This study aims at prospectively evaluating the difference in the effect of cholecystokinin (CCK) and half-and-half milk (HHM) administered in the same patient on gallbladder contractility and correlation with clinical outcomes. Upon gallbladder visualization during standard hepatobiliary imaging, 0.02 μg/kg of CCK was injected over 3 min, and additional 30 min of dynamic imaging was obtained.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The purpose of this article is to evaluate the effectiveness of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)-computed tomography (CT) and PET-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with scalp and intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) in predicting surgical outcomes in patients with refractory seizures.
Methods: Patients who underwent PET-CT and MRI fusion, scalp and intracranial EEG, and subsequent surgical intervention were retrospectively included. PET-CT were fused with MRI and interpreted by an experienced blinded reader.