Simon Aydar, Hermann Knobl, Wolfgang Burchert, Oliver Lindner
{"title":"Diagnostic accuracy of artificial intelligence-enabled vectorcardiography versus myocardial perfusion SPECT in patients with suspected or known coronary heart disease.","authors":"Simon Aydar, Hermann Knobl, Wolfgang Burchert, Oliver Lindner","doi":"10.1055/a-2263-2322","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2263-2322","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The present study evaluated with myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) the diagnostic accuracy of an artificial intelligence-enabled vectorcardiography system (Cardisiography, CSG) for detection of perfusion abnormalities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We studied 241 patients, 155 with suspected CAD and 86 with known CAD who were referred for MPS. The CSG was performed after the MPS acquisition. The CSG results (1) p-factor (perfusion, 0: normal, 1: mildly, 2: moderately, 3: highly abnormal) and (2) s-factor (structure, categories as p-factor) were compared with the MPS scores. The CSG system was not trained during the study.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Considering the p-factor alone, a specificity of >78% and a negative predictive value of mostly >90% for all MPS variables were found. The sensitivities ranged from 17 to 56%, the positive predictive values from 4 to 38%. Combining the p- and the s-factor, significantly higher specificity values of about 90% were reached. The s-factor showed a significant correlation (p=0.006) with the MPS ejection fraction.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The CSG system is able to exclude relevant perfusion abnormalities in patients with suspected or known CAD with a specificity and a negative predictive value of about 90% combining the p- and the s-factor. Since it is a learning system there is potential for further improvement before routine use.</p>","PeriodicalId":94161,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine","volume":" ","pages":"213-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11136534/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139914369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rolf Larisch, John E M Midgley, Johannes W Dietrich, Rudolf Hoermann
{"title":"Effect of Radioiodine Treatment on Quality of Life in Patients with Subclinical Hyperthyroidism: A Prospective Controlled Study.","authors":"Rolf Larisch, John E M Midgley, Johannes W Dietrich, Rudolf Hoermann","doi":"10.1055/a-2240-8087","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2240-8087","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Radioiodine treatment (RIT) has a high success rate in both the treatment of hyperthyroidism and improving the quality of life (QoL) of symptomatic patients. In asymptomatic patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism thyroid related QoL outcomes are less well known.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Study aim was to evaluate thyroid-related QoL in patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism mostly due to toxic nodular goitre undergoing RIT, compared to a control group of euthyroid subjects. Study design was monocentric, prospective, controlled. Fifty control subjects were enrolled and 51 RIT patients. Most subjects were examined at least twice at an interval of 6 months, with visits immediately before and 6 months after treatment in the RIT group. QoL was estimated with the ThyPRO questionnaire, using its composite scale as primary outcome. Treatment effect was the mean adjusted difference (MAD) between groups over time, using repeated? measures mixed? effects models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>TSH concentrations were lower in the RIT group prior to treatment and recovered thereafter slightly above the level of the control group. Correspondingly, QoL improved significantly after 6 months from a worse level in the RIT group, compared to controls (MAD -10.3 [95% CI -14.9, -5.7], p<0.001). QoL improvements were strong for general items, but less pronounced for the hyperthyroid domain. Compared to controls, thyroid volume, thyroid functional capacity (SPINA-GT) and deiodinase activity (SPINA-GD) were significantly reduced in the RIT group.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with subclinical hyperthyroidism improve both biochemically and in their QoL after RIT, compared to controls. QoL assessment should have a wider role in clinical practice to complement biochemical tests and help with treatment decisions.</p>","PeriodicalId":94161,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine","volume":" ","pages":"176-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139543858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathrin Glass, Andreas Hendrik Hering, Alexander Heinzel
{"title":"Dosimetry in a patient with peritoneal dialysis treated with [177Lu]Lu-PSMA-617.","authors":"Kathrin Glass, Andreas Hendrik Hering, Alexander Heinzel","doi":"10.1055/a-2224-9536","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2224-9536","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94161,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine","volume":" ","pages":"224-226"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139405802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Akram Al-Ibraheem, Feras Istatieh, A. Abdlkadir, Alaa’ Abufara, Baha’ Sharaf, R. Abu-Hijlih, NabeelaQublan Al-Hajaj, S. Salah
{"title":"Peculiar Pattern of Response Following [225Ac]Ac-PSMA Therapy: A Case Report with 'PSA Pseudoregression' Response Pattern.","authors":"Akram Al-Ibraheem, Feras Istatieh, A. Abdlkadir, Alaa’ Abufara, Baha’ Sharaf, R. Abu-Hijlih, NabeelaQublan Al-Hajaj, S. Salah","doi":"10.1055/a-2311-5679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2311-5679","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94161,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine","volume":"60 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140964740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia Katharina Vogt, Wolfgang Kurt Vogt, Alexander Heinzel, F. Mottaghy
{"title":"Computational Decision Support for PE Diagnosis based on Ventilation Perfusion Ratio.","authors":"Julia Katharina Vogt, Wolfgang Kurt Vogt, Alexander Heinzel, F. Mottaghy","doi":"10.1055/a-2287-2051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2287-2051","url":null,"abstract":"AIM\u0000The aim of this study is to investigate whether computer-aided, semi-automated 3D lung lobe quantification can support decision-making on PE diagnosis based on the ventilation-perfusion ratio in clinical practice.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u0000A study cohort of 100 patients (39 male, 61 female, age 64.8±15.8 years) underwent ventilation/perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (V/Q-SPECT/CT) to exclude acute PE on SPECT/CT OPTIMA NM/CT 640 (GE Healthcare). Two 3D lung lobe quantification software tools (Q. Lung: Xeleris 4.0, GE Healthcare and LLQ: Hermes Hybrid 3D Lung Lobar Quantification, Hermes Medical Solutions) were used to evaluate the numerical lobar ventilation/perfusion ratio (VQR) and lobar volume/perfusion ratio (VPR). A test of linearity and equivalence of the two 3D software tools was performed using Pearson, Spearman, quadratic weighted kappa and the mean squared deviation for VPR/VQR. An algorithm was developed that identified PE candidates using ROC analysis. The agreement between the PE findings of an experienced nuclear medicine expert and the calculated PE candidates was represented by the magnitude of the YOUDEN index (J) and the size of the area under the receiver operating curve (AUC).\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u0000Both 3D software tools showed good comparability. The YOUDEN index for QLUNG(VPR/VQR)/LLQ(VPR/VQR) was in the range from 0.2 to 0.5. The mean AUC averaged over all lung lobes for QLUNG(VPR) was 0.66, CI95%: ±14.0%, for QLUNG(VQR) 0.66, CI95%: ±13.3%, for LLQ(VPR) 0.64, CI95%: ±14.7% and for LLQ(VQR) 0.65, CI95%: ±13.1%.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSION\u0000This study reveals that 3D software tools are feasible for numerical PE detection. The clinical decision can be supported by using a numerical algorithm based on ROC analysis.","PeriodicalId":94161,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine","volume":"4 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140723637","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Wielenberg, J. Fostitsch, Christian Volz, Reinhard Marks, K. Michalski, Ralph Wäsch, R. Zeiser, Juri Ruf, P. T. Meyer, Claudius Klein
{"title":"FDG-PET/CT is a powerful tool to predict and evaluate response to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma (NHL).","authors":"C. Wielenberg, J. Fostitsch, Christian Volz, Reinhard Marks, K. Michalski, Ralph Wäsch, R. Zeiser, Juri Ruf, P. T. Meyer, Claudius Klein","doi":"10.1055/a-2283-8417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2283-8417","url":null,"abstract":"Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has dramatically shifted the landscape of treatment especially for Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma (NHL). This study evaluates the role of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in NHL treated with CAR T-cell therapy concerning response assessment and prognosis.We evaluated 34 patients with NHL who received a CAR T-cell therapy between August 2019 and July 2022. All patients underwent a pre-therapeutic FDG-PET/CT (PET-0) 6 days prior and a post-therapeutic FDG-PET/CT (PET-1) 34 days after CAR T-cell therapy. Deauville score (DS) was used for evaluation of response to therapy and compared to a minimum follow-up of 5 months.19/34 (55.9%) patients achieved DS ≤ 3 on PET-1, the remaining 15 (44.1%) patients had DS > 3 on PET-1. 14/19 patients with DS ≤ 3 on PET-1 had no relapsed or refractory (r/r)-disease and were still alive at last follow-up. The other 5 patients had r/r-disease and 4 of these died. Except for two patients who had no r/r-disease, all other patients (13/15) with DS > 3 on PET-1 had r/r-disease and 12 of these subsequently died. Patients with DS ≤ 3 on PET-1 had significantly better progression free survival (PFS; HR: 5.7; p < 0.01) and overall survival (OS; HR: 5.0; p < 0.01) compared to patients with DS > 3 on PET-1. In addition, we demonstrated that patients with DS ≤ 4 on PET-0 tended to have longer PFS (HR: 3.6; p = 0.05).Early FDG-PET/CT using the established DS after CAR T-cell therapy is a powerful tool to evaluate response to therapy.","PeriodicalId":94161,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140723118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Felix Bock, B. Frerker, Laura Schubert, Hannes Rennau, Jens Kurth, Bernd J. Krause, Guido Hildebrandt, S. Schwarzenböck
{"title":"Impact of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT on radiation treatment planning of prostate cancer patients.","authors":"Felix Bock, B. Frerker, Laura Schubert, Hannes Rennau, Jens Kurth, Bernd J. Krause, Guido Hildebrandt, S. Schwarzenböck","doi":"10.1055/a-2284-0593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2284-0593","url":null,"abstract":"AIM\u0000This study aimed to assess the impact of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT on radiation treatment (RT) planning in prostate cancer patients with salvage (sRT) or definitive (dRT) radiotherapy.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS\u000038 patients (27 sRT, median PSA 0.79 ng/ml (range 0.06-12.1); 11 dRT, median PSA 4.35 ng/ml (range 1.55-55.5) underwent 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT before RT. Influence of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT on the extent of planning target volume (PTV) and addition of PET-based boosts were assessed. Median follow up was 12 months (range 3-24).\u0000\u0000\u0000RESULTS\u000068Ga-PSMA PET/CT showed positive findings in 23/38 patients (8/23: local recurrence (LR), 11/23: nodal metastasis, 1/23: LR and nodal, 2/23: solitary bone metastasis, 1/23: oligometastatic nodal/ bone metastases). In sRT primary PTV was changed in 16/27 patients extending the PTV to the lymphatic drainage (10/16), PSMA-positive LR (3/16), bone metastases (2/16) and both nodal/bone metastases (1/16). PET-based increase of primary PTV was 116%. PET-based boosts were administered in 19/27 patients (8/19: local, 10/19: nodal, 1/19: both), median boost volume was 31.3 cm3 (range 17.2-80.2) (local) and 19.7 cm3 (range 3.0-109.3) (nodal). PTV was changed in 1/11 (9%) of dRT patients (extension of primary PTV to the lymphatic drainage (RT volume of 644.5 cm3), additional nodal boost (volume of 2.7 cm3, 23.1 Gy)). All patients showed biochemical response (mean PSA decrease 88.8 +/- 14.0%). Nadir PSA was reached 10 months (range 1-17) after end of RT (median 0.07 ng/ml, range 0.002-3.96). Within a median 12 months follow-up (range 3-22/8-24 in sRT/dRT), median PSA was 0.05 ng/ml (range 0.002-8.5) (sRT) and 0.26 ng/ml (range 0.02-2.68) (dRT).\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u000068Ga-PSMA PET/CT influenced sRT planning in almost 63% and dRT in 9% of patients by change of PTV and additional boosts.","PeriodicalId":94161,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine","volume":"2 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140739552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Saher Saeed, Ioannis Dimopoulos, Nehara Begum, Jan Robert Kröger
{"title":"Intrapankreatische Nebenmilz imitiert NET mit falsch positivem Somatostatin-Rezeptor-PET/CT (68Ga-DOTA-TOC-PET/CT).","authors":"Saher Saeed, Ioannis Dimopoulos, Nehara Begum, Jan Robert Kröger","doi":"10.1055/a-2166-7025","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2166-7025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":94161,"journal":{"name":"Nuklearmedizin. Nuclear medicine","volume":"63 2","pages":"78-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140290030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}