BACKGROUND Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors(NETs)account for about 1%–2%of pancreatic tumors and about 8%of all NETs.Computed tomography(CT),magnetic resonance imaging,and endoscopic ultrasound are common imaging mod...
BACKGROUND When interpreting nuclear medicine images,unexpected findings are sometimes encountered.Recognizing these findings and determining the mechanism of their occurrence could have a significant impact on early ...
In SPECT, noise is one of the major limitations that degrade image quality. To suppress the noisy signals in an image, digital filters are most commonly applied. However, in SPECT image reconstruction, selection of an...
A 15-year-old patient with osteosarcoma of left distal femur underwent a bone scan with Tc-99m hydroxymethylenediphosphonate (HDP). Whole body bone scan revealed extensive bone and thoracic metastases. Single Photon E...
Background: Sound prognostic data in sepsis induced acute renal failure (SARF) are lacking especially on the short term outcome [STO] in the intensive care unit [ICU]. We addressed the use of Tc-99m DMSA [2,3-dimercap...
Intestinal duplication is an uncommon congenital condition in young adults.A 25-year-old man complained of chronic,intermittent abdominal pain for 3 years following previous appendectomy for the treatment of suspected...
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This study adapted a statistical probabilistic anatomical map of the brain for single photon emission computed tomography images of depressive end-stage renal disease patients. This research aimed to investigate the r...
Objective:The aim of this work was to study the clinicopathological features of cases with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) referred to National Cancer Institute (NCI), Cairo University in the last six years and to ...