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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
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BMC Medical Physics is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of medical physics, including radiobiology, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, imaging, photomedicine and physiological measurement.
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Perfusion scanning using 99m Tc-HMPAO detects early cerebrovascular changes in the diabetic rat Fatma J Al-Saeedi BMC Medical Physics 2008, 8 :1 (13 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ]
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Computer-assisted lateralization of unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy using Z-score parametric F-18 FDG PET images Ching-yee Oliver Wong, James Gannon, Jeffrey Bong, Christiana O Wong, Gopal B Saha BMC Nuclear Medicine 2007, 7 :5 (2 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of 2D, 3D high dose and 3D low dose gated myocardial 82 Rb PET imaging Karin Kne BMC Nuclear Medicine 2007, 7 :4 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Toxicology evaluation of radiotracer doses of 3'-deoxy-3'-[18 F]fluorothymidine (18 F-FLT) for human PET imaging: Laboratory analysis of serial blood samples and comparison to previously investigated therapeutic FLT doses Eric Turcotte, Linda W Wiens, John R Grierson, Lanell M Peterson, Mark H Wener, Hubert Vesselle BMC Nuclear Medicine 2007, 7 :3 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of manual and semi-automated delineation of regions of interest for radioligand PET imaging analysis Tiffany W Chow, Shinichiro Takeshita, Kie Honjo, Christina E Pataky, Peggy L St Jacques, Maggie L Kusano, Curtis B Caldwell, Joel Ramirez, Sandra Black, Nicolaas PLG Verhoeff BMC Nuclear Medicine 2007, 7 :2 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Variation in heart rate influences the assessment of transient ischemic dilation in myocardial perfusion scintigraphy William D Leslie, Daniel P Levin, Sandor J Demeter BMC Nuclear Medicine 2007, 7 :1 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comparison of 18 F SPECT with PET in myocardial imaging: A realistic thorax-cardiac phantom study Karin Kne BMC Nuclear Medicine 2006, 6 :5 (31 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A statistical investigation of normal regional intra-subject heterogeneity of brain metabolism and perfusion by F-18 FDG and O-15 H2 O PET imaging Ching-yee Oliver Wong, Joseph Thie, Marianne Gaskill, Richard Ponto, Jack Hill, Hai-yan Tian, Helena Balon, Dafang Wu, Darlene Fink-Bennett, Conrad Nagle BMC Nuclear Medicine 2006, 6 :4 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ] [Cited on BioMed Central ]
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Non-invasive imaging of atherosclerotic plaque macrophage in a rabbit model with F-18 FDG PET: a histopathological correlation Zhuangyu Zhang, Josef Machac, Gerard Helft, Stephen G Worthley, Cheuk Tang, Azfar G Zaman, Oswaldo J Rodriguez, Monte S Buchsbaum, Valentin Fuster, Juan J Badimon BMC Nuclear Medicine 2006, 6 :3 (25 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prognostic utility of sestamibi lung uptake does not require adjustment for stress-related variables: A retrospective cohort study William D Leslie, Marina S Yogendran, Linda M Ward, Khaled A Nour, Colleen J Metge BMC Nuclear Medicine 2006, 6 :2 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Rapid phase-modulated water excitation steady-state free precession for fat-suppressed cine cardiovascular MR Hung-Yu Lin, Subha V. Raman, Yiu-Cho Chung, Orlando P. Simonetti Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10 :22 (13 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy as the cause of a super scan of the bone in a patient with prostate cancer: a case report Boris LJ Kanen, Ruud JLF Loffeld Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :104 (7 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the staging and evaluation of treatment response in a patient with Castleman's disease: a case report Ettore Pelosi, Andrea Skanjeti, Angelina Cistaro, Vincenzo Arena Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :99 (3 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Feasibility and diagnostic power of transthoracic coronary Doppler for coronary flow velocity reserve in patients referred for myocardial perfusion imaging Eva Maret, Jan Engvall, Eva Nylander, Jan Ohlsson Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2008, 6 :12 (29 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Post traumatic brain perfusion SPECT analysis using reconstructed ROI maps of radioactive microsphere derived cerebral blood flow and statistical parametric mapping Anthony J McGoron, Michael Capille, Michael F Georgiou, Pablo Sanchez, Juan Solano, Manuel Gonzalez-Brito, John W Kuluz BMC Medical Imaging 2008, 8 :4 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A study to assess changes in myocardial perfusion after treatment with spinal cord stimulation and percutaneous myocardial laser revascularisation; data from a randomised trial Sadia N Khan, Duncan C McNab, Linda D Sharples, Carol J Freeman, Ian Hardy, David L Stone, Peter M Schofield Trials 2008, 9 :9 (28 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Meta-analysis of prophylactic corticosteroid use in post-ERCP pancreatitis Minghua Zheng, Jianling Bai, Bosi Yuan, Feng Lin, Jie You, Mingqin Lu, Yuewen Gong, Yongping Chen BMC Gastroenterology 2008, 8 :6 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Affective psychosis, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, and brain perfusion abnormalities: case report Alberto Bocchetta, Giorgio Tamburini, Pina Cavolina, Alessandra Serra, Andrea Loviselli, Mario Piga Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2007, 3 :31 (20 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Prevalence and patterns of soft tissue metastasis: detection with true whole-body F-18 FDG PET/CT Nghi C Nguyen, Bassem T Chaar, Medhat M Osman BMC Medical Imaging 2007, 7 :8 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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A simple way to distinguish bed clothing contamination in a whole body bone scan: a case report Majid Assadi, Abdolali Ebrahimi, Mohammad Eftekhari, Armaghan Fard-Esfahani, Mojgan Nazar Ahari, Iraj Nabipour, Farshid Gheisari, Shabnam Shahbaz, Reza Baghaei, Sakineh Assadi Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007, 1 :173 (5 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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