Nuclear medicine is composed of two complementary areas, imaging and therapy. Positron
emission tomography (PET) and single-photon imaging, including single-photon emission …

In this review, the continuing importance and status of development of radionuclide
generator systems for nuclear medicine are discussed. Radioisotope costs and availability …

Radionuclide generator systems continue to play a key role in providing both diagnostic and
therapeutic radionuclides for various applications in nuclear medicine, oncology, and …

We are designing an instrument which will perform correlated emission-transmission image
acquisition, but which departs from previous systems by incorporating a low-power x-ray …

No measurement of myocardial performance currently available in the ICU can be regarded
is ideal. Table 2 summarises the main features of the major monitoring techniques. As many …

Radionuclide cardiac imaging is a noninvasive technique routinely used to detect coronary
artery disease (CAD). This imaging modality includes techniques such as planar, single …

To study the functional significance or transient coronary occlusion on systolic and diastolic
left ventricular function relative to the anatomic site of occlusion, first-pass radionuclide …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in right ventricular function
during acute coronary occlusion produced by inflating a coronary angioplasty balloon …

MATERIALS AND METhODS DecayScheme Tungsten-i78 (T½ 21.7 days) decaysentirely
by electron capture to the 9.3 mm †78Tadaughter (5). The short-lived †78Tathen decays …

The hemodynamic effects of two different pacing modes—rate adaptive atrial (AAIR) versus
dual chamber (DDDR) pacing—were assessed in 12 patients with DDDR pacemakers …