A portable body-monitoring system developed by the board uses two detectors, one for whole-body measurements and one for thyroid measurements. It can detect most commonly used gamma-ray emitting nuclides down to levels below those of interest for radiological protection purposes. The system has been used at 11 establishments including hospitals, universities, and research laboratories. Measurem...

This study reports the labeling of Gallium-Bleomycin (67Ga-BLM) complex as a radiopharmaceutical and optimization of its labeling conditions; pH, reaction time, temperature, concentration of bleomycin and its biodistribution in normal Bulb C mice. The biodistribution of the complex was compared with 67Ga-Cl3 in 11 selected organs including blood, liver, lung, spleen, muscle, skin, heart, kidney...

introduction: despite widespread use of 67gallium for lymphoma evaluation, timing of imaging after injection is a matter of controversy and to the extent of our knowledge no direct comparison has been made between early and delayed gallium images. we aimed to compare 24 and 48 hours post injection planar gallium imaging for evaluation of lymphoma recurrence. methods: 255 patients suspicious of...

INTRODUCTION The pathogenicity of late respiratory infections with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in the critically ill is unclear. METHODS In four critically ill patients with persistent pulmonary infiltrates of unknown origin and isolation of HSV-1 from tracheal aspirate or bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, at 7 (1-11) days after start of mechanical ventilatory support, a pulmonary leak in...

The value of different factors are examined to assess activity in 60 patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis. In patients with active sarcoidosis (n = 35), 67Gallium scans proved to be the most sensitive method (94 percent sensitivity), followed by serum angiotensin I converting enzyme (S-ACE) levels, chest x-ray films, and lymphocyte assays. In patients with peripheral pulmonary lesions, chest...

A 66-year-old woman, who was diagnosed with iritis, visited our hospital due to general malaise. A blood analysis revealed hypercalcemia. Computed tomography revealed mediastinal and hilar lymph node hyperplasia. Moreover, 67Gallium scintigraphy demonstrated strong accumulation in the lesions, suggesting sarcoidosis. A core needle biopsy (CNB) of the hypoechoic areas of the thyroid was performe...

Thirty-one patients with biopsy-confirmed sarcoidosis were studied for two to four years to compare serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels to clinical status, 67gallium scans, chest x-ray films, and pulmonary function tests (PFTs). Serum ACE levels and changes in ACE level correlated best with the clinical status of patients and their gallium scans (p less than 0.0005), and less with ...