Published in Ann Nucl Med on February 01, 2002
Focal uptake on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography images indicates cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis. Eur Heart J (2005) 2.30
The effect of nitroglycerin on myocardial blood flow in various segments characterized by rest-redistribution thallium SPECT. J Nucl Med (2003) 2.02
Radiation exposure and risk-benefit analysis in cancer screening using FDG-PET: results of a Japanese nationwide survey. Ann Nucl Med (2011) 1.95
Biologic correlates of intratumoral heterogeneity in 18F-FDG distribution with regional expression of glucose transporters and hexokinase-II in experimental tumor. J Nucl Med (2005) 1.83
Does lemon candy decrease salivary gland damage after radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer? J Nucl Med (2005) 1.73
Prediction of cardiac death in hemodialysis patients by myocardial fatty acid imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 1.62
Quantitative cerebral blood flow measurement with dynamic perfusion CT using the vascular-pixel elimination method: comparison with H2(15)O positron emission tomography. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (2003) 1.61
Detection of apoptotic tumor response in vivo after a single dose of chemotherapy with 99mTc-annexin V. J Nucl Med (2003) 1.60
Diagnostic accuracy of lymph node metastasis depends on metabolic activity of the primary lesion in thoracic squamous esophageal cancer. J Nucl Med (2013) 1.60
Myocardial imaging with 18F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in sarcoidosis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2007) 1.58
Effective surgical revascularization improves cerebral hemodynamics and resolves headache in pediatric Moyamoya disease. World Neurosurg (2012) 1.48
The effect of scatter correction on 123I-IMP brain perfusion SPET with the triple energy window method in normal subjects using SPM analysis. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2002) 1.45
Dominant-negative hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha reduces tumorigenicity of pancreatic cancer cells through the suppression of glucose metabolism. Am J Pathol (2003) 1.45
Effects of surgical ventricular reconstruction and mitral complex reconstruction on cardiac oxidative metabolism and efficiency in nonischemic and ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2011) 1.42
Proteinuria and Reduced Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Are Independent Risk Factors for Contrast-Induced Nephropathy After Cardiac Catheterization. Circ J (2015) 1.42
Validation of automated quantitation of myocardial perfusion and fatty acid metabolism abnormalities on SPECT images. Circ J (2011) 1.42
Prediction of functional recovery after revascularization using quantitative gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: a multi-center cohort study in Japan. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2008) 1.40
Interpretative variability and its impact on the prognostic value of myocardial fatty acid imaging in asymptomatic hemodialysis patients in a multicenter trial in Japan. Circ J (2014) 1.39
Reduced 123I-BMIPP uptake implies decreased myocardial flow reserve in patients with chronic stable angina. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2005) 1.39
Cardiac functional analysis with multi-detector row CT and segmental reconstruction algorithm: comparison with echocardiography, SPECT, and MR imaging. Radiology (2005) 1.39
Image fusion between 18FDG-PET and MRI/CT for radiotherapy planning of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal carcinomas. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys (2002) 1.23
Lung tumors evaluated with FDG-PET and dynamic CT: the relationship between vascular density and glucose metabolism. J Comput Assist Tomogr (2002) 1.19
Quantitative analysis of coronary endothelial function with generator-produced 82Rb PET: comparison with 15O-labelled water PET. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2010) 1.17
Mediastinal lymph node staging by FDG-PET in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: analysis of false-positive FDG-PET findings. Respiration (2003) 1.17
Performance characterization of the Inveon preclinical small-animal PET/SPECT/CT system for multimodality imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2010) 1.15
Assessment of cervical lymph node metastases using FDG-PET in patients with head and neck cancer. Ann Nucl Med (2008) 1.15
High reproducibility of tumor hypoxia evaluated by 18F-fluoromisonidazole PET for head and neck cancer. J Nucl Med (2013) 1.11
A new PET scanner with semiconductor detectors enables better identification of intratumoral inhomogeneity. J Nucl Med (2008) 1.11
Reduction of coronary flow reserve in areas with and without ischemia on stress perfusion imaging in patients with coronary artery disease: a study using oxygen 15-labeled water PET. J Nucl Cardiol (2003) 1.09
FDG-PET for the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin: a Japanese multi-center study. Ann Nucl Med (2011) 1.09
Accumulation of [11C]acetate in normal prostate and benign prostatic hyperplasia: comparison with prostate cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2002) 1.08
What we have learned from Fukushima. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2011) 1.07
Human brain region response to distention or cold stimulation of the bladder: a positron emission tomography study. J Urol (2002) 1.07
Clinical role of (18)F-FDG PET for initial staging of patients with extrahepatic bile duct cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2002) 1.06
Altered myocardial flow reserve and endothelial function late after Kawasaki disease. J Pediatr (2003) 1.03
Comparison of methods for determination of glomerular filtration rate: Tc-99m-DTPA renography, predicted creatinine clearance method and plasma sample method. Ann Nucl Med (2003) 1.01
The current status of an FDG-PET cancer screening program in Japan, based on a 4-year (2006-2009) nationwide survey. Ann Nucl Med (2012) 1.01
Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement. Clin Nucl Med (2012) 0.98
High-sensitivity brain SPECT system using cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor detector and 4-pixel matched collimator. Phys Med Biol (2013) 0.97
Quantitative gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography improves the prediction of regional functional recovery in akinetic areas after coronary bypass surgery: useful tool for evaluation of myocardial viability. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 0.97
Impact of oxygen extraction fraction on long-term prognosis in patients with reduced blood flow and vasoreactivity because of occlusive carotid artery disease. Surg Neurol (2008) 0.96
Determination of the survival rate in patients with congestive heart failure stratified by ¹²³I-MIBG imaging: a meta-analysis from the studies performed in Japan. Ann Nucl Med (2011) 0.95
All-trans retinoic acid enhances murine dendritic cell migration to draining lymph nodes via the balance of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors. J Immunol (2007) 0.94
Performance profile of FDG-PET and PET/CT for cancer screening on the basis of a Japanese Nationwide Survey. Ann Nucl Med (2007) 0.94
Therapeutic effects of intra-arterial delivery of bone marrow stromal cells in traumatic brain injury of rats--in vivo cell tracking study by near-infrared fluorescence imaging. Neurosurgery (2012) 0.93
Evaluation of changes in the tumor microenvironment after sorafenib therapy by sequential histology and 18F-fluoromisonidazole hypoxia imaging in renal cell carcinoma. Int J Oncol (2012) 0.93
¹⁸F-Fluoromisonidazole positron emission tomography may differentiate glioblastoma multiforme from less malignant gliomas. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2012) 0.92
Monitoring tumor proliferative response to radiotherapy using (18)F-fluorothymidine in human head and neck cancer xenograft in comparison with Ki-67. Ann Nucl Med (2013) 0.92
Repeatability of rest and hyperemic myocardial blood flow measurements with 82Rb dynamic PET. J Nucl Med (2008) 0.92
Smoking cessation normalizes coronary endothelial vasomotor response assessed with 15O-water and PET in healthy young smokers. J Nucl Med (2006) 0.92
Analysis of various malignant neoplasms detected by FDG-PET cancer screening program: based on a Japanese Nationwide Survey. Ann Nucl Med (2010) 0.91
Reduced blood flow and preserved vasoreactivity characterize oxygen hypometabolism due to incomplete infarction in occlusive carotid artery diseases. J Nucl Med (2004) 0.91
Intracerebral, but not intravenous, transplantation of bone marrow stromal cells enhances functional recovery in rat cerebral infarct: an optical imaging study. Neuropathology (2011) 0.91
Prognostic value of fatty acid imaging in patients with angina pectoris without prior myocardial infarction: comparison with stress thallium imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2004) 0.91
Cerebral oxygen metabolism and neuronal integrity in patients with impaired vasoreactivity attributable to occlusive carotid artery disease. Stroke (2005) 0.91
Brain activation during detrusor overactivity in patients with Parkinson's disease: a positron emission tomography study. J Urol (2006) 0.90
Decreased endothelium-dependent coronary vasomotion in healthy young smokers. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2002) 0.90
Incremental diagnostic value of regional myocardial blood flow quantification over relative perfusion imaging with generator-produced rubidium-82 PET. Circ J (2011) 0.90
99mTc-Annexin A5 for noninvasive characterization of atherosclerotic lesions: imaging and histological studies in myocardial infarction-prone Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2007) 0.90
Quantification of regional myocardial blood flow estimation with three-dimensional dynamic rubidium-82 PET and modified spillover correction model. J Nucl Cardiol (2012) 0.90
Time course of apoptotic tumor response after a single dose of chemotherapy: comparison with 99mTc-annexin V uptake and histologic findings in an experimental model. J Nucl Med (2004) 0.90
Extensive FDG uptake and its modification with corticosteroid in a granuloma rat model: an experimental study for differentiating granuloma from tumors. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2007) 0.89
Imaging characteristics of cardiac dominant diffuse large B-cell lymphoma demonstrated with MDCT and PET/CT. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2013) 0.89
A novel murine model for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis developed by combination of a high-fat diet and oxidized low-density lipoprotein. Lab Invest (2011) 0.89
Radionuclide reporter gene imaging for cardiac gene therapy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2007) 0.89
Olmesartan, but not amlodipine, improves endothelium-dependent coronary dilation in hypertensive patients. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 0.89
Modalities for evaluating chemotherapeutic efficacy and survival time in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: comparison between FDG-PET, CT, and serum tumor markers. Intern Med (2009) 0.89
Assessment of coronary function in children with a history of Kawasaki disease using (15)O-water positron emission tomography. Circulation (2002) 0.88
Prognostic value of volume-based measurements on (11)C-methionine PET in glioma patients. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2015) 0.88
Contribution of toll-like receptor 2 to the innate response against Staphylococcus aureus infection in mice. PLoS One (2013) 0.88
Timing and cell dose determine therapeutic effects of bone marrow stromal cell transplantation in rat model of cerebral infarct. Neuropathology (2012) 0.88
Intraductal oncocytic papillary neoplasm of the pancreas shows strong positivity on FDG-PET. Int J Gastrointest Cancer (2002) 0.88
Comparison of 99mTc-annexin A5 with 18F-FDG for the detection of atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- mice. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2007) 0.88
Biological characteristics of intratumoral [F-18]‑fluoromisonidazole distribution in a rodent model of glioma. Int J Oncol (2013) 0.87
Plasma interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha can predict coronary endothelial dysfunction in hypertensive patients. Hypertens Res (2007) 0.87
Single-slice epicardial fat area measurement: do we need to measure the total epicardial fat volume? Jpn J Radiol (2011) 0.87
Dynamic 11C-methionine PET analysis has an additional value for differentiating malignant tumors from granulomas: an experimental study using small animal PET. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2011) 0.87
Validity of dual MRI and F-FDG PET imaging in predicting vulnerable and inflamed carotid plaque. Cerebrovasc Dis (2013) 0.87
Oligodendroglial component complicates the prediction of tumour grading with metabolic imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging (2015) 0.87
Quantification of myocardial blood flow using dynamic 320-row multi-detector CT as compared with ¹⁵O-H₂O PET. Eur Radiol (2014) 0.86
(11)C-Methionine positron emission tomography may monitor the activity of encephalitis. Acta Radiol (2012) 0.86
Quantitative evaluation of the relative contribution ratio of cerebral tissue to near-infrared signals in the adult human head: a preliminary study. Physiol Meas (2002) 0.86
Combining transbronchial biopsy using endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath and positron emission tomography for the diagnosis of small peripheral pulmonary lesions. Lung Cancer (2010) 0.86
Bone marrow stromal cell transplantation enhances recovery of local glucose metabolism after cerebral infarction in rats: a serial 18F-FDG PET study. J Nucl Med (2012) 0.86
Clinical value and limitations of [11C]-methionine PET for detection and localization of suspected parathyroid adenomas. Mol Imaging Biol (2009) 0.86
Generator-produced rubidium-82 positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging-From basic aspects to clinical applications. J Cardiol (2010) 0.85
Sympathetic denervation and reinnervation after the maze procedure. J Nucl Med (2005) 0.85
Assessment of coronary endothelial function using PET. J Nucl Cardiol (2011) 0.85