The concept of radioguided surgery, which was first developed some 60 years ago, involves
the use of a radiation detection probe system for the intraoperative detection of …

Neuroblastoma is the most common extracranial solid malignancy in children. At diagnosis,
approximately 50% of patients present with metastatic disease. These patients are at high …

Radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy (WBS), which takes advantage of the high avidity of
radioiodine in the functioning thyroid tissues, has been used for detection of differentiated …

Theranostics is the integration of diagnostic information with pharmaceuticals to increase
effectiveness and safety of cancer treatments. Nuclear medicine provides a non-invasive …

Molecular imaging, defined as the visual representation, characterization and quantification
of biological processes at the cellular and subcellular levels within intact living organisms …

Abstract Purpose Serum Tg and I-131 WBS have been used to detect recurrent and
metastatic thyroid cancers postoperatively. Tg is known to be more sensitive than I-131 …

This study compares 3D dose distributions obtained with voxel S values (VSVs) for soft
tissue, calculated by several methods at their current state-of-the-art, varying the degree of …

The incidence of thyroid cancer has been increasing. After total thyroidectomy of well-
differentiated thyroid tumors with intermediate-or high-risk features on pathology …

Theranostics is a precision medicine discipline that integrates diagnostic nuclear medicine
imaging with radionuclide therapy in a manner that provides both a tumor phenotype and …

Abstract Purpose Monte Carlo (MC) modelling techniques can assess the quantitative
accuracy of both planar and SPECT Nuclear Medicine images. It is essential to validate the …