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Standing in Solidarity with Ukraine Dear Molecular Imaging Community, The World Molecular Imaging Society is horrified by the shocking violence and loss of life as a result of unprovoked aggression led by Vladimir Putin. It is with great sadness and …

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Dear Molecular Imaging Community: Our hearts and best wishes go out to you, your colleagues, partners, families, and friends during this difficult time. This is truly uncharted territory, and we want you to know we are here to support you. …

COVID-19 Update: Letter to members from WMIS Executive Committee Read More »

WMIS has been in close contact with Honolulu city officials concerning the predicted weather forecast. We have been advised that the projected path of both hurricane Ignacio and hurricane Jimena have turned to move more to the north of the …

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Molecular Imaging and Biology, February 2015, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp 76-86 –  Jochen Tillmanns  (1), Magdalena Schneider (2), Daniela Fraccarollo (1), Jan-Dieter Schmitto (3), Florian Länger (4), Dominik Richter (2), Johann Bauersachs (1), Samuel Samnick (2) 1. Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany 2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Wurzburg, 97080, Wurzburg, …

PET Imaging of Cardiac Wound Healing Using a Novel [68Ga]-Labeled NGR Probe in Rat Myocardial Infarction Read More »

Molecular Imaging and Biology, February 2015, Volume 17, Issue 1, pp 119-128 –  Jennifer G. Whisenant (1) (2), J. Oliver McIntyre (1) (2) (3), Todd E. Peterson (1) (2) (4), Hakmook Kang (5), Violeta Sánchez (10), H. Charles Manning (1) (10) (2) (6) (7), Carlos L. Arteaga (3) (8) (9), Thomas E. Yankeelov  (1) (10) (2) (3) (4) (6) 1. Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University, 1161 21st Ave. South, MCN AA-1105, Nashville, TN, 37232-2675, USA …

Utility of [18 F]FLT-PET to Assess Treatment Response in Trastuzumab-Resistant and Trastuzumab-Sensitive HER2-Overexpressing Human Breast Cancer Xenografts Read More »

Pulsed-Focused Ultrasound Enhances Boron Drug Accumulation in a Human Head and Neck Cancer Xenograft-Bearing Mouse Model Abstract Purpose This study aims to demonstrate that pulsed high-intensity focused ultrasound (pulsed- HIFU) may enhance the fructose-conjugated 4-borono-L-phenylalanine (BPA-Fr) accumulation in tumor lesion …

Pulsed high-intensity focused ultrasound (pulsed- HIFU) may enhance microPET scans. Read More »

Standardized Uptake Value in High Uptake Area on Positron Emission Tomography with 18F-FRP170 as a Hypoxic Cell Tracer Correlates with Intratumoral Oxygen Pressure in Glioblastoma Abstract Purpose The aim of this study was to clarify the reliability of positron emission …

18F-FRP170 represents viable hypoxic tissues in glioblastoma. Read More »

Biomarkers of (neuro)inflammation are useful as a diagnostic tool in drug development and therapy follow-up. The type 2 cannabinoid receptor (CB2R) is predominantly expressed in peripheral tissues and shows the highest expression levels in organs of the immune system [1]. …

Whole-body biodistribution and radiation dosimetry of the cannabinoid type 2 receptor ligand [11C]-NE40 in healthy subjects Read More »

This study clearly demonstrated that pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (lipo-dox) is an effective anti-cancer agent against the growth of HepG2 hepatoma and 18F-FLT-PET could noninvasively provide early information of tumor response during the course of treatment. We believed this modality can …

Monitoring Tumor Response with Radiolabeled Nucleoside Analogs in a Hepatoma-bearing Mouse Model Early after Doxisome Treatment Read More »