Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Table of Contents

• RESEARCH ARTICLE

  Hypersensitivity to Antithyroid Drug and Radioiodine in Hyperthyroidism

  • Author: Md S R Miah, H A Rahman, N Islam

• Role of Tc99m Ciprofloxacin in Tuberculosis of the Hip Joint

  • Author: A Jain, A Jaimini, V Bhardwaj, K Sawroop, H Rawat, M Tripathi, R Sharma, A Bhatnagar, R Kashyap

• Development of a Kit for [186/188Re]Rhenium Sulphur Colloid/Lipiodol Suspension for Injection for Clinical Evaluation Studies for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Author: Mayuk Chakrabarty, M G R Rajan, P S Soni

• Ictal Perfusion Patterns in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Correlation with Ictal EEG, MR Imaging, PET and Surgical outcome.

  • Author: L. Pushpalatha Sudhakar, S Sita, Jaya Lakshmi, V V S Prabhakar Rao, Kavita N, P Manas, C Sundaram

• Comparison of Myocardial Viability Assessment by NTG Augmented Myocardial SPECT and Delayed Enhancement MRI

  • Author: K Kumaresan, G Dillikar, J Christopher

• Pulmonary Ventilation and Perfusion Scintigraphy in Children with Bronchial Asthma: a Pilot Study

  • Author: K Raghav, A Bhattacharya, *JL Mathew contrib, M Parmar, B R Mittal

• PET/CT Directed Biopsies: Single Centre Experience of 140 Cases

  • Author: N C Purandare, S Kulkarni, A Kulkarni, A R Sharma, V Rangarajan

• FDG-PET in Diagnosis of Cardiac Sarcoidosis

  • Author: N Kavitha, A Parag, Narasaraju

• Value of FDG PET-CT in Primary Staging of Operable Cervical Cancers

  • Author: H Singh, S S Anand

• F-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (F-18 FDG) Imaging During Acute Myocardial Ischemia.

  • Author: G Malhotra, N Nair

• Citric Acid Enhances 14C-Urea Breath Test Performance

  • Author: C M Pathak, D K Bhasin, R Nada, K L Khanduja

• Neoplasms in a Pediatric Population: 2-[F-18]-fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose PET Studies

  • Author: M Tripathi, R Sharma, S Saw, Romana Sehar, Kavita Powaria, N Singh, P Panwar, A Mishra, A Mondal, RP Tripathi

• Role of FDG PET in Detection of Unknown Primary with Metastatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Neck Nodes

  • Author: A Jaimini, R Tiwari, M Tripathi, M Gupta, N Jain, A Jain, S Saw, A Mishra, R Sharma, A Mondal, R P Tripathi

• The Role of Hybrid PET/CT in Non Small Cell Lung Carcinoma: An Initial Experience at INMAS

  • Author: M Gupta, R Sharma, M Tripathi, N Singh, A Jaimini, S Saw, A Kaushik, A Mishra, A Mondal, R P Tripathi

• Preclinical Assessment of a Novel SPECT Agent for Imaging β-Amyloid in the Brain

  • Author: S E Harpstrite, J L Prior, N J Cairns, D Piwnica-Worms, V Sharma

• Targeting VPAC1 Receptors in Human Breast Tumor Xenografts

  • Author: N Shanthly, K Zhang, M R Aruva, C Cardi, CA Patel, S Rattan, C Gregory, E Wickstrom, M L Thakur iven-names>

• “In Vitro and In Vivo Drug Release Profile of 5-Fluorouracil from Enteric Coated Modified Pulsatile Release Systems for Colon Targeting Delivery

  • Author: Lanjhiyana Sanjay Kumar, Arya Amitabh, Dangi Jawahar Singh, Sweety Lanjhiyana

• Radiolabeling and Biological Evaluation of HSA Methotrexate Conjugate for Targeted Tumor Imaging and Therapy

  • Author: S Jain, R Mathur, P Mishra, A K Mishra

• Radiolabeling and Scintigraphic Evaluation of 99mTc-Aminoacids based Chelating Agents for Tumor Scintigraphy

  • Author: A Datta, S Soni, S Pal, K Chuttani, A K Mishra

• A Low Cost and Novel Method of Delivery System of 99mTc from (n, γ) 99Mo using a Tiny Anion-Exchange Resin

  • Author: S Chattopadhyay, S Saha, M K Das, N C Goomer, P Johri

• Solid Phase Synthesis of 99mTc Peptide Radio-Pharmaceutical using Fmoc Chemistry for Scintigraphic Imaging.

  • Author: S Chandra, K De, M Misra

• Radiation Dose to Indian Subjects from PET Radio-pharmaceuticals

  • Author: S C Jain

• Cyclodextrin as a Probe for Infection Imaging: A Pilot Study

  • Author: J Shukla, G P Bandopadhyaya

• Neuroendocrine Tumors Functional Imaging (131I MIBG scintigraphy) versus Anatomical imaging (CT scan)

  • Author: P Verma, Chandana, J Hephzibah, N Shanthly, R Oommen, R Cherian, A Korula

• A Functional Imaging Approach for Myocardial Viability Assessment in Patients Having Coronary Artery Disease and Ischaemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction with Cardiac PET.

  • Author: Atul Marwah, Sunita Tarsarya, Shefali Gokhale, Rajnath Jaiswar, P Salvi, Mehjaben

• Development of an Automatic Labeling System for Injectable O-15 using Hemoglobin Vesicle (HbV).

  • Author: Vijay N Tiwari, T Mori, M Kobayashi, H Okazawa, Y Fujibayashi

• The Role of 18F Fluoride in Bone Imaging with Emphasis on Prostate and Breast Cancer

  • Author: R Sehar, R Sharma, M Tripathi, S Saw, N Singh, A Datta, M Gupta, R Tiwari, A Kaushik, A Mishra, V K Nagpal, A Mondal, R P Tripathi

• Estimation of Occupational Exposure in a PET/CT Facility An Initial Experience

  • Author: A Kaushik*, S Saw, R Sehar, M Tripathi, A K Tiwari, R Sharma, A Mondal, R P Tripathi, A Mishra

• An Initial Experience with Tc-99m Ciprofloxacin for Infection Imaging

  • Author: K D Vandana, P K Pradhan

• Diagnostic Utility of Bone Scan in Non Malignant Bone Conditions: NIMS Experience in an Academic Year

  • Author: R G Manthri, M S Bhushan, P Sudhaker, S Nilegaonkar, VV S Prabhaker Rao

• Initial Experience in the Evaluation of Neo-Gastric Emptying Time.

  • Author: S Pathak, S Shah, A R Sharma, V Rangarajan

• Tramline Sign in Bone Scan in Ca Lung Patient: A Case Report

  • Author: M Mathur, C P Mohare, A Arya, R K Panday

• A Comparison between DTPA Scintigraphy and Colour Doppler in the Evaluation of Early Parenchymal Dysfunction of Transplant Kidneys

  • Author: M Riddhika, B A Krishna, K Saumya, S Ghule

• Extensive Involvement of the Upper Extremity in a Case of Suspected Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: An Interesting Bone Scan

  • Author: K D Vandana, S Gambhir

• Scintigraphic Evaluation of Salivary Gland Function in Patients with H&N Malignancies Treated with Radiotherapy.

  • Author: S Pathak, S Shah, A Sharma, V Rangarajan

• Initial Evaluation of Nanocolloid Kits from BARC for Sentinel Node Identification

  • Author: S Shah, S Pathak, A R Sharma, V Rangarajan, Suresh , Meera Venkatesh

• Relationship Between Tc-99m Sestamibi Uptake and Biological Markers in Suspected Cases of Hyperpara-thyroidism

  • Author: D S Parasar, P K Pradhan, M Ora, B Suneeta, S Kheruka, A Arya, S Barai, A K Shukla, S Gambhir

• Technetium-99m Sestamibi (MIBI) Brain SPECT Imaging in Differentiating Radiation Necrosis from Tumor Recurrence in Post Surgery and Post Radiotherapy Patients of Brain Tumors.

  • Author: M S Chauhan

• Utility of SPECT for Metabolic and Functional Lung Imaging in Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning for Lung Cancer

  • Author: S Kheruka, S Agrawal, M Das, K Raj, P Lal, D S Parasar, S Gambhir

• F-18 Fluoro-Deoxy-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography Scanning in Detection of Local Recurrence after Radiotherapy for Oropharyngeal- Laryngeal Cancer

  • Author: R Sharma, M Tripathi, N Singh, R Sehar, S Saw, P Panwar, R Kumar, N Jain, A Kaushik, VK Nagapal, A Mishra, A Mondal, R P Tripathi

• F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Scanning in Charactisation of Adrenal Lesions Detected on CT - An Initial INMAS Experience

  • Author: K Powaria, S Maitra, M Srivastava, R Tiwari, Sanjeev Saw, Romana Sehar, V K Nagapal, R Sharma, A Mondal, A K Mishra, R P Tripathi

• Evaluation of Normal FDG Uptake in Palatine Tonsil and its Potential Value for Detecting Occult Tonsillar Primaries: A PET-CT Study

  • Author: M Tripathi, S Saw, R Sharma, N Singh, A Tiwari, M Srivastava, N Jain, A Kaushik, A Mishra, A Mondal, R P Tripathi

• F-18-Flurodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography Imaging for Primary Breast Cancer and Loco-Regional Staging

  • Author: A Mondal, R Sharma, M Tripathi, R Sehar, S Saw, N Singh, A Jain, N Jain, Raunak, A Kaushik, V Nagpal, A Mishra, RP Tripathi

• Role of Hybrid PET/CT in Non Hodgkins Lymphoma: An Initial Experience at INMAS

  • Author: R Tiwari, M Tripathi, R Sharma, K Powaria, S Moitra, N Jain, N Singh, R Sehar, S Saw, A Datta, A Mishra, A Mondal, RP Tripathi

• Can Inter-Ictal FDG-PET Replace Ictal SPECT in Pre-Surgical Evaluation of Non-Lesional Temporal Lobe Epilepsy?

  • Author: N Kavitha, S Jayalaxmi, P Aland, S Pushpalatha

• Evaluation of Myocardial Viability using 18-F FDG Cardiac PET Scan after Oral Glucose Loading.

  • Author: A Rajnish, S Shah, S Pathak, V Rangarajan

• Initial Experience of PET/CT in Discriminating Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

  • Author: V Rangarajan, N C Purandare, S Shah, A R Sharma, S Pathak, A Arora

• Impact of Whole Body PET/CT in Staging Patients of Carcinoma Oesophagus

  • Author: S Pathak, S Shah, A Arora, A R Sharma, N C Purandare, V Rangarajan

• PET/CT in Anorectal Melanoma Initial Experience

  • Author: A Arora, S Shah, Sujata Pathak, A R Sharma, N C Purandare, V Rangarajan

• PET CT in Evaluation of Medullary Carcinoma Thyroid with Elevated Calcitonin Levels

  • Author: S Shah, A Arora, S Pathak, A R Sharma, N C Purandare, V Rangarajan

• Whole Body PET/CT Study in Post Treatment Assesment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

  • Author: S Shah, S Pathak, A Arora, A R Sharma, N C Purandare, V Rangarajan

• Interim FDG PET Scan An Early Determinant of Response to Chemotherapy in Lymphoma Patients

  • Author: S Kumari, B A Krishna, V Oruganti

• Sodium Fluoride Bone PET CT - An Initial Experience

  • Author: S Agrawal, S Baikerikar, H J Shah, V R Lele

• Artifacts in PET/CT

  • Author: V Oruganti, BA Krishna, S Nair, S Kumari

• Effect of Filters on Volume and Ejection Fraction in Tc-99m-MIBI Gated Myocardial SPECT

  • Author: S Kheruka, D S Parasar, M Ora, U Kumar, V Dube, A Arya, S Gambhir

• Tailor Made Image Presentation Protocols in Gamma Camera Scintigraphy

  • Author: G S Muthu, S Mitra

• Optimization of Image in SPECT Studies using FBP and OSEM Reconstruction Techniques

  • Author: S Kheruka, U Kumar, V Dube, M Ora, D S Parasar, S Gambhir, AK Shukla

• Tumor Volume Measurements using Contrast and SUV based approach in Integrated 2D and 3D PET-CT

  • Author: R Prasad, V Rangarajan

• SPECT-CT Fusion Imaging to Study Kinetics of Nasal Spray Droplets in Human Volunteers

  • Author: P S Soni, S A Hazare, M D Menon, R P Jha, G Williams

• Continuity of Care of Thyroid Cancer Patients through Telemedicine

  • Author: K D Vandana, P K Pradhan, B N Mohanty, B K Das, D Parashar, M Madhusudan, S Barai, A Arya, S Gambhir, A Shukla, S K Mishra

• Initial Experience on Radiation Safety with an Un-shielded Medical Cyclotron

  • Author: A Kaushik, A Tiwari, L Singh, S Kumar, R Sharma, A Mondal, R P Tripathi, A K Mishra

• A New Approach to Study 131-I Kinetics in Ca-Thyroid Patients using TLD Chips

  • Author: B L Malpani, P Tandon, R Sharma, N S Baghel, A Abhyankar, UN Nayak, N Nair

• A New Approach to Measure Thyroid Uptakes of People Living in Remote/Inaccessible Regions using TLD chips

  • Author: P Tandon*, B L Malpani, N S Baghel, R Sharma*, G Malhotra, U N Nayak, N Nair

• Measurement of Radiation Levels in a Category IV Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine Department

  • Author: Sarika , A Bhattacharya, B Singh, B R Mittal

• Studies to Evaluate Cytotoxicity of Re-tin Colloid.

  • Author: A Mukherjee, U Pandey, G Samuel, M Venkatesh

• 188Rhenium-tin Microparticles for Radiosynovectomy: An Optimized in-house Preparation

  • Author: J Shukla, G P Bandopadhyaya, A S Shamim, R Kumar

• Production of No Carrier Added 161Tb Radiochemical, a Potential Radionuclide for Use in Radionuclide Therapy

  • Author: L P Sharad, K V Vimalnath, V Shivarudrappa

• An Electrochemical 90Sr-90Y Generator Separating 90Y Suitable for Targeted Radiotherapy

  • Author: R Chakravarty, U Pandey, A Dash, M Venkatesh, M R A Pillai

• Multi-centric Clinical Trial Experiences in Humans of Colloidal Samarium Phosphate [32P] Injection for the Treatment of Knee Joint Disorders 157 Case Studies

  • Author: G Prabhakar, S S Sachdev, N Sivaprasad

• BRIT's Production Experiences of 131I-Metaiodobenzyl Guanidine (MIBG), Diagnostic Doses-100 Batches.

  • Author: G Shunmugam, G Prabhakar, S S Sachdev, A Raju, A Bhelose, N Sivaprasad

• Modulating Tumour Uptake of a Therapy Radio-bioconjugate by External Intervention: What is the Best Method?

  • Author: P H Khanna, D K Hazra, A Gupta, P Garg, P K Gangwar, A Kumar

• Preparation, Purification, and Stability Studies of 131I-Metaiodobenzyl Guanidine (MIBG) Suitable for Therapeutic Applications

  • Author: G Prabhakar, A Mathur, G Shanmugam, S S Sachdev, Y D Teje, N Sivaprasad

• Production of High Purity and High Specific Activity 153Sm Radiochemical from Enriched Samarium Oxide Targets for Therapeutic Applications

  • Author: K V Vimalnath, L P Sharad, C Viju, V Shivarudrappa, M Venkatesh

• 99mTc-Hydroxypropyl - Cyclodextrin: A Promissing Candidate for Infection Imaging

  • Author: G Bandopadhyaya, J Shukla, R Kumar, P P Kotwal

• 99mTc-INH Phase I Clinical Trial

  • Author: N Singh, A K Singh, A Bhatnagar, T Ravindranath

• Designing of 59Fe Chelating Amino Acid Derivatives Targeting Central Nervous System and their Application as Neuroprotective Agents

  • Author: A Datta, P Srivastava, A K Tiwari, A K Mishra

• Column Extraction Technology (CET) for Extracting Sodium Pertechnetate (Na99mTcO4) from Reactor Produced Molybdenum-Technetium(99Mo/99mTc) Generator System

  • Author: A Thangavelu, V Krishnamoorthy

• Formation of Short-Lived Positron Emitters at the Time of Preconditioning and its Effect on Labeled Ions Generated in Water by the 16O(p,α)13N Reaction in PETtrace Cyclotron

  • Author: A K Tiwari, S Chaturvedi, L Singh, A Kaushik, Swatantra, A K Mishra

• A New Nitrotriazole Cysteine Conjugate for Asymmetric [2+2] [99mTcN(PNP)] Labeling for Possible Use in Imaging Hypoxia

  • Author: A Mathur, M B Mallia, S Subramanian, S Banerjee, M Venkatesh

• Biological Evaluation of Radioiodinated Curcumin as a Tumor Targeting Agent

  • Author: C Kumar, S Subramanian, G Samuel, M Venkatesh

• Chloramphenicol Incorporated Poly-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) Nanoparticles: Formulation, Characterisation, Release Characteristics and Radiolabeling with Technetium-99m (99mTc)

  • Author: K K Halder, B Mandal, M C Debnath

• Synthesis of Imidazole Based Schiff Base and their Efficiency as a Radiopharmaceutical.

  • Author: Deepa , A K Tiwari, S Singh, A K Mishra

• Folic Acid Coupled Stealth Nanoparticles for Tumor Targeting

  • Author: S Jain, R Mathur, P Punia, P Mishra, A K Mishra

• Small Animals in Radiopharmaceutical Research: With Particular Reference to Radiobioconjugate Targeting

  • Author: P Garg, D K Hazra, A K Gupta, P H Khanna, A Taneja, P K Gangwar, A Kumar

• Conjugation of Alendronate with Indole Moiety as Novel Bone Imaging Agent

  • Author: G Shukla, N Kumar, S Chaturvedi, A K Mishra

• The Effect Bacopa monnieri Extracts on the Biodistri-bution of Technetium-99m Labeled Radiopharma-ceuticals

  • Author: K De, S Chandra, M Misra

• Method Development for Radiolabelled Sumatriptan Nanocarrier

  • Author: S J Nabar, R Jain, V B Patravale, U N Nayak

• Novel Porous Corrugated Microparticles of Curcumin for Pulmonary Delivery In Vivo Lung Deposition and Efficacy Studies

  • Author: P S Soni, D J Singh, J J Parmar, D D Hegde, M D Menon, A Samad

• Radiosynthesis of Novel Phospholipid Markers for Early Cancer Detection

  • Author: D E Ponde, L Wang

• Quality Control of 18F-FDG at Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS)

  • Author: A Datta, P Panwar, Raunak, A K Mishra

• Reducing the time for 18F-FDG synthesis

  • Author: M G R Rajan, S K Nandy, P S Soni

• Possibility of Extending the Shelf Life of MDP Kit

  • Author: S H Joshi, G L Vispute, A S Ghodke

• Preparation and Evaluation of Kit for 99mTc-Dimer-captosuccinic Acid [99mTc-DMSA (III)] for Renal Imaging

  • Author: S Muralidharan, R Vanaja, D K Ranganatha, S S Sachdev, V Meera

• Rapid Diagnosis of Myocardial Cell Damage in Rats by a Novel Radiotracer.

  • Author: K K Halder, S Pal, M C Debnath

• Cystein Based 64Cu-mimic Complex and its Potential as PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Molecular Imaging

  • Author: S Singh, A K Tiwari, Deepa , A K Mishra

• Targeted Multimodality Imaging Probes for MRI-PET/SPECT: Novel DOTA-Based Divalent Bombesin Analogues Targeting GRP-Receptor-Positive Tumors

  • Author: A Keelara, S Tschumi, M Kretzschmar, H Jaccard, L Helm, H R Maecke

• Feasibility and Clinical Utility of Nitrate Tc99m-MIBI Myocardial Perfusion Imaging

  • Author: M Ora, D S Parasar, B Suneeta, P Madhusudan, S Kheruka, P K Pradhan, N Garg, A K Shukla, S Gambhir

• Development of Frozen Kit for Tc-99m Glucarate for Diagnostic Applications in Nuclear Oncology and Cardiology

  • Author: N C Goomer, P Johri

• Estimation of Doses to Indian Reference Adult due to Pertechnetate-99m

  • Author: Pankaj Tandon, Sangeeta H Joshi

• Pharmacokinetic Studies of Tc-99m labelled Olanzapine Entrapped in Solid Lipid Nanoparticles Stabilized with P-gP Inhibitors for Brain Targeting

  • Author: K Chuttani, A K Babbar, A K Mishra

• Bone Scintigraphy in a Case of Blunt Injury of Knee Joint Due to Road Traffic Accident

  • Author: T C Kalawat, A Y Lakshmi, BVijaylakshmi Devi, P Ravi, M S Moorthy

• Can DMSA Scintigraphy Obviate the Need of Voiding Cystourethrography in Children with Urinary Tract Infections?

  • Author: V Pareek, R Kashyap, A Bhattacharya, B Singh, B R Mittal

• ’Radiosynovectomy’-A Ray of Hope for Disabling Arthritis

  • Author: P G Kumar, S S Anand, P B Mukherjee, A K Dash, H Singh

• Thrifty Sentinel Node Biopsy” in Early Breast Cancer: Results of a validation study using Indigenous Blue dye & 99mTc-Antimony Colloid.

  • Author: G Agarwal, N Krishnani, V Aggarwal, V Kumar, S Kheruka, V Dubey, S Gambhir

• Valiadation of Scoring System for Interpretation of 131I-MIBG Scintigraphy

  • Author: Ashish Ghuli, Chandana, Priyanka Verma, Julie Hephzibah, Nylla Shanthly, Regi Oommen

• REVIEW ARTICLE

  Radiation Safety in Nuclear Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy

  • Author: Pankaj Tandon