Radioiodine scintigraphy with SPECT/CT: an important diagnostic tool for thyroid cancer staging and risk stratification

AM Avram - Journal of nuclear medicine technology, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
Staging and risk stratification predicate the postoperative management of thyroid cancer
patients, determining not only the need for 131I therapy or alternative options (conservative …

The effect of posttherapy 131I SPECT/CT on risk classification and management of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

RK Grewal, RM Tuttle, J Fox, S Borkar… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
The objective of this study was to determine whether posttherapy 131I SPECT/CT changed
the need for additional cross-sectional imaging or modified the American Thyroid …

Differentiated thyroid carcinoma: Incremental diagnostic value of 131I SPECT/CT over planar whole body scan after radioiodine therapy

V Zilioli, A Peli, MB Panarotto, G Magri, A Alkraisheh… - Endocrine, 2017 - Springer
The purpose of this prospective study was to determine the incremental diagnostic value of
single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography with iodine-131 over …

Preablation 131-I scans with SPECT/CT in postoperative thyroid cancer patients: what is the impact on staging?

AM Avram, LM Fig, KA Frey, MD Gross… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Context: The utility of preablation radioiodine scans for the management of differentiated
thyroid cancer remains controversial. Objective: To determine the contribution of preablation …

Impact of 131I SPECT/spiral CT on nodal staging of differentiated thyroid carcinoma at the first radioablation

D Schmidt, A Szikszai, R Linke, W Bautz… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2009 - Soc Nuclear Med
The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic value of 131I SPECT/spiral CT
(SPECT/CT) on nodal staging of patients with thyroid carcinoma at the first ablative …

Incremental value of 131I SPECT/CT in the management of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma

L Chen, Q Luo, Y Shen, Y Yu, Z Yuan… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2008 - Soc Nuclear Med
131I whole-body scintigraphy (WBS) is a highly sensitive method for the detection of
differentiated thyroid tumors and metastases. However, a lack of anatomic landmarks and …

Incremental value of diagnostic 131I SPECT/CT fusion imaging in the evaluation of differentiated thyroid carcinoma

KK Wong, N Zarzhevsky, JM Cahill… - American journal of …, 2008 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to determine the incremental value of 131I
SPECT/CT over traditional planar imaging of patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma …

Pictorial review of false-positive results on radioiodine scintigrams of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

AV Chudgar, JC Shah - Radiographics, 2017 - pubs.rsna.org
Radioiodine has served an important role in the diagnostic workup and treatment of patients
with differentiated thyroid cancer for more than 6 decades. The interpretation of radioiodine …

Preablation 131-I scans with SPECT/CT contribute to thyroid cancer risk stratification and 131-I therapy planning

AM Avram, NH Esfandiari… - The Journal of Clinical …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Context: The use of preablation diagnostic radioiodine scans for risk stratification and
radioiodine therapy planning for differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) remains controversial …

Appropriate use criteria for nuclear medicine in the evaluation and treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer

KJ Donohoe, J Aloff, AM Avram… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2020 - Soc Nuclear Med
Nuclear medicine is an essential tool in the delivery of high-quality medical care, going
beyond simple anatomic imaging to the use of physiologic processes for both imaging and …