Publications by authors named "Kotaro Fukunaga"
Unlabelled: 67Ga scintigraphy has been used for years in sarcoidosis for diagnosis and the extent of the disease. However, little information is available on the comparison of 18F-FDG PET and 67Ga scintigraphy in the assessment of sarcoidosis. The purpose of this study was to compare the uptake of 18F-FDG and 67Ga in the evaluation of pulmonary and extrapulmonary involvement in patients with sarcoidosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Conventional imaging techniques such as ultrasonography, CT, and MRI are able to detect gallbladder abnormalities but are not always able to differentiate a malignancy from other disease processes such as cholecystitis. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of dual-time-point (18)F-FDG PET for differentiating malignant from benign gallbladder disease.
Methods: The study evaluated 32 patients who were suspected of having gallbladder tumors.
Purpose: The present study assessed the usefulness of CT for diagnosis of pulmonary emphysema (PE) using teleradiology.
Methods: We reviewed 95 cases (56 men and 39 women, ranging in age from 18 to 89 years) who had undergone CT examination between June 2002 and January 2003. CT images were transmitted via ISDN by DICOM to our hospital, and displayed in 4-image and 1-image format for reading on an image viewer.
Purpose: The authors studied the utility of Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy in patients with breast lymphoma.
Methods: Seven patients with histologically proved breast lymphoma were examined. In three patients, both breasts were involved, and all patients had rapidly growing breast masses.