TO THE EDITOR: I read with great interest the article by Blum et al. recently published in the
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (1). The authors aimed to assess the reliability of …

The aim of the study was to assess the reliability of the self-reported weight and height of
nuclear medicine patients in view of recommendations for weight-dependent tracer …

Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the reliability of self-reported weight and size of
nuclear medicine patients in view of recommendation for the weight-dependent tracer …

TO THE EDITOR: The lead article, by Siegel et al.(1), in the January 2017 issue of The
Journal of Nuclear Medicine is brilliant, timely, and scientifically superb. Unfortunately, the …

TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the article by Archer and Bolus describing the results
of their survey on the use of renal imaging in the United States (1). In the article, they noted …

TO THE EDITOR: It was fantastic to participate in the training run for the new JNMT Twitter-
based journal club (@ JNMTClub using# JNMTClub). Although only a small number of …

TO THE EDITOR: I read with interest the article of Zaidi (1) for quantifying thyroid volume
using planar and SPECT scans. As the author correctly states, this technique is not …

IUI1/L. ETTERBTO THE EDITOR tients undergoing bone scan. There were no lesions
present on the high-ID scan that were not similarly detectable on the low-ID scan. In all of the …

To the Editor: Kucuk et al1 had used the semi-empirical body surface area (BSA) method for
90Y activity prescription in a study to determine whether the visual degree of tumoral 99mTc …

Obesity, with its alarming increase among adults and children, represents a significant
health problem with serious medical, social, psychologic, and economic reverberations. The …