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{"title":"Novel prediction model combining PET/CT metabolic parameters, inflammation markers, and TNM stage: prospects for personalizing prognosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.","authors":"Huan Liang, Weilin Tan, Jie Wang, Mengdan Li, Hua Pang, Xiaohui Wang, Lu Yang, Xingguo Jing","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01949-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-024-01949-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aims to develop a novel prediction model and risk stratification system that could accurately predict progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Herein, we included 106 individuals diagnosed with NPC, who underwent ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT scanning before treatment. They were divided into training (n = 76) and validation (n = 30) sets. The prediction model was constructed based on multivariate Cox regression analysis results and its predictive performance was evaluated. Risk factor stratification was performed based on the nomogram scores of each case, and Kaplan-Meier curves were used to evaluate the model's discriminative ability for high- and low-risk groups.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed that N stage, M stage, SUV_max, MTV, HI, and SIRI were independent factors affecting the prognosis of patients with NPC. In the training set, the model considerably outperformed the TNM stage in predicting PFS (AUCs of 0.931 vs. 0.841, 0.892 vs. 0.785, and 0.892 vs. 0.804 at 1-3 years, respectively). The calibration plots showed good agreement between actual observations and model predictions. The DCA curves further justified the effectiveness of the model in clinical practice. Between high- and low-risk group, 3-year PFS rates were significantly different (high- vs. low-risk group: 62.8% vs. 9.8%, p < 0.001). Adjuvant chemotherapy was also effective for prolonging survival in high-risk patients (p = 0.009).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Herein, a novel prediction model was successfully developed and validated to improve the accuracy of prognostic prediction for patients with NPC, with the aim of facilitating personalized treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141316601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Sympathetic ¹²³I-metaiodobenzylguanidine index for Lewy body disease: probability-based diagnosis and identifying patients exempt from late imaging.","authors":"Kenichi Nakajima, Takeshi Matsumura, Junji Komatsu, Hiroshi Wakabayashi, Kenjiro Ono, Seigo Kinuya","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01950-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-024-01950-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We aimed to establish a practical diagnostic index for Lewy body diseases (LBD), such as Parkinson's disease and dementia, with Lewy bodies in outpatient settings and criteria for exempting patients from late imaging.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We acquired early and late ¹²³I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) images from 108 consecutive patients with suspected LBD and standardized heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratios for collimator conditions. Exclusions included young-onset Parkinson's disease (age < 50 years) and genetic transthyretin-type amyloidosis. We developed logistic models incorporating H/M ratios with or without age (n = 92). The sympathetic MIBG index for LBD (SMILe index), categorized LBD likelihood from 0 (lowest) to 1 (highest). Diagnostic accuracy was assessed as the area under the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve (AUC). The characteristics of the new index were compared with H/M ratios. The need for late imaging was explored using the SMILe index.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Early or late SMILe indexes using a single H/M ratio variable discriminated LBD from non-LBD. The AUC values for early and late SMILe indexes were 0.880 and 0.894 (p < 0.0001 for both), identical to those for early and late H/M ratios. The sensitivity and the specificity of early SMILe indexes with a 0.5 threshold were 76% and 90%, achieving accuracy of accuracy 86%. Similarly, the late SMILe index demonstrated a sensitivity of 76% and specificity of 87%, with an accuracy of 84%. Early SMILe indexes < 0.3 or > 0.7 (representing 84% patients) indicated a diagnosis without a late MIBG study.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The ¹²³I-MIBG-derived SMILe indexes provide likelihood of LBD, and those with a 50% threshold demonstrated optimal diagnostic accuracy for LBD. The index values of either < 0.3 or > 0.7 accurately selected patients who do not need late imaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Deep generative denoising networks enhance quality and accuracy of gated cardiac PET data.","authors":"Mojtaba Jafaritadi, Jarmo Teuho, Eero Lehtonen, Riku Klén, Antti Saraste, Craig S Levin","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01945-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-024-01945-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) can visualize and quantify the molecular and physiological pathways of cardiac function. However, cardiac and respiratory motion can introduce blurring that reduces PET image quality and quantitative accuracy. Dual cardiac- and respiratory-gated PET reconstruction can mitigate motion artifacts but increases noise as only a subset of data are used for each time frame of the cardiac cycle.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>The objective of this study is to create a zero-shot image denoising framework using a conditional generative adversarial networks (cGANs) for improving image quality and quantitative accuracy in non-gated and dual-gated cardiac PET images.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Our study included retrospective list-mode data from 40 patients who underwent an ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) cardiac PET study. We initially trained and evaluated a 3D cGAN-known as Pix2Pix-on simulated non-gated low-count PET data paired with corresponding full-count target data, and then deployed the model on an unseen test set acquired on the same PET/CT system including both non-gated and dual-gated PET data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Quantitative analysis demonstrated that the 3D Pix2Pix network architecture achieved significantly (p value<0.05) enhanced image quality and accuracy in both non-gated and gated cardiac PET images. At 5%, 10%, and 15% preserved count statistics, the model increased peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) by 33.7%, 21.2%, and 15.5%, structural similarity index (SSIM) by 7.1%, 3.3%, and 2.2%, and reduced mean absolute error (MAE) by 61.4%, 54.3%, and 49.7%, respectively. When tested on dual-gated PET data, the model consistently reduced noise, irrespective of cardiac/respiratory motion phases, while maintaining image resolution and accuracy. Significant improvements were observed across all gates, including a 34.7% increase in PSNR, a 7.8% improvement in SSIM, and a 60.3% reduction in MAE.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The findings of this study indicate that dual-gated cardiac PET images, which often have post-reconstruction artifacts potentially affecting diagnostic performance, can be effectively improved using a generative pre-trained denoising network.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141260659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intra-operative lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in laryngeal carcinoma using radiotracer injection.","authors":"Pegah Sahafi, Amin Saber Tanha, Maryam Daghighi, Ehsan Khadivi, Kamran Khazaeni, Dabbagh Kakhki Vahid Reza, Ramin Sadeghi","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01948-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12149-024-01948-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The purpose of this study was to determine the value of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in the laryngeal SCC, using intra-operative peri-tumoral injection of Tc-99m-phytate.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with biopsy-proven squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx were included. On the day of surgery, after anesthesia induction, suspension laryngoscopy was performed to inject 74 MBq/0.4 ml Tc-99m-phytate in four aliquots into the sub-mucosal peri-tumoral location. After a 10-min wait, a portable gamma probe was used to locate sentinel nodes. Subsequently, all patients underwent laryngectomy and neck dissection. Both sentinel nodes and non-sentinel nodes were examined using hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-six patients with a diagnosis of laryngeal carcinoma were included in the study. The SLN detection rate was 65.4%, with a 100% detection rate in the supraglottic region and a 52.6% detection rate for glottis/transglottic patients. Permanent pathology results showed lymph node involvement in four patients, but only one patient had a negative result in the SLNB, resulting in an overall false negative rate of 25%. The sensitivity of the SLN technique was 75% overall, 100% in the supraglottic region, and 67% in the glottis/transglottic region.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The accuracy and feasibility of SLNB may be related to the location of the tumors in the larynx. For supraglottic tumors, the technique seems to be feasible with a low false negative rate. For glottis/transglottic tumors, both the detection rate and false negative rate seem to be suboptimal. Further studies are needed to validate our results.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141236554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quantitative analysis of abdominal aortic blood flow by ^99mTc-DTPA renal scintigraphy in patients with heart failure.","authors":"Yue Li, Zhiqiang Yang, Pei Yin, Xian Gao, Lizhuo Li, Qingzhen Zhao, Yuzhi Zhen, Yu Wang, Chao Liu","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01912-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12149-024-01912-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to explore the characteristics of abdominal aortic blood flow in patients with heart failure (HF) using ^99mTc-diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA) renal scintigraphy. We investigated the ability of renal scintigraphy to measure the cardiopulmonary transit time and assessed whether the time-to-peak of the abdominal aorta (TTPa) can distinguish between individuals with and without HF.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective study that included 304 and 37 patients with and without HF (controls), respectively. All participants underwent ^99mTc-DTPA renal scintigraphy. The time to peak from the abdominal aorta's first-pass time-activity curve was noted and compared between the groups. The diagnostic significance of TTPa for HF was ascertained through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and logistic regression. Factors influencing the TTPa were assessed using ordered logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The HF group displayed a significantly prolonged TTPa than controls (18.5 [14, 27] s vs. 11 [11, 13] s). Among the HF categories, HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) exhibited the longest TTPa compared with HF with mildly reduced (HFmrEF) and preserved EF (HFpEF) (25 [17, 36.5] s vs. 17 [15, 23] s vs. 15 [11, 17] s) (P < 0.001). The ROC analysis had an area under the curve of 0.831, which underscored TTPa's independent diagnostic relevance for HF. The diagnostic precision was enhanced as left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) declined and HF worsened. Independent factors for TTPa included the left atrium diameter, LVEF, right atrium diameter, velocity of tricuspid regurgitation, and moderate to severe aortic regurgitation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Based on ^99mTc-DTPA renal scintigraphy, TTPa may be used as a straightforward and non-invasive tool that can effectively distinguish patients with and without HF.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140100906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examination of iatrogenic FDG accumulation after COVID-19 vaccination.","authors":"Keiko Takahashi, Osamu Manabe, Kazuya Shizukuishi, Hirohumi Shibata, Hiroki Kawakami, Akira Otsuka, Noriko Oyama-Manabe","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01909-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12149-024-01909-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the frequency of COVID-19 vaccine-induced reactive change and potential factors including blood type correlated with increased FDG uptake on positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT).</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We evaluated 284 patients who underwent PET/CT between June and September 2021 and had a known history of COVID-19 vaccination. Information on the injection site, vaccine type, and adverse reactions was obtained. We visually assessed the presence or absence of accumulation in the axillary and supraclavicular lymph nodes and the deltoid muscles. We measured the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) using semi-quantitative analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our study included 158 males and 126 females aged 16-94. The median time between vaccination and PET/CT was 9 and 42 days for patients who had received their first and second doses, respectively. We observed axillary lymph node accumulation, supraclavicular lymph node accumulation, and deltoid muscle accumulation in 98 (SUVmax 1.07-25.1), nine (SUVmax 2.28-14.5), and 33 cases (SUVmax 0.93-7.42), respectively. In cases with axillary lymph node (P = 0.0057) or deltoid muscle (P = 0.047) accumulation, the shorter the time since vaccination, the higher the FDG accumulation. Patients with axillary lymph node accumulation were significantly younger (P < 0.0001) and had a significantly higher frequency of adverse reactions such as fever (P < 0.0001) and myalgia (P = 0.002). No significant relationship was observed between blood type and the frequency of FDG accumulation. Logistic regression analysis also showed that age, gender, days since vaccination, and adverse reactions such as fever and myalgia were important factors for axillary lymph node accumulation.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study found that FDG accumulation in the axillary lymph nodes and deltoid muscle was higher within a shorter time after vaccination, and axillary lymph node accumulation was higher in young patients, females, and those with adverse reactions of fever and myalgia. No significant relationship was observed between blood type and the frequency of FDG accumulation. Confirming the vaccination status, time since vaccination, and the presence of adverse reactions before PET may reduce false positives.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140334472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Flare phenomenon visualized by ^99mTc-bone scintigraphy has prognostic value for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.","authors":"Xue Zhang, Kenichi Nakajima, Atsushi Mizokami, Hiroyuki Horikoshi, Koshiro Nishimoto, Katsuyoshi Hashine, Hideyasu Matsuyama, Satoru Takahashi, Hiroshi Wakabayashi, Seigo Kinuya","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01914-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12149-024-01914-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to determine the prognostic value of the flare phenomenon in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) using the bone scan index (BSI) derived from ^99mTc-methylenediphosphonate (MDP) bone scintigraphy images.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We categorized 72 patients from the PROSTAT-BSI registry with mCRPC who were followed-up for 2 years after starting docetaxel chemotherapy to groups based on pre-chemotherapy BSI values of < 1, 1-4, and > 4. We assessed the effects of the flare phenomenon (defined as a > 10% increase in the BSI within 3 months of starting chemotherapy, followed by > 10% improvement within the next 3 months) on survival using Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazard analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The flare phenomenon was found in 26 (36%) of the 72 patients. Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and hemoglobin (Hb) levels steadily increased, then deteriorated in patients with and without flare, respectively. Elevated BSI and PSA values at 3 months after starting therapy and the absence of abiraterone or/and enzalutamide therapy led to poor 2-year overall survival (OS) in the group without flare. In contrast, no influence was noticeable in the group with flare. The results of multivariable analyses that included only factors associated with PSA and BSI showed that increased baseline BSI (hazard ratio [HR], 1.39; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04-1.86; P = 0.023) and PSA (HR, 7.15; 95% CI 2.13-24.04; P = 0.0015) values could be independent risk factors for patients with mCRPC without flare. However, these factors lost significance during flare. The risk for all-cause death was significantly higher among patients with BSI > 4 without, than with flare. The results of univariable analyses indicated that flare positively impacted survival (HR, 0.24; 95% CI 0.06‒0.91; P = 0.035). Multivariable analysis did not identify any factors that could predict outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Favorable prognosis, with fewer disturbances from other factors such as the use of abiraterone or/and enzalutamide, PSA changes, and BSI, was attainable in cases when the mCRPC patient demonstrated flare phenomenon. Follow-up bone scintigraphy at least every 3 months could help to determine the prognosis of patients with bone metastasis of mCRPC.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11108890/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140118597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"18F-FDG PET/CT metabolism multi-parameter prediction of chemotherapy efficacy in locally progressive gastric cancer.","authors":"Luqiang Jin, Linghe Zhang, Liping Fu, Fahuan Song, Aiping Cheng","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01921-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12149-024-01921-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to use an ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT multiparametric quantitative analysis to determine the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with locally progressive gastric cancer.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective analysis of 34 patients with pathologically identified gastric cancer who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery. Chemotherapy regimens were followed and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT was conducted. We ascertained multiparamaters of the target lesions pre- and post-treatment and determined the ideal cutoff values for the percentage change in biomarkers. Independent factors were evaluated using binary logistic regression. A response classification system was used to explore the association between metabolic and anatomical responses and the degree of pathological remission.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Binary logistic regression analysis showed that Lauren bowel type and change in total lesion glycolysis >45.2% were risk predictors for the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy; total lesion glycolysis demonstrated the best predictive efficacy. The categorical variable system of the two-module response (metabolic and anatomical response) group had a higher predictive accuracy than that of the single-module response (metabolic or anatomical response) group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Using ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT multiparametric quantitative analysis, Lauren bowel type and change in total lesion glycolysis >45.2% were independent predictors of the efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with gastric adenocarcinoma. Additionally, the dual-module assessment demonstrated high predictive efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11108936/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140304489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparison of consistency in centiloid scale among different analytical methods in amyloid PET: the CapAIBL, VIZCalc, and Amyquant methods.","authors":"Cong Shang, Keita Sakurai, Takashi Nihashi, Yutaka Arahata, Akinori Takeda, Kazunari Ishii, Kenji Ishii, Hiroshi Matsuda, Kengo Ito, Takashi Kato, Hiroshi Toyama, Akinori Nakamura","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01919-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12149-024-01919-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The Centiloid (CL) scale is a standardized measure for quantifying amyloid deposition in amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. We aimed to assess the agreement among 3 CL calculation methods: CapAIBL, VIZCalc, and Amyquant.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study included 192 participants (mean age: 71.5 years, range: 50-87 years), comprising 55 with Alzheimer's disease, 65 with mild cognitive impairment, 13 with non-Alzheimer's dementia, and 59 cognitively normal participants. All the participants were assessed using the three CL calculation methods. Spearman's rank correlation, linear regression, Friedman tests, Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, and Bland-Altman analysis were employed to assess data correlations, linear associations, method differences, and systematic bias, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Strong correlations (rho = 0.99, p < .001) were observed among the CL values calculated using the three methods. Scatter plots and regression lines visually confirmed these strong correlations and met the validation criteria. Despite the robust correlations, a significant difference in CL value between CapAIBL and Amyquant was observed (36.1 ± 39.7 vs. 34.9 ± 39.4; p < .001). In contrast, no significant differences were found between CapAIBL and VIZCalc or between VIZCalc and Amyquant. The Bland-Altman analysis showed no observable systematic bias between the methods.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study demonstrated strong agreement among the three methods for calculating CL values. Despite minor variations in the absolute values of the Centiloid scores obtained using these methods, the overall agreement suggests that they are interchangeable.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11108942/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140183509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of two-dimensional total bone uptake (2D-TBU) and bone scan index (BSI) extracted from active bone metastatic burden on the bone scintigraphy in patients with radium-223 treatment.","authors":"Shohei Fukai, Hiromitsu Daisaki, Takuro Umeda, Naoki Shimada, Takashi Terauchi, Mitsuru Koizumi","doi":"10.1007/s12149-024-01918-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12149-024-01918-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Radium-223 is a first alpha-emitting radionuclide treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients with bone metastases. Although the spread-based bone scan index (BSI) and novel index of the intensity-based two-dimensional total bone uptake (2D-TBU) from bone scintigraphy may provide useful input in radium-223 treatment, they have not been evaluated in detail yet. This study aimed to fill this gap by evaluating BSI and 2D-TBU in patients treated with radium-223.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twenty-seven Japanese patients with mCRPC treated with radium-223 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients were evaluated via blood tests and bone scans at baseline and 3 cycles intervals of treatment. BSI and 2D-TBU were analyzed via VSBONE BSI in terms of correlations, response to radium-223 treatment, association with treatment completion, and the Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nineteen patients (70.4%) completed six cycles of radium-223 treatment, whereas eight patients (29.6%) did not complete the treatment regimen. A significant difference in baseline BSI and 2D-TBU was observed between these groups of patients. Both BSI and 2D-TBU were highly correlated (r = 0.96, p < 0.001). Univariate analysis showed an association between radium-223 completion in median BSI and 2D-TBU values (p = 0.015) and completion percentage differences (91.7% vs. 45.5%; p = 0.027). The Kaplan-Meier product limit estimator showed that the median overall survival was 25.2 months (95% CI 14.0-33.6 months) in the completion group and 7.5 months (95% CI 3.3-14.2 months) in the without completion group (p < 0.001). The overall survival based on median cutoff levels showed a significant difference in 2D-TBU (p = 0.007), but not in BSI (p = 0.15).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The 2D-TBU may offer advantages over BSI in classifying patients towards radium-223 treatment based on the degree of progression of bone metastases. This study supports the importance of preliminary assessment of bone metastasis status using BSI and 2D-TBU extracted from VSBONE BSI for radium-223 treatment decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8007,"journal":{"name":"Annals of Nuclear Medicine","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140189402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}