• Brain metastasis from differentiated thyroid carcinoma responding to radioiodine therapy 

  Hashimoto, Leo؛ Watanabe, Shiro؛ Majigsuren, Mungunkhuyag؛ Hirata, Kenji؛ Takenaka, Junki؛ Kimura, Rina؛ Ishii, Hiroshi؛ Kudo, Kohsuke (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Brain metastasis (BM) occurs only in about 1% of differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) cases. Although DTC generally has a good prognosis, once BM develops, the mortality rate significantly increases up to 78%. BM is ...

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• 2-[18F]-FDG PET/CT in Rasmussen Encephalitis: Guiding Diagnosis and Treatment in a Young Adult with Sudden Onset 

  Mattoli, Maria؛ Serani, Francesca؛ Dono, Fedele؛ Sensi, Stefano (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Rasmussen encephalitis (RE) is a rare condition characterized by chronic inflammatory disorder due to a unilateral inflammation of the cerebral cortex. Typically, it involves one cerebral hemisphere and manifests through ...

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• Unexplained Cardiac Uptake on 99mTc-MDP Bone Scan in a Patient with Prostate Cancer 

  Juweid, Malik؛ AlSyouf, Baraa؛ Kasasbeh, Nour؛ Mahafza, Waleed؛ Moghrabi, Serin؛ Al-Makhamreh, Hanna؛ Saleh, Akram (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  This case report presents a case of unusual diffuse cardiac uptake (Peruguni 3: uptake greater than rib uptake) on a 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate bone scan in an 83-year-old patient with metastatic prostate cancer which ...

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• The Significance of Cardiac Inflammatory Protocol of FDG PET-CT in the Diagnosis and Response Assessment of Tuberculous Pericarditis: A Case Report 

  D, Kabilash؛ Goyal, Harish؛ Halanaik, Dhanapathi؛ Ahamed, Shaheer (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Tuberculous pericarditis (TBP) is a rare but potentially life-threatening manifestation of tuberculosis, often presenting with nonspecific symptoms and varied clinical features. The disease is characterized by inflammation ...

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• INTRA-PYLORIC BOTULINUM TOXIN INJECTION IMPROVES LIQUID GASTRIC EMPTYING USING 99mTc DTPA SCINTIGRAPHY: A CASE REPORT IN A 2 YEARS-OLD GIRL WITH IDIOPATHIC GASTROPARESIS 

  Sumitro, Khadijah؛ Darma, Andy؛ Sucianti, Tri؛ Massora, Stepanus؛ Athiyyah, Alpha؛ Ranuh, Reza؛ Soedarmo, Subijanto (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Gastroparesis, characterized by delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction, is a challenging condition to diagnose and treat in children due to limited pediatric-specific data. This case report ...

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• Complex Immunotherapy-mediated Response Patterns Depicted on Serial 18F-FDG PET imaging of Hodgkin Lymphoma Patient Undergoing Pembrolizumab Therapy 

  Badarneh, Mohanad؛ Abdlkadir, Ahmed؛ Makoseh, Mohammad؛ Abufara, Alaa؛ Al-Ibraheem, Akram (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Over the past decade, the role of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) in assessing treatment response for lymphoma patients undergoing immunotherapy has been extensively ...

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• Follow up assessment on the first local theranostic intra-cavitary Yttrium-90 citrate colloid irradiation for refractory cystic craniopharyngioma: Is it still a valuable treatment option? 

  Abd Razak, Nadiah؛ Choon Ping, Pung؛ Kamarulzaman, Kamalia؛ Amir Hassan, Siti Zarina (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Craniopharyngioma is a rare, benign intracranial tumour that can present with solid, cystic, or mixed solid-cystic characteristics. This case report aims to discuss the follow up assessment of our patient after one year ...

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• A Prospective Cohort Study Investigates the Health Consequences and Biomarkers in Iraqi Radiation Workers 

  Sabeeh, Rasha؛ Shamran, Haidar؛ shamsi, Dunia (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Abstract Objectives: Ionizing radiation has the potential to change the pattern of DNA methylation and can cause oxidative damage that may impact DNA. In this prospective cohort study, the effect of ionizing radiation on ...

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• The utility of quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT-derived parameters as prognostic factors for predicting overall survival in radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer 

  Son, Mai؛ Ha, Le؛ Phuong, Nguyen (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Objective: This study investigates the relationship between quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT metabolic parameters and overall survival (OS) in patients with radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer (RAI-R DTC).Patients ...

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• Whole-Body Bone Scan for Detecting Bone Metastasis in the Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography Era: A Retrospective Cohort Study of Post-Radical Prostatectomy Prostate Cancer Patients 

  Poenateetai, Chanikarn؛ Teyateeti, Achiraya؛ Pusuwan, Pawana؛ Teyateeti, Ajalaya (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Objective: To determine the detection rate of bone metastasis on bone scan of prostate cancer patients with rising serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) following radical prostatectomy (RP) and to identify the predictive ...

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• Feasibility of shortened scan acquisition time with IQ-SPECT technology using SMARTZOOM(TM) collimator in myocardial perfusion imaging 

  T, Saranya؛ Gauthaman, Dinesh؛ SAMPATHIRAO, NIKITA؛ Elangoven, Indirani؛ S, Shelley (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  OBJECTIVEIQ-SPECT technology uses cardiac-specific SMARTZOOM(TM) collimator that can reduce the time required to acquire myocardial perfusion images to half (14 seconds/view) of a standard SPECT procedure. This study aimed ...

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• A non-invasive, reference region-based method for quantification of cerebral blood flow and oxygen metabolism using oxygen-15 labeled gases and positron emission tomography 

  Ito, Hiroshi؛ Ibaraki, Masanobu؛ Yamakuni, Ryo؛ Ukon, Naoyuki؛ Ishii, Shiro؛ Fukushima, Kenji؛ Kubo, Hitoshi؛ Takahashi, Kazuhiro (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  Objective Measurement of cerebral blood flow (CBF), cerebral blood volume (CBV), cerebral oxygen extraction fraction (OEF), and cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen (CMRO2) by positron emission tomography (PET) with oxygen-15 ...

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• [18F]FMISO PET in metastatic neuroendocrine tumours: a pilot study 

  Chan, David؛ Conner, Alice؛ Pavlakis, Nick؛ Bailey, Elizabeth؛ Aslani, Alireza؛ Willowson, Kathy؛ Diakos, Connie؛ Bernard, Elizabeth؛ Clarke, Stephen؛ Engel, Alexander؛ Roach, Paul؛ Bailey, Dale (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-07-01)

  AbstractBackground: The phenomenon of peripheral [68Ga]DOTATATE avidity without central avidity (which we have termed a “DONUT") has been observed in neuroendocrine neoplasm (NEN) lesions. There has been speculation as to ...

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• Focal radiotracer uptake in the falciform ligament; A rare lymphoscintigraphic pattern in breast cancer 

  Saber Tanha, Amin؛ Jafari Zarrin Ghabaei, Farid؛ Sahafi, Pegah؛ Ahmadi, Mohammad؛ Sadeghi, Ramin (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-01-01)

  Breast cancer lymphoscintigraphy is a crucial tool in pre-operative assessment, typically revealing sentinel lymph node drainage patterns within axillary and extra-axillary regions. However, rare cases challenge conventional ...

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• 18F-FDG PET/CT in lymphangiosarcoma: A case report and review of literature 

  Gupta, Nitin (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-01-01)

  Objective(s): Lymphangiosarcoma is a rare tumor that affects the upper limbs of patients who have undergone breast cancer surgery, including axillary dissection, followed by radiation therapy (RT) to the axilla and has a ...

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• Utility of FDG PET/CT in Sjögren’s Syndrome and associated lymphomas; Lymphomagenesis 

  Khan, Dikhra؛ Kaushik, Prateek؛ Sagar, Sambit؛ Jaleel, Jasim (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-01-01)

  Primary Sjögren syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease affecting exocrine glands, with predisposition to development of lymphoma (lymphomagenesis). We report a case of Sjogren's syndrome and discuss the role of FDG PET/CT ...

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• Animal-based radiation absorbed dose evaluation of holmium-166 labeled hydroxyapatite particulates in liver malignancies 

  Bagheri, Reza؛ Ranjbar, Hassan (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-01-01)

  Objective(s): Liver malignancies are among the most prevalent causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Intra-arterial administration of particulates labeled with beta-emitting radionuclides is one of the non-surgical ...

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• Improving the image quality of short-time bone SPECT using cadmium-zinc-telluride detectors with SwiftScan 

  Funakoshi, Kazuto؛ Yamane, Tomohiko؛ Kozawa, Eito؛ Matsunari, Ichiro (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-01-01)

  Objective(s): This study aimed to evaluate the quality and associated quantitative values of bone single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with and without SwiftScan using a semiconductor camera equipped with a ...

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• Improvement of image quality for small lesion sizes in 18F-FDG prone breast silicon photomultiplier-based PET/CT imaging 

  Yada, Nobuhiro؛ Kuroda, Hiroyuki؛ Kawamura, Toshihiko؛ Fukuda, Mizuki؛ Miyahara, Yoshinori؛ Yoshizako, Takeshi؛ Kaji, Yasushi (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-01-01)

  Objective(s): We investigated image quality and standardized uptake values (SUVs) for different lesion sizes using clinical data generated by 18F-FDG-prone breast silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)-based positron emission ...

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• How necessary it is to perform a ventilation scan in patients with a history of COVID-19 to rule out pulmonary thromboembolism? 

  Karamian, Farivash؛ Nikkhah, Roham؛ Ghorbani, Mohammad؛ Rahmanipour, Elham؛ Mohammadi, Mohammad؛ Askari, Emran؛ Sadeghi, Ramin (Asia Oceania Federation of Nuclear Medicine & Biology, 2025-01-01)

  Objective(s): This study evaluated the necessity of a ventilation scan in patients suspected of PE with a history of COVID-19 infection.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 and ...

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