PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hiroto Kizu
AU  - Teruhiko Takayama
AU  - Hiroyuki Tsushima
AU  - Atsushi Noguchi
AU  - Kenichi Nakajima
AU  - Masahisa Onoguchi
AU  - Seigo Kinuya
TI  - Localization of Metastases from Malignant Pheochromocytoma in Patients Undergoing <sup>131</sup>I-MIBG Therapy with Manually Fused <sup>123</sup>I-MIBG SPECT and CT Images
AID  - 10.2967/jnmt.108.051656
DP  - 2008 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 186--188
VI  - 36
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/36/4/186.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/36/4/186.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.2008 Dec 01; 36
AB  - 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) has been used as a therapeutic agent for pheochromocytoma. Tumor localization and precise staging are essential for therapy with high-dose 131I-MIBG. The sites and extent of 123I-MIBG uptake are usually estimated to predict the effectiveness of therapy before administration. However, conventional scintigraphic images provide insufficient anatomic information. Therefore, we tried to manually superimpose 123I-MIBG SPECT and CT images using free software.