Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is one of the most studied neurotrophins in the
healthy and diseased brain. As a result, there is a large body of evidence that associates BDNF …

11 C-methionine (MET) is the most popular amino acid tracer used in PET imaging of brain
tumours. Because of its characteristics, MET PET provides a high detection rate of brain …

FDG-PET, combined with CT, is nowadays getting more and more relevant for the diagnosis
of several infectious and inflammatory diseases and particularly for therapy monitoring. Thus…

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent and disabling psychiatric disease with rates
of non-responsiveness to antidepressants ranging from 30–50%. Historically, the …

The clinical performance of the Duke Endocarditis Service criteria to establish the diagnosis
of infectious endocarditis (IE) can be improved through functional imaging procedures such …

Oestrogen receptors are overexpressed in around 70% of all breast cancers, and are a target
for endocrine therapy. These receptors can be visualised on PET with use of 16α-[ 18 F]-…

The purpose of this study was to compare the prognostic value of left ventricular ejection
fraction (LVEF) and myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) assessed with PET in patients with …

… Rudi AJO Dierckx , Rudi AJO Dierckx … Elsinga, Rudi AJO Dierckx, Jacqueline E. van
der Wal, Wim J. Sluiter, Elisabeth GE de Vries, Thera P. …

Sigma receptors (sigma-1 and sigma-2) represent two independent classes of proteins.
Their endogenous ligands may include the hallucinogen N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and …

Objective: To assess the usefulness of bone scintigraphy with 99m Technetium-hydroxymethylene
diphosphonate ( 99m Tc-HDP) for the detection of cardiac involvement in a group of …