Evaluating the Role of Routine Prone Acquisition on Visual Evaluation of SPECT Images.

Unlabelled: Attenuation artifacts reduce our ability to evaluate perfusion of affected myocardial segments. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of routine prone-position image evaluation within a stepwise visual interpretation of myocardial perfusion studies.

Methods: We have included 279 consecutive patients who were referred for evaluation of myocardial ischemia.

Effect of radioactive iodine therapy on carotid intima media thickness in patients with hyperthyroidism.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the carotid intima media thickness (IMT) in patients with thyrotoxicosis who received radioactive iodine (RAI) treatment.

Methods: This study was planned to be conducted with two different groups of people. There were 87 patients in the patient group and 98 controls.

Quantitative comparison of low dose and standard dose radioiodine therapy effectiveness in patients with low risk differentiated thyroid cancer.

Background: The aim of this paper was to compare the results of postoperative I-131 remnant ablation therapy using a quantitative data in the low activity (1110 MBq) and standard dose (3700 MBq).

Methods: The study included two groups of patients with low risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC): Group L (low dose group) included 54 patients who were treated with 1110 MBq I-131 and Group S (standard dose group) included 61 patients treated with 3700 MBq. The postoperative thyroid remnants were assessed with the pretreatment thyroid uptake test (PTUT) and the whole body scans (WBS) were performed in the 7th day after the ablation treatment.