AIM: Esophageal cancer remains a significant health problem worldwide. It is important to
investigate alterations in expression of retinoic acid receptor-β, P53 and Ki67 proteins in …

Purpose: The optimal cumulative dose of radioactive iodine therapy (RAIT) for patients with
differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and pulmonary metastases (PM) is not known, therefore …

Purpose The Gates-based renography (gGFR) and plasma-based clearance rate (pGFR)
are conventionally corrected with body surface area (BSA). Limited studies indicated that the …

Various types of moments have been utilized to recognize image patterns in a number of
applications. Multidistortion invariant—radial harmonic Fourier moments were investigated in …

The paper introduces the increasing applications of cyclotrons in the field of health care and
some major work carried out abroad. Its emphasis is placed on the introduction to the …

Methods A total of 27 patients with early stage cervical cancer, scheduled for radical
hysterectomy and total pelvic lymphadenectomy, were eligible for the study. Lymphoscintigraphy …

Noise components on PET images were studied. The results showed that the square of synthetic
noise Δ 2 and the square of signal‐to‐noise ratio (N/Δ) 2 varied with the signal intensity …

Methods For evaluating the status, a survey was performed in September 2006 by postal
questionnaires. Forty-two nuclear medicine departments in Beijing were investigated regarding …

Methods Forty-two nuclear medicine departments were surveyed by using mailed
questionnaires sent during September 2006. Results By the end of January 2007, 30 out of 42 …

Objectives To determine the clinical value of sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection by
lymphoscintigraphy and gamma ray detecting probe (GDP) and to assess the value of hematoxylin …