Pixon noise reduction was applied to 18 planar images, six each from 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP), 67Ga citrate (67Ga), and (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine ((123)I-MIBG) studies. Pixon processing increased patient signal-to-noise ratio, 6.8-11.8 fold. Three specialists preferred processed images 44 of 54 times with good agreement (87%). Most (9/10, p<0.02) of the null and negative p...

In the crystal of the title compound, C(6)H(7)N(2)O(+)·C(2)HF(2)O(2) (-), the cation adopts a catemeric N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonded chain motif involving the carboxamide group, with two further N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds connecting the cations to adjacent difluoro-acetate anions via the carboxamide and pyridinium N atoms. The carboxamide group of the nicotinamidium ion is twisted by 32.3 (6)° from the pyri...

BACKGROUND Ramosetron is a new selective 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT(3)) receptor antagonist that reportedly has more potent antiemetic effects compared with other 5-HT(3) receptor antagonists. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of ramosetron for the prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) with that of ondansetron or placebo in high-risk patients undergoi...

F. J. Bermejo,1,2 I. Bustinduy,1,2 M. A. González,3 S. H. Chong,4 C. Cabrillo,5 and S. F. J. Cox6 1C.S.I.C. Department of Electricity and Electronics, Universidad Basque Country, P.O. Box 644 Bilbao 48080, Spain 2Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 123, E-28006 Madrid, Spain 3Institut Laue Langevin, Boîte Postale 156x, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France 4Laboratoire de Physiq...

A series of N,N-dialkyl-2-phenylindol-3-ylglyoxylamides bearing the halogens iodine and bromine were synthesised and their binding affinity for the peripheral benzodiazepine binding sites (PBBS) in rat kidney mitochondrial membranes was evaluated using [(3)H]PK11195. Central benzodiazepine receptor (CBR) affinities were also evaluated in rat cortices using [(3)H]flumazenil to determine their se...

UNLABELLED Double-phase single-tracer scintigraphy with (99m)Tc-sestamibi is now generally used for parathyroid imaging but, at least in endemic goiter areas, complementary thyroid scintigraphy is recommended. Although (123)I-sodium iodide is considered to be the optimal thyroid agent, it is hardly ever used because of high costs and logistic difficulties. Our study presents the results of usin...