mercolli L, Hasan S, Rominger A, Afshar-Oromieh A, Shi K. 1419P Radiobiological parameters for the assessment of 177Lu-PSMA-617 radioligand therapy in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Ann Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.07.1905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Clement C, Birindelli G, Pizzichemi M, Pagano F, Julio MKD, Rominger A, Ziegler S, Auffray E, Shi K. Concept Development of an On-Chip PET System. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2022; 2022:2236-2239. [PMID: 36085942 DOI: 10.1109/embc48229.2022.9871488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Organs-on-Chips (OOCs), microdevices mimicking in vivo organs, find growing applications in disease modeling and drug discovery. With the increasing number of uses comes a strong demand for imaging capabilities of OOCs. Positron Emission Tomography (PET) would be ideal for OOC imaging, however, current PET systems have insufficient spatial resolution for this task. In this work, we propose the concept of an On-Chip PET system capable of imaging OOCs. Our system consists of four detectors arranged around the OOC device. Each detector is made of two monolithic Lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) crystals and covered with Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) on multiple surfaces. We use a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) trained with data from a Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) to predict the first gamma-ray interaction position inside the detector from the light patterns that are recorded by the SiPMs on the detector's surfaces. With the Line of Responses (LORs) created by the predicted interaction positions, we reconstruct with Simultaneous Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (SART). The CNN achieves a mean average prediction error of 0.78 mm in the best configuration. We use the trained network to reconstruct an image of a grid of 21 point sources spread across the field-of-view and obtain a mean spatial resolution of 0.53 mm. We demonstrate that it is possible to achieve a spatial resolution of almost 0.5 mm in a PET system made of multiple monolithic LYSO crystals by directly predicting the scintillation position from light patterns created with SiPMs. We observe that CNNs from the ResNet family perform better than those from the EfficientNet family and that certain surfaces encode significantly more information for the scintillation-point prediction than others.
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Clement C, Birindelli G, Pizzichemi M, Pagano F, Kruithof-de Julio M, Rominger A, Auffray E, Shi K. Deep Learning for Predicting Gamma-Ray Interaction Positions in LYSO Detector. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2021; 2021:3366-3369. [PMID: 34891961 DOI: 10.1109/embc46164.2021.9630934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is among the most commonly used medical imaging modalities in clinical practice, especially for oncological applications. In contrast to conventional imaging modalities like X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), PET retrieves in vivo information about biochemical processes rather than just anatomical structures. However, physical limitations and detector constraints lead to an order of magnitude lower spatial resolution in PET images. In recent years, the use of monolithic detector crystals has been investigated to overcome some of the factors limiting spatial resolution. The key to increasing PET systems' resolution is to estimate the gamma-ray interaction position in the detector as precisely as possible.In this work, we evaluate a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) based reconstruction algorithm that predicts the gamma-ray interaction position using light patterns recorded with Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) on the crystal's surfaces. The algorithm is trained on data from a Monte Carlo Simulation (MCS) that models a gamma point source and a detector consisting of Lutetium-yttrium oxyorthosilicate (LYSO) crystals and SiPMs added to five surfaces. The final Mean Absolute Error (MAE) on the test dataset is 1.48 mm.
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Stenzel J, Rühlmann C, Lindner T, Polei S, Teipel S, Kurth J, Rominger A, Krause BJ, Vollmar B, Kuhla A. [ 18F]-florbetaben PET/CT Imaging in the Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model APPswe/PS1dE9. Curr Alzheimer Res 2020; 16:49-55. [PMID: 30345916 DOI: 10.2174/1567205015666181022095904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Positron-emission-tomography (PET) using 18F labeled florbetaben allows noninvasive in vivo-assessment of amyloid-beta (Aβ), a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). In preclinical research, [18F]-florbetaben-PET has already been used to test the amyloid-lowering potential of new drugs, both in humans and in transgenic models of cerebral amyloidosis. The aim of this study was to characterize the spatial pattern of cerebral uptake of [18F]-florbetaben in the APPswe/ PS1dE9 mouse model of AD in comparison to histologically determined number and size of cerebral Aβ plaques. METHODS Both, APPswe/PS1dE9 and wild type mice at an age of 12 months were investigated by smallanimal PET/CT after intravenous injection of [18F]-florbetaben. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging data were used for quantification of the PET data by volume of interest analysis. The standardized uptake values (SUVs) of [18F]-florbetaben in vivo as well as post mortem cerebral Aβ plaque load in cortex, hippocampus and cerebellum were analyzed. RESULTS Visual inspection and SUVs revealed an increased cerebral uptake of [18F]-florbetaben in APPswe/ PS1dE9 mice compared with wild type mice especially in the cortex, the hippocampus and the cerebellum. However, SUV ratios (SUVRs) relative to cerebellum revealed only significant differences in the hippocampus between the APPswe/PS1dE9 and wild type mice but not in cortex; this differential effect may reflect the lower plaque area in the cortex than in the hippocampus as found in the histological analysis. CONCLUSION The findings suggest that histopathological characteristics of Aβ plaque size and spatial distribution can be depicted in vivo using [18F]-florbetaben in the APPswe/PS1dE9 mouse model.
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- J Stenzel
- Core Facility Multimodal Small Animal Imaging, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Core Facility Multimodal Small Animal Imaging, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Core Facility Multimodal Small Animal Imaging, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) - Rostock/Greifswald, Rostock, Germany, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Core Facility Multimodal Small Animal Imaging, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Core Facility Multimodal Small Animal Imaging, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany.,Institute for Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental Surgery, Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany
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Kunz W, Jungblut L, Kazmierczak P, Rominger A, Albert N, Reiser M, Cyran C. Diagnostischer Mehrwert der 68Ga-DOTATATE PET-CT in der Beurteilung transossärer Meningeome. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2017. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1600348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- W Kunz
- Klinikum der Universität München, Institut für Klinische Radiologie, München
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- Klinikum der Universität München, Institut für Klinische Radiologie, München
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- Klinikum der Universität München, Institut für Klinische Radiologie, München
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- Klinikum der Universität München, Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, München
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- Klinikum der Universität München, Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, München
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- Klinikum der Universität München, Institut für Klinische Radiologie, München
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- Klinikum der Universität München, Institut für Klinische Radiologie, München
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Schönecker S, Prix C, Raiser T, Ackl N, Wlasich E, Stenglein-Krapf G, Mille E, Brendel M, Sabri O, Patt M, Barthel H, Bartenstein P, Levin J, Rominger A, Danek A. [Amyloid positron-emission-tomography with [ 18 F]-florbetaben in the diagnostic workup of dementia patients]. Nervenarzt 2017; 88:156-161. [PMID: 27913818 DOI: 10.1007/s00115-016-0249-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND To this day the definite diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease still relies on post-mortem histopathological detection of neurofibrillary tangles and beta-amyloid deposits. Amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) is a new diagnostic tool that enables the in vivo quantification of pathological beta-amyloid deposits. The aim of the current study was to evaluate to what extent 18F-florbetaben-PET (FBB-PET) influences the diagnosis of patients with dementia. MATERIAL AND METHODS Imaging with FBB-PET was performed on 33 patients from our outpatient department for cognitive neurology. Beforehand all patients underwent a comprehensive clinical, neuropsychiatric and laboratory examination as well as imaging by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and fluorodeoxyglucose-PET. The working diagnoses before and after FBB-PET imaging were compared. RESULTS 17 out of 33 patients were scored as FBB-PET positive. In four cases the initial diagnosis had to be changed to Alzheimer's disease (three cases) and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (one case) due to the positive FBB-PET scan. 16 patients showed a negative FBB-PET scan. In three patients the initial diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease could be ruled out due to the negative FBB-PET scan. Overall, in 7 out of 33 examined patients the initial diagnosis had to be changed because of the findings of the FBB-PET scan. In 24 patients the initial diagnosis was confirmed by the results of the FBB-PET scan. CONCLUSION Amyloid-PET is currently no standard procedure in the diagnosis of dementia; however, it can be a helpful additional diagnostic tool when used according to the "Appropriate Use Criteria" and the S3 guidelines on dementia in cases of unclear clinical presentation, atypically early age of onset as well as in patients with persistent or progressive unexplained mild cognitive impairment. By facilitating early diagnosis amyloid-PET imaging allows patient selection for therapeutic drug trials.
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- S Schönecker
- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland.
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland
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- Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), München, Deutschland
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- Memory Clinic, Psychiatrische Dienste Thurgau, Münsterlingen, Schweiz
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland.,Munich Cluster Syst Neurol SyNergy, München, Deutschland
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland.,Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE), München, Deutschland
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland.,Munich Cluster Syst Neurol SyNergy, München, Deutschland
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Deutschland
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Schönecker S, Brendel M, van der Zee J, van Broeckhoven C, Rominger A, Danek A, Levin J. [A Pair of Siblings with Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and a Novel Thr462Lysfs Mutation in the TBK1 Gene]. Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2016; 84:494-8. [PMID: 27570907 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-110653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We report on a pair of siblings with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and a novel Thr462Lysfs mutation in the TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1) gene identified through the European Early-Onset Dementia Consortium. The patients presented at the age of 77 and 75 years and displayed dementia and bulbar symptoms as well as progressive paresis. After a progressive course, both of them died only a few months after diagnosis. Most recently, TBK1 mutations were identified in patients with FTD and ALS. A loss of expression of the mutant allele, leading to 50 % reduced TBK1 protein levels, seems to be causative. The occurrence of TBK1 mutations in FTD and ALS underlines the fact that FTD and ALS are part of the same disease spectrum. For future therapeutic trials, characterization of TBK1 mutation carriers in presymptomatic cohorts, such as the genetic frontotemporal dementia initiative (GENFI), is of great importance.
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- S Schönecker
- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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Kazmierczak P, Todica A, Hirner-Eppeneder H, Rominger A, Reiser M, Cyran C. 68Ga-TRAP-(RGD)3-PET/CT zur in-vivo-Quantifizierung der αvß3-Integrin-Expression als Biomarker früher anti-angiogenetischer Therapieeffekte im orthotopen Mammakarzinom-Modell der Maus. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1581199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Kazmierczak P, Rominger A, Wenter V, Spitzweg C, Auernhammer C, Angele M, Rist C, Reiser M, Cyran C. Primärtumordetektion bei CUP-NET: Mehrwert der 68Ga-DOTA-TATE-PET/CT verglichen mit der kontrastverstärkten CT. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2016. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1581766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Weiss M, Siegert S, Bartenstein P, Rominger A. Metastatic mammary carcinoma despite histologically negative sentinel lymph nodes: are there any indicators for estimating recurrence and metastasis rates? EUR J GYNAECOL ONCOL 2016; 37:820-826. [PMID: 29943929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to identify indicators for an increased frequency of recurrent or metastatic disease in women with mammary carcinoma staged negative for nodal involvement. MATERIALS AND METHODS 202/270 patients (age: mean 57.5, range 24-83 years) with histologically confirmed early stage mammary carcinoma negative for metastasis to the sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) were observed with respect to their clinical course for a mean period of 3.6 years following SLN extirpation. RESULTS Forty of 202 patients with negative SLN underwent chemotherapy (38/188 in the recurrence-free group vs. 2/14 in the group with progressive disease) and 79% of both subcollectives did not undergo chemotherapy. Seven of 188 of patients in the recurrence-free group received immunotherapy and none of the patients in the group with disease progression were treated with this modality. One hundred sixty-two of 202 patients with negative SLN underwent hormone therapy, 157/188 in the recurrence-free group and 5/14 in the group with disease progression. One hundred sixty-four of 202 patients with negative nodal status received adjuvant radiation therapy of the affected breast, 156/188 in the recurrence-free group and 8/14 in the group with disease progression. CONCLUSIONS When assessing the risk profile for disease recurrence or the occurrence of metastatic disease, statistically significant differences with respect to disease progression were identified for the parameters chemo-, antibody, hormone, and radiation therapy. The preliminary observations of this study show that even those patients in an early disease stage and with negative SLNs profit from these adjuvant non-surgical therapy options.
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Weiss MF, Baumeister RGH, Zacherl MJ, Frick A, Bartenstein P, Rominger A. [Microsurgical Autologous Lymph Vessel Transplantation: Does Harvesting Lymphatic Vessel Grafts Induce Lymphatic Transport Disturbances in the Donor Limb?]. HANDCHIR MIKROCHIR P 2015; 47:359-64. [PMID: 26562009 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1565122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine whether the extirpation of lymphatic vessels induces lymphatic transport disturbances in the donor limb of patients following the harvest of lymph vessel grafts. PATIENTS, MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 19 consecutive patients (15 females, 4 males; mean age 51.5 years, range 21.8-72.3) were examined by lymphoscintigraphy before and after surgery. The patients had previously been diagnosed with upper or lower limb lymphoedema in accordance with the criteria of the International Society of Lymphology, and autologous lymph vessel transplantation had been intended for treatment. Since only patients with normal scintigraphic tests at the harvesting site were considered for treatment, all consecutive patients (n=19) had normal scintigraphic tests of the donor limb prior to surgery. In order to quantify the visual scintigraphic findings, a well established numeric transport index (TI) was used, which combined 5 visual parameters of transport kinetics. To that end, the following visually assessed criteria were evaluated: temporal and spatial kinetics, radiopharmaceutical distribution pattern, time to appearance of inguinal lymph nodes, qualitative visualisation of lymph nodes and lymph vessels. RESULTS All patients underwent a preoperative scintigraphic baseline study and a postoperative scintigraphic follow-up after autologous lymphatic vessel grafting. The mean time period from the baseline study to the date of microsurgical lymph vessel transplantation was 3.5 months (median 2.5 months). The scintigraphic follow-up was performed 48.6 months (median 57.8 months) following transplantation. In all patients the postoperative TI was very close to the TI calculated in the preoperative baseline scintigraphy, and all TIs were within the normal range (TI<10). The absolute value of deviation of pre- vs. post-operative transport indices was calculated to be 0.2 on average (maximum 0.4). CONCLUSIONS The results show that microsurgical transfer of lymph vessel grafts is possible without compromising lymphatic drainage of the donor limb if safety precautions are taken into account.
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- M F Weiss
- Nuklearmedizin, Universität München, München
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- Konsiliarius für Lymphologie und rekonstruktive Mikrochirurgie, Chirurgische Klinik München-Bogenhausen
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- Nuklearmedizin, Universität München, München
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- Handchirurgie, Plastische Chirurgie, Ästhetische Chirurgie, Klinikum der Universität München (LMU), München
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- Nuklearmedizin, Universität München, München
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Brendel M, Jaworska A, Herms J, Trambauer J, Rötzer C, Gildehaus FJ, Carlsen J, Cumming P, Bylund J, Luebbers T, Bartenstein P, Steiner H, Haass C, Baumann K, Rominger A. Amyloid-PET predicts inhibition of de novo plaque formation upon chronic γ-secretase modulator treatment. Mol Psychiatry 2015; 20:1179-87. [PMID: 26055427 PMCID: PMC4759098 DOI: 10.1038/mp.2015.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Revised: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 04/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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In a positron-emission tomography (PET) study with the β-amyloid (Aβ) tracer [(18)F]-florbetaben, we previously showed that Aβ deposition in transgenic mice expressing Swedish mutant APP (APP-Swe) mice can be tracked in vivo. γ-Secretase modulators (GSMs) are promising therapeutic agents by reducing generation of the aggregation prone Aβ42 species without blocking general γ-secretase activity. We now aimed to investigate the effects of a novel GSM [8-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-2-yl]-[1-(3-methyl-[1,2,4]thiadiazol-5-yl)-piperidin-4-yl]-amine (RO5506284) displaying high potency in vitro and in vivo on amyloid plaque burden and used longitudinal Aβ-microPET to trace individual animals. Female transgenic (TG) APP-Swe mice aged 12 months (m) were assigned to vehicle (TG-VEH, n=12) and treatment groups (TG-GSM, n=12), which received daily RO5506284 (30 mg kg(-1)) treatment for 6 months. A total of 131 Aβ-PET recordings were acquired at baseline (12 months), follow-up 1 (16 months) and follow-up 2 (18 months, termination scan), whereupon histological and biochemical analyses of Aβ were performed. We analyzed the PET data as VOI-based cortical standard-uptake-value ratios (SUVR), using cerebellum as reference region. Individual plaque load assessed by PET remained nearly constant in the TG-GSM group during 6 months of RO5506284 treatment, whereas it increased progressively in the TG-VEH group. Baseline SUVR in TG-GSM mice correlated with Δ%-SUVR, indicating individual response prediction. Insoluble Aβ42 was reduced by 56% in the TG-GSM versus the TG-VEH group relative to the individual baseline plaque load estimates. Furthermore, plaque size histograms showed differing distribution between groups of TG mice, with fewer small plaques in TG-GSM animals. Taken together, in the first Aβ-PET study monitoring prolonged treatment with a potent GSM in an AD mouse model, we found clear attenuation of de novo amyloidogenesis. Moreover, longitudinal PET allows non-invasive assessment of individual plaque-load kinetics, thereby accommodating inter-animal variations.
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- M Brendel
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- DZNE—German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany,Laboratory of Neurodegeneration, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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- DZNE—German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
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- Biomedical Center (BMC), Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Small Molecule Research, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
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- DZNE—German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany,Biomedical Center (BMC), Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- DZNE—German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany,Biomedical Center (BMC), Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Neuroscience Discovery, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany,Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany,Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Marchioninistr. 15, Munich 81377, Germany. E-mail:
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Henz S, Ackl N, Knels C, Rominger A, Flatz W, Teipel S, Huppertz H, Roeber S, Neumann M, Danek A. Ein Geschwisterpaar mit einer seltenen Tau-Gen-Mutation (MAPT R5H). Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2015. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1553236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- S. Henz
- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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- Gerontopsychiatrische Ambulanz, kbo-Isar-Amper Klinikum München Nord, München
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- Department Therapiewissenschaften, Medical School Hamburg
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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- Institut für Klinische Radiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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- Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapeutische Medizin, Universität Rostock
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- Schweizerisches Epilepsie-Zentrum, Klinik Lengg, Zürich
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- Zentrum für Neuropathologie und Prionforschung, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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- Institut für Pathologie und Neuropathologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
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- Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
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Weiss M, Schwarz F, Wallmichrath J, Baumeister R, Frick A, Bartenstein P, Rominger A. Chylothorax and chylous ascites. Clinical utility of planar scintigraphy and tomographic imaging with SPECT/CT. Nuklearmedizin 2015; 54:231-40. [PMID: 26183818 DOI: 10.3413/nukmed-0723-15-02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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UNLABELLED The aim was to analyze conventional planar scintigraphy and SPECT/CT in patients clinically suspicious for chylothorax or chylous ascites. Lymphoscintigraphy was performed for two reasons: first, to help diagnose chylothorax or -abdomen, by demonstrating diffuse uptake in fluid accumulations, and then secondly, to detect the site of leakage to test the prediction that additional use of SPECT/CT-technique improves upon the diagnostic value of planar lymphoscintigraphy in the baseline detection of thoraco-abdominal lymphatic disorders. PATIENTS, MATERIAL, METHODS From 7/2008-7/2014 a total of 24 consecutive patients (8 woman, 16 men; age, range 31-79 years) presenting with clinical symptoms suspicious for chylothorax and/or chylous ascites were examined by planar lymphoscintigraphy (n = 26) and additional tomographic SPECT/CT- (n = 22) or SPECT-technique (n = 2). RESULTS Chylothorax could be scintigraphically confirmed in n = 9, chylous ascites in n = 5 scintigraphies, and excluded in n = 10 patients. In all planar scintigraphy findings of pathological lymph drainage regions (n = 14), SPECT/CT delivered additional relevant information, notably the anatomic localization of the lymphatic leakage. For the baseline detection of thoraco-abdominal lymphatic transport disorders, lymphoscintigraphy showed sensitivity of 88%, specificity of 100%, positive predictive value of 100%, and negative predictive value of 80%. CONCLUSIONS Our findings show that due to the particular advantages presented by tomographic separation of overlapping sources, SPECT/CT specifies better the anatomical sites, improving the localization of lymphatic leakage in aid of planning surgical re-interventions.
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- M Weiss
- Mayo Weiss MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Marchioninistr.15, 81377 Muenchen, Germany, Tel. +49/(0)89/440 07 76 38, E-mail:
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Rominger A, Cumming P, Brendel M, Xiong G, Zach C, Karch S, Tatsch K, Bartenstein P, la Fougère C, Koch W, Pogarell O. Altered serotonin and dopamine transporter availabilities in brain of depressed patients upon treatment with escitalopram: A [123 I]β-CIT SPECT study. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 2015; 25:873-81. [PMID: 25819144 DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2014.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Revised: 11/25/2014] [Accepted: 12/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Altered SERT and DAT availabilities during treatment with escitalopram were investigated with [(123)I]2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)tropane (β-CIT) SPECT in a series of patients fulfilling the criteria for unipolar major depressive disorder (MDD). 27 patients (10m, 42±16y) with diagnosis of MDD were recruited for the study. All patients underwent neuropsychiatric testing for assessment of Hamilton Depression (HAM-D) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) scores. At baseline, [(123)I]β-CIT SPECT recordings were acquired 4h (SERT-weighted) and 20-24h p.i (DAT-weighted). Follow-up scans and neuropsychiatric testing were performed after six weeks of stable escitalopram medication. Voxel-wise parametric maps of specific/ non-specific ratios-1 (~BPND) were calculated. At baseline, DAT-weighted BPND was 5.06±0.81 in striatum and SERT-weighted BPND was 0.94±0.18 in thalamus. There were significant negative correlations with age for DAT in striatum (R=-0.60; p<0.01) and SERT in thalamus (R=-0.45; p<0.05). Under SSRI treatment there was an apparent 42% occupancy of SERT in thalamus (p<0.0001), whereas DAT availability increased significantly by 20% in striatum (p<0.001); higher apparent SERT occupancy in thalamus was associated with lesser DAT increase in striatum (R=-0.62; p<0.005). The low apparent SERT occupancy may be confounded by alterations in SERT expression during treatment. Thus, [(123)I]β-CIT SPECT revealed age-dependent declines in DAT and SERT availabilities in un-medicated MDD patients, comparable to that seen previously in healthy controls. At follow-up, the SSRI-evoked increase in DAT was less pronounced in the older patients, even though apparent SERT occupancy and clinical improvement were not age-dependent. Present findings may have implications for escitalopram dosage and side effect profile in younger MDD patients.
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- A Rominger
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Municipal Hospital Karlsruhe Inc., Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Weiss M, Burgard C, Baumeister R, Strobl F, Rominger A, Bartenstein P, Wallmichrath J, Frick A, Notohamiprodjo M. Magnetic resonance imaging versus lymphoscintigraphy for the assessment of focal lymphatic transport disorders of the lower limb: first experiences. Nuklearmedizin 2014; 53:190-6. [PMID: 24999013 DOI: 10.3413/nukmed-0649-14-03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MR-lymphangiography) and lymphoscintigraphy for assessment of focal lesions of the peripheral lymphatic system. Patients with focal lymphatic transport disorders might benefit from surgi-cal interventions. PATIENTS, METHODS We examined by lymphoscintigraphy and MR-lymphangiography a total of 85 lower limbs in 46 consecutive patients (33 women; mean age 41 years; range 9-79 years) presenting with uni- or bilateral lymphedema. MR-lymphangiographies were obtained at isotropic sub-millimeter resolution with a 3.0 Tesla magnet after injection of gadolinium contrast medium. MR-lymphangiography was reviewed by radiologists, whereas lymphoscintigraphy was reviewed by nuclear medicine physicians. The images were examined for localization and distribution of any focal lesions of the lymphatic vessel system. Diagnostic accuracy of the MR-approach was calculated relative to the lymphoscintigraphy gold standard. RESULTS There was substantial correlation of results by the two modalities (κ = 0.62). MR-lymphangiography had sensitivity of 68%, specificity of 91%, positive predictive value of 82%, and negative predictive value of 83%. CONCLUSIONS Imaging findings of both lymphoscintigraphy and MR-lymphangiography showed good diagnostic accuracy. MR-lymphangiography proved more information about anatomic location of focal lesions of the lymphatic vessels, but use of MR-lymphangiography is currently constrained due to the requirement for off-label subcutaneous injection of gadolinium chelates. Consequently, and due to its superior sensitivity lymphoscintigraphy remains the most common imaging method to assess functional lymphatic disorders of the lower limb.
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- M Weiss
- Mayo Weiss MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Marchioninistr.15, 81377 Muenchen, Germany, Tel. +49/(0)89/70 95 76 38, E-mail:
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Pogarell O, Rominger A, Karch S, Segmiller F, Tatsch K, Bartenstein P, Koch W. EPA-1577 - Serotonin and dopamine transporter availabilities in patients with depression under treatment with ssri. Eur Psychiatry 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(14)78733-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Saam T, Buchholz M, Notohamiprodjo M, Rominger A, Yuan C, Reiser MF, Nikolaou K, Dichgans M, Bayer-Karpinska A, Helck A. Einfluss des positiven Remodelings auf Plaquezusammensetzung und Plaquevulnerabilität: Eine in vivo MRT-Studie der Karotiden. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1346259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Strobl FF, Rist C, Bamberg F, Rominger A, Hacker M, Übleis C, Thierfelder KM, Nikolaou K, Reiser MF, Saam T. Der Einfluss von kardiovaskulären Risikofaktoren auf Inflammation der Gefäßwand und Gefäßverkalkung variiert zwischen unterschiedlichen anatomischen Regionen - eine PET-CT Studie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1346508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Langhans B, Rominger A, Hacker M, Bartenstein P, Reiser M, Saam T. Reproduzierbarkeit der quantitativen Auswertung des arteriellen [18F]fluorodesoxyglucose (FDG) Uptakes an PET/CT-Scannern unterschiedlicher Hersteller. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2013. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1346507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Schramm N, Rominger A, Schmidt C, Morelli JN, Schmid-Tannwald C, Meinel FG, Reiser MF, Rist C. Detection of underlying malignancy in patients with paraneoplastic neurological syndromes: comparison of 18F-FDG PET/CT and contrast-enhanced CT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2013; 40:1014-24. [DOI: 10.1007/s00259-013-2372-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zwergal A, la Fougere C, Lorenzl S, Rominger A, Xiong G, Deutschenbaur L, Schoberl F, Linn J, Dieterich M, Brandt T, Strupp M, Bartenstein P, Jahn K. Functional disturbance of the locomotor network in progressive supranuclear palsy. Neurology 2013; 80:634-41. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318281cc43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Schramm N, Rominger A, Schmidt C, Schmid-Tannwald C, Schmidt G, Reiser MF, Rist C. Nachweis der ursächlichen Malignome bei Patienten mit paraneoplastischen neurologischen Syndromen: Vergleich zwischen 18F-FDG-PET-CT und kontrastverstärkter CT. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1311316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Segmiller FM, Karch S, Rominger A, LaFougère C, Pogarell O. Akustisch evozierte Potentiale und ß-CIT-SPECT bei Patienten mit Depression. KLIN NEUROPHYSIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1301662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Koller G, Rominger A, La Fougère C, Cumming P, Bartenstein P, Soyka M, Pogarell O. Striatal and extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor availability as assessed by [18F]fallypride and PET in patients with alcohol use disorder. Pharmacopsychiatry 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1292507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Pogarell O, Koch W, Karch S, Segmiller F, Juckel G, Mulert C, Leicht G, Hegerl U, Möller HJ, LaFougère C, Rominger A. Effects of escitalopram on serotonin and dopamine transporter availabilities in patients with depression. Pharmacopsychiatry 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1292531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Zwergal A, la Fougère C, Lorenzl S, Rominger A, Xiong G, Deutschenbaur L, Linn J, Krafczyk S, Dieterich M, Brandt T, Strupp M, Bartenstein P, Jahn K. Postural imbalance and falls in PSP correlate with functional pathology of the thalamus. Neurology 2011; 77:101-9. [PMID: 21613601 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e318223c79d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine how postural imbalance and falls are related to regional cerebral glucose metabolism (PET) and functional activation of the cerebral postural network (fMRI) in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). METHODS Sixteen patients with PSP, who had self-monitored their frequency of falls, underwent a standardized clinical assessment, posturographic measurement of balance during modified sensory input, and a resting [¹⁸F]FDG-PET. In addition, patients performed an fMRI paradigm using mental imagery of standing. Results were compared to healthy controls (n = 16). RESULTS The frequency of falls/month in patients (range 1-40) correlated with total PSP rating score (r = 0.90). Total sway path in PSP significantly correlated with frequency of falls, especially during modulated sensory input (eyes open: r = 0.62, eyes closed: r = 0.67, eyes open/head extended: r = 0.84, eyes open/foam-padded platform: r = 0.87). Higher sway path values and frequency of falls were associated with decreased regional glucose metabolism (rCGM) in the thalamus (sway path: r = -0.80, falls: r = -0.64) and increased rCGM in the precentral gyrus (sway path: r = 0.79, falls: r = 0.64). Mental imagery of standing during fMRI revealed a reduced activation of the mesencephalic brainstem tegmentum and the thalamus in patients with postural imbalance and falls. CONCLUSIONS The new and clinically relevant finding of this study is that imbalance and falls in PSP are closely associated with thalamic dysfunction. Deficits in thalamic postural control get most evident when balance is assessed during modified sensory input. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that reduced thalamic activation via the ascending brainstem projections may cause postural imbalance in PSP.
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- A Zwergal
- Department of Neurology and IFB, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Saam T, Habs M, Pfefferkorn T, Hacker M, Rominger A, Cyran CC, Dichgans M, Reiser MF, Nikolaou K. Bestimmung des Alters von Wandhämatomen bei Patienten mit spontanen Dissektionen der Halsgefäße mittels in vivo MRT. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2011. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1279354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Förster S, Rominger A, Saam T, Wolpers S, Nikolaou K, Cumming P, Reiser MF, Bartenstein P, Hacker M. 18F-fluoroethylcholine uptake in arterial vessel walls and cardiovascular risk factors: correlation in a PET-CT study. Nuklearmedizin 2010; 49:148-53. [PMID: 20532464 DOI: 10.3413/nukmed-0299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIM Fluorine-labelled choline derivatives were recently suggested as agents for visualizing vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques. We therefore aimed to evaluate the association between18F-fluoroethylcholine (FEC) uptake in the wall of large arteries, where calcification was also measured, with the presence of cardiovascular risk factors and occurrence of prior cardiovascular events. PATIENTS, METHODS Detailed clinical information, including common cardiovascular risk factors, was obtained retrospectively in 60 prostate cancer patients examined with whole-body FEC PET-CT. In each patient, we calculated the mean blood pool-corrected SUV, as well as the mean target-to-background ratio (TBR), in addition to the sum of calcified plaques (CPsum) from six major vessels: ascending and descending aorta, aortic arch, abdominal aorta, and both iliac arteries. RESULTS As reported previously, the CPsum correlated significantly with cardiovascular risk factors, in contrast to mean SUV or TBR scores, which did not show any significance with the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. There was no correlation between CPsum, mean TBR or SUV, nor was there any significant association of CPsum, mean TBR or SUV with the prior occurrence of cardio- or cerebrovascular events. CONCLUSION Contrary to a recent report, we found in our rather large cohort of elderly prostate cancer patients no significant association between FEC uptake in large vessels and atherosclerotic plaque burden, or the presence of cardiovascular risk factors. In line with prior reports on structural changes in vessels, increased calcified atherosclerotic plaque burden was strongly associated with the occurrence of common cardiovascular risk factors.
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- S Förster
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany.
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Habs M, Pfefferkorn T, Hacker M, Rominger A, Cyran C, Dichgans M, Reiser M, Nikolaou K, Saam T. Spontane arterielle Dissektionen der Halsgefäße: eine entzündliche Erkrankung? Ergebnisse einer prospektiven MRT- und PET/CT-Untersuchung. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Saam T, Rominger A, Wolpers S, Rist C, Greif M, Cumming PK, Becker A, Foerster S, Reiser M, Bartenstein P, Hacker M, Nikolaou K. Assoziation entzündlicher Veränderungen der linken Koronararterie mit kardiovaskulären Risikofaktoren, atherosklerotischer Plaquelast und dem Volumen des perikardialen Fettgewebes: Eine PET/CT-Studie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Saam T, Rominger A, Wolpers S, Cyran C, Schmidt M, Foerster S, Reiser M, Bartenstein P, Hacker M, Nikolaou K. Korrelation der arteriellen F18-FDG Aufnahme und der Atherosklerotischen Plaquelast mit dem Auftreten von kardio- und zerebrovaskuären Ereignissen: Eine PET-CT Studie. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2010. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1252543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Koller G, La Fougere C, Rominger A, Holdtschmidt-Täschner B, Soyka M, Cumming P, Bartenstein P, Pogarell O. PW01-230 - [18F]fallypride pet measurement of striatal and extrastriatal dopamine D2/3 receptor availability in patients with alcohol use disorder. Eur Psychiatry 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(10)71637-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Molecular imaging with ictal and interictal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) as well as positron emission tomography (PET) rank among the established functional imaging tests for the presurgical evaluation of epileptic onset zone in patients with intractable partial epilepsy. In temporal lobe epilepsy the sensitivity of these methods was shown to be excellent, in particular if a multimodal platform is used, which combines the functional imaging with the additional morphological information of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but was lower in extra temporal lobe epilepsy. Functional imaging with SPECT and PET reflects seizure related changes of cerebral perfusion, glucose-metabolism and neuroreceptor status. In this review the usefulness of SPECT and PET imaging in clinical routine in epilepsy as well as the role of different neuroreceptor PET-tracer, which were used in epilepsy are discussed. The use of perfusion SPECT tracer allows the investigation of ictal activations, but the low temporal resolution of ictal perfusion SPECT often results in the detection of both the ictal onset zone as well as the propagation pathways, an area that has not always need to be resected in order to render a patient seizure free. The additional use of interictal PET with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose which measures regional cerebral metabolism or interictal perfusion SPECT enhance the informational value of ictal SPECT and were shown to be important tools to better define the ictal onset and surround inhibition zones. In recent years PET imaging of different cerebral neuroreceptor-systems inter alia GABA(A) receptors, serotonin receptors (5-HT(1A)), opioid receptors as well as dopamine receptors was used to investigate the neurochemical basis of epilepsy, the role of these neurotransmitters for the epileptogenesis as well as the spread of epileptic activity during seizures and partially entered in clinical routine. Currently some of these radioligands are also used to investigate new treatment approaches.
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- C la Fougère
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, D-81377 Munich, Germany.
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Bochmann K, Cyran CC, Saam T, Sourbron S, Hacker M, Rominger A, Reiser MF, Nikolaou K. Die kontrastverstärkte, dynamische MRT zur Quantifizierung der Entzündung von Arterienwänden in Korrelation zur 18F-FDG PET-CT. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1221544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Saam T, Cyran CC, Sourbon S, Raya JG, Bochmann K, Hacker M, Rominger A, Pfefferkorn T, Dichgans M, Reiser MF, Nikolaou K. Die kontrastverstärkte, dynamische MRT zur Quantifikation der Entzündung von Arterienwänden in Korrelation zur 18F-FDG PET-CT. ROFO-FORTSCHR RONTG 2009. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1208337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Steffens M, Szabo B, Klar M, Rominger A, Zentner J, Feuerstein TJ. Modulation of electrically evoked acetylcholine release through cannabinoid CB1 receptors: evidence for an endocannabinoid tone in the human neocortex. Neuroscience 2003; 120:455-65. [PMID: 12890515 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(03)00318-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cannabinoids are known to inhibit neurotransmitter release in the CNS through CB1 receptors. The present study compares the effects of synthetic cannabinoids on acetylcholine (ACh) release in human and mice neocortex. We further investigated a possible endocannabinoid tone on CB1 receptors in human neocortex caused by endogenous agonists like anandamide or 2-arachidonylglycerol. Brain slices, incubated with [3H]-choline, were superfused and stimulated electrically under autoinhibition-free conditions to evoke tritium overflow assumed to represent ACh release. The first series of experiments was performed with 26 pulses, 60 mA, at 0.1 Hz. In mice neocortical slices, the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN55212-2 decreased ACh release (pIC50=6.68, I(max)=67%). In the human neocortex the concentration-response curve of WIN55212-2 was bell-shaped and flat (I(max observed) approximately 30%). The estimated maximum possible inhibition, however, was much larger: I(max derived)=79%. Lec, the negative logarithm (lg) of the biophase concentration of endocannabinoids in 'WIN55212-2 units,' was -6.52, the pKd of WIN55212-2 was 7.47. The CB1 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist SR141716 enhanced ACh release in the human neocortex (by 38%) and prevented the inhibitory effect of WIN55212-2. The concentration-response curve of WIN55212-2 was changed in its shape including a shift to the right due to the presence of SR141716. A pA2 of this antagonist between 11.60 and 11.18 was obtained. SR141716 alone had no effect in mice neocortical slices. A partial agonist without inverse agonistic activity, O-1184, enhanced ACh release in the human neocortex. The endocannabinoid uptake-inhibitor AM404 decreased ACh release in human, but not in mice, neocortical slices. Change of the stimulation parameters (eight trains of pseudo-one-pulse bursts (4 pulses, 76 mA, 100 Hz), spaced by 45 s intervals) led to a stronger inhibitory effect of WIN55212-2, and abolished the disinhibitory effect of SR141716 and O-1184. The results show that activation of CB1 cannabinoid receptors leads to inhibition of ACh release in the human and mouse neocortex. The endocannabinoid tone is high in the human, but not in the mouse neocortex and is dependent on neuronal activity. SR141716 acts as a competitive CB1 receptor antagonist.
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- M Steffens
- Sektion Klinische Neuropharmakologie der Neurologischen Universitätsklinik, Neurozentrum, Breisacherstrasse 64, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Freiman TM, Kukolja J, Heinemeyer J, Eckhardt K, Aranda H, Rominger A, Dooley DJ, Zentner J, Feuerstein TJ. Modulation of K+-evoked [3H]-noradrenaline release from rat and human brain slices by gabapentin: involvement of KATP channels. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2001; 363:537-42. [PMID: 11383714 DOI: 10.1007/s002100100408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To elucidate the mechanism of action of the anticonvulsant gabapentin (GBP), we compared its effects on K+-evoked [3H]-noradrenaline ([3H]-NA) release from rat hippocampal and human neocortical slices with those of the KATP channel opener pinacidil and the Na+ channel blockers phenytoin, carbamazepine and lamotrigine. Rat hippocampal and human neocortical slices were loaded with [3H]-NA and superfused. [3H]-NA release was evoked by increasing the extracellular [K+] from 3 to 15 mM. GBP decreased [3H]-NA release from rat hippocampal with a pIC50 of 5.59 and a maximum inhibition of 44%. Concentration-dependent inhibition was also seen in human neocortical slices (39% inhibition with 100 microM GBP). These inhibitory effects were antagonized by the KATP channel antagonist glibenclamide, yielding a pA2 of 7.50 in the rat. The KATP channel opener pinacidil (10 microM), like GBP, decreased [3H]-NA release from rat hippocampal slices by 27% and this effect was also antagonized by glibenclamide. In human neocortical slices the inhibition by pinacidil (10 microM) was 31%. Although phenytoin (10 microM), carbamazepine (100 microM) and lamotrigine (10 microM) also decreased [3H]-NA release (by 25%, 57% and 22%, respectively), glibenclamide did not antagonize the effects of these classical Na+ channel blockers. These findings suggest that GBP inhibits K+-evoked [3H]-NA release through activation of KATP channels. To establish whether the KATP channels under investigation were located on noradrenergic nerve terminals or on other neuronal elements, the effects of GBP were compared in the absence and in the presence of tetrodotoxin (TTX 0.32 microM) throughout superfusion. Since the functional elimination of the perikarya of interneurons by TTX reduced the inhibitory effect of GBP, the KATP channels mediating the effect of GBP may be located on nerve terminals, probably on both noradrenergic and glutamatergic nerve endings.
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- T M Freiman
- Sektion Klinische Neuropharmakologie der Neurologischen Universitätsklinik, Neurozentrum, Freiburg, Germany
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