Contents
Part I Instrument and Data Analysis
1 Advances in 4D Gated Cardiac PET Imaging for Image Quality Improvement and Cardiac Motion and Contractility
Estimation. . . 3 Benjamin M.W. Tsui, Tao Feng, Jizhe Wang, Jingyan Xu, M. Roselle Abraham, Stefan L. Zimmerman, and Thomas H. Schindler
2 The Need for Quantitative SPECT in Clinical Brain
Examinations. . . 17 Hidehiro Iida, Tsutomu Zeniya, Miho Yamauchi, Kazuhiro Koshino, Takashi Temma, Satoshi Iguchi, Makoto Yamazaki, Junichiro Enmi, Naoya Kondo, Nobutoku Motomura, and Jyoji Nakagawara
3 PET Imaging Innovation by DOI Detectors. . . 39 Taiga Yamaya
4 Semiconductor Detector-Based Scanners for Nuclear
Medicine. . . 51 Wataru Takeuchi, Atsuro Suzuki, Yuichiro Ueno, Tohru Shiga,
Kenji Hirata, Shozo Okamoto, Songji Zhao, Yuji Kuge, Naoki Kubo, Kentaro Kobayashi, Shiro Watanabe, Keiji Kobashi, Kikuo Umegaki, and Nagara Tamaki
5 Kinetic Analysis for Cardiac PET. . . 67 Yuuki Tomiyama and Keiichiro Yoshinaga
Part II Biomarker and Molecular Probes
6 How Far Are We from Dose On Demand of Short-Lived
Radiopharmaceuticals?. . . 79 Giancarlo Pascali and Lidia Matesic
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7 Advantages of Radiochemistry in Microliter Volumes. . . 93 Pei Yuin Keng, Maxim Sergeev, and R. Michael van Dam
8 Development of a Microreactor for Synthesis of18F-Labeled
Positron Emission Tomography Probe. . . 113 Norihito Kuno, Naomi Manri, Norifumi Abo, Yukako Asano,
Ken-ichi Nishijima, Nagara Tamaki, and Yuji Kuge
9 Preclinical Evaluation of a Thymidine Phosphorylase Imaging
Probe, [123I]IIMU, for Translational Research. . . 125 Ken-ichi Nishijima, Songji Zhao, Fei Feng, Yoichi Shimizu,
Hiromichi Akizawa, Kazue Ohkura, Nagara Tamaki, and Yuji Kuge
10 Discovery and Evaluation of Biomarkers for Atherosclerosis. . . 131 Takeshi Sakamoto, Hiroko Hanzawa, Naomi Manri, Mamoru Sakakibara, Yoichi Shimizu, Yan Zhao, Songji Zhao, Shiro Yamada, Kiwamu Kamiya, Yutaka Eki, Akihiro Suzuki, Haruhiko Higuchi, Chiaki Sugano, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Nagara Tamaki, and Yuji Kuge
11 Radioimmunodetection of Atherosclerotic Lesions Focusing on the Accumulation Mechanism of Immunoglobulin G. . . 141 Yoichi Shimizu, Hiroko Hanzawa, Yan Zhao, Ken-ichi Nishijima,
Sagiri Fukura, Takeshi Sakamoto, Songji Zhao, Nagara Tamaki, and Yuji Kuge
Part III Cardiology
12 Noninvasive PET Flow Reserve Imaging to Direct Optimal
Therapies for Myocardial Ischemia. . . 153 Robert A. deKemp and Rob SB Beanlands
13 The Clinical Value of Cardiac PET in Heart Failure. . . 171 Chi-Lun Ko and Yen-Wen Wu
14 Emerging Trends and Future Perspective of Novel Cardiac
SPECT Technology. . . 183 Masao Miyagawa, Yoshiko Nishiyama, Hayato Ishimura,
Rami Tashiro, Kana Ide, and Teruhito Mochizuki
15 Right Ventricular Metabolism and Its Efficiency. . . 193 Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Ohira, Ichizo Tsujino, Osamu Manabe, Takahiro Sato, Chietsugu Katoh, Katsuhiko Kasai, Yuuki Tomiyama, Masaharu Nishimura, and Nagara Tamaki
16 Usefulness of18F-FDG PET in Diagnosing Cardiac
Sarcoidosis. . . 209 Osamu Manabe, Keiichiro Yoshinaga, Hiroshi Ohira,
and Noriko Oyama-Manabe
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Part IV Neurology
17 PET Quantification in Molecular Brain Imaging Taking into Account the Contribution of the Radiometabolite Entering
the Brain. . . 219 Masanori Ichise, Yasuyuki Kimura, Hitoshi Shimada, Makoto Higuchi, and Tetsuya Suhara
18 Hypoxia Imaging with18F-FMISO PET for Brain
Tumors. . . 229 Kenji Hirata, Kentaro Kobayashi, and Nagara Tamaki
19 Evolution and Protection of Cerebral Infarction Evaluated by PET and SPECT. . . 251 Eku Shimosegawa
20 Brain Development and Aging Using Large Brain MRI
Database. . . 263 Yasuyuki Taki
Part V Oncology
21 Back to the Future: Nuclear Medicine Rediscovers Its Therapeutic Roots. . . 277 Rodney J. Hicks
22 Interactive Communication Between PET Specialists and
Oncologists. . . 289 Huiting Che, Ying Zhang, Ying Dong, Wensheng Pan, Ling Chen,
Hong Zhang, and Mei Tian
23 Clinical Efficacy of PET/CT Using68Ga-DOTATOC for Diagnostic Imaging. . . 303 Yuji Nakamoto, Takayoshi Ishimori, and Kaori Togashi
24 Correlation of 40-[methyl-11C]-Thiothymidine Uptake with Ki-67 Immunohistochemistry in Patients with Newly Diagnosed and
Recurrent Gliomas. . . 313 Yuka Yamamoto and Yoshihiro Nishiyama
25 Impact of Respiratory-Gated FMISO-PET/CT for the Quantitative Evaluation of Hypoxia in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. . . 319 Shiro Watanabe, Kenji Hirata, Shozo Okamoto, and Nagara Tamaki
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Contributors
Norifumi Abo
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan M. Roselle Abraham
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA Hiromichi Akizawa
Showa Pharmaceutical University, Machida, Japan Yukako Asano
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Rob SB Beanlands
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada Huiting Che
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Ling Chen
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Robert A. deKemp
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada Ying Dong
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Yutaka Eki
Hitachi General Hospital, Hitachi, Japan Junichiro Enmi
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Fei Feng
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Tao Feng
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA Sagiri Fukura
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Hiroko Hanzawa
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Rodney J. Hicks
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Haruhiko Higuchi
Hitachi General Hospital, Hitachi, Japan Makoto Higuchi
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan Kenji Hirata
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Masanori Ichise
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan Kana Ide
Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan Satoshi Iguchi
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Hidehiro Iida
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Takayoshi Ishimori
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Hayato Ishimura
Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan Kiwamu Kamiya
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Katsuhiko Kasai
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Chietsugu Katoh
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Pei Yuin Keng
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Yasuyuki Kimura
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
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Chi-Lun Ko
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Keiji Kobashi
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Kentaro Kobayashi
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Naoya Kondo
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Kazuhiro Koshino
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Naoki Kubo
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Yuji Kuge
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Norihito Kuno
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Osamu Manabe
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Naomi Manri
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Lidia Matesic
ANSTO Life Sciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia Masao Miyagawa
Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan Teruhito Mochizuki
Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan Nobutoku Motomura
Toshiba Medical Systems Co Ltd., Otawara, Japan Jyoji Nakagawara
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Yuji Nakamoto
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Ken-ichi Nishijima
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Masaharu Nishimura
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Yoshihiro Nishiyama
Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan Yoshiko Nishiyama
Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan Hiroshi Ohira
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Kazue Ohkura
Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan Shozo Okamoto
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Noriko Oyama-Manabe
Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan Wensheng Pan
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Giancarlo Pascali
ANSTO Life Sciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia Mamoru Sakakibara
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Takeshi Sakamoto
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Takahiro Sato
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Thomas H. Schindler
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA Maxim Sergeev
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Tohru Shiga
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Hitoshi Shimada
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan Yoichi Shimizu
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Eku Shimosegawa
Osaka University, Suita, Japan Chiaki Sugano
Hitachinaka General Hospital, Hitachinaka, Japan
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Tetsuya Suhara
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan Akihiro Suzuki
Hitachi General Hospital, Hitachi, Japan Atsuro Suzuki
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Wataru Takeuchi
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Yasuyuki Taki
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan Nagara Tamaki
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Rami Tashiro
Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan Takashi Temma
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan
Mei Tian
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Kaori Togashi
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Yuuki Tomiyama
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Benjamin M.W. Tsui
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA Ichizo Tsujino
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Hiroyuki Tsutsui
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Yuichiro Ueno
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Kikuo Umegaki
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan R. Michael van Dam
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Jizhe Wang
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA Shiro Watanabe
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Yen-Wen Wu
National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan Jingyan Xu
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA Shiro Yamada
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Yuka Yamamoto
Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan Miho Yamauchi
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Taiga Yamaya
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan Makoto Yamazaki
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Keiichiro Yoshinaga
National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan Tsutomu Zeniya
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan Hong Zhang
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Ying Zhang
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Songji Zhao
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Yan Zhao
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Stefan L. Zimmerman
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
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