Objective Chronic heart failure ( CHF) is a disease with high morbidity, and mortality.The study was designed to explore the prognostic value of rest gated SPECT myocardial perfusion ( GSMPI) in patients with chronic heart failure. Methods This study was a prospective study, in which 142 CHF patients was included from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012.All patients underwent GSMPI, further, summed rest score ( SRS) , left ventricular ejection fraction ( LVEF) , end-diastolic volume ( EDV) , end-systolic volume ( ESV) and phase standard deviation ( PSD) were recorded.All the patients were followed up.Primary endpoint was the major adverse cardiac events ( MACE) .Additionally, we analyzed the independent predictive factor of MACE occurrence by using the Cox proportional hazard model. Results during the follow-up, MACE occurred in 65 cases.The median time to MACE occur-rence was 28(5-48) months.The 3-year MACE free survival rate was 64.3%.Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis showed that cardiac function grade[HR(95%CI):1.761(1.087~4.824), P=0.005], NT-proBNP[HR(95%CI):1.153(1.125~5.997), P =0.009], LVEF[HR(95%CI): 1.945(1.138 ~
6.131), P=0.019], SRS[HR(95%CI):1.517(1.108~4.278), P=0.027] and PSD[HR(95%CI):1.442(1.156~5.339), P=0.032] were all independent predictors of MACE. Conclusion GSMPI may be a prognostic factor for the patients with chronic heart failure.

Hypoxia is the combined result of tumor over-growth and vascular structural abnormalities.Hypoxia is related to tumor invasiveness,radioresistance,and chemoresistance.18F-fluoromisoni-dzole (18F-FMISO) can selectively bind to hypoxic tissues of malignant tumors,and is thus useful for imaging of tumor hypoxia in cancer diagnosis and treatment.This review summarizes the state-of-art research of 18F-FMISO in comparison with other hypoxic agents when applied to animals and clinical studies.

Purpose To evaluate imaging characteristics of normal and dynamic contrast enhanced multi-slice-spiral CT (MSCT) and 18F-FDG PET/CT in the patients with the mesenteric Castleman's disease (CD).Materials and Methods A retrospective analysis was made in 11 patients who were pathologically diagnosed CD and investigated their imaging characteristics of the MSCT and 18F-FDG PET/CT.Results 6 cases showed single lesion,all of them were round or oval.5 cases presented satellite lesions.The maximum diameter was (6.11 ± 1.45)cm.3 cases showed stippled or branch calcification,and 3 cases showed slightly patchy low density.11 cases had clear margins except 1 case.All cases showed the same strong lesion enhancement as that in aorta.9 cases showed significantly enhanced tumor blood vessels around the edge or shadow.The degree of 18F-FDG uptake increased in 11 cases,SUVmax was 3.1-5.7,and the average was (4.16 ± 0.86).Conclusion Multimodality imaging performances play an important role in the diagnosis of mesenteric CD.

Objective To evaluate the value of 18F-FDG and 18F-FLT PET/CT for the detection of primary and regional lymph node metastasis of gastric cancer.Methods Thirty-seven patients with gastric cancer underwent preoperative 18F-FLT and 18F-FDG PET/CT within one week from March 2011 to April 2013.Postoperative histopathology confirmation was obtained in all patients.The PET/CT images were assessed visually and semi-quantitatively.Two-sample t and x2 tests were analyzed using SPSS 13.0.Results For the detection of primary gastric cancer,the sensitivities of 18 F-FLT and 18 F-FDG PET were 89.2％ (33/ 37) vs 91.9％(34/37),respectively (x2=0.158,P＞0.05).The 18F-FLT SUVmax of 16/37 cases with diffuse-type gastric cancer was significantly higher than that of 21/37 cases with intestinal-type gastric cancer (6.89±1.38 vs 3.79±2.45,t=4.533,P＜0.05) ; while 18F-FDG SUVmaxwas not significantly different between the two subgroups (7.13± 1.97 vs 6.36±2.32,t =1.066,P＞0.05).For the detection of regional lymph node metastasis,the sensitivity,specificity and accuracy of 18F-FLT and 18F-FDG were 64.8％(35/54) vs 88.9％(48/54),97.6％(246/252) vs 82.9％(209/252),91.8％(281/306) vs 84.0％(257/306),respectively (x2 =8.796,30.948,8.854,all P＜0.05).The overall sensitivity,specificity and accuracy by both tracers were 92.6％(50/54),98.8％(249/252) and 97.7％(299/306).Conclusions 18F-FLT might be a better or complementary tracer to 18F-FDG for the detection of diffuse-type gastric cancer.Compared with 18FFDG PET/CT,18F-FLT PET/CT may be less sensitive but more specific and accurate for the detection of regional lymph node metastasis.The overall diagnostic accuracy can be improved by using both tracers.

This paper introduces a simple ultrasound studio suited to both field battle and peace time, which has many advantages including slight weight, stable structure, easy to take and simple operation. The studio can be applied to all kinds of medical organization and can improve the diagnostic level of ultrasound in field battle and peace time.

Objective:To screen the factors that were conducive to prolonging the effective half-life of 131I, and to provide a basis for selecting more suitable patients for the treatment of hyperthyroidism with lithium carbonate assisted radioactive 131I. Methods:Between July 2017 and March 2019, a total of 61 patients (23 males, 38 females, age: 13-73 (37.7±1.9) years) who received lithium carbonate adjuvant therapy before 131I treatment in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University were collected into this prospective study. Clinical parameters (serum free triiodothyronine (FT 3), serum free thyroxine (FT 4), iodine uptake rate (2 h, 12 h, 24 h) and ratio of iodine uptake rate (2 h/24 h, 4 h/24 h) before and after taking lithium carbonate were compared by using paired t test. The factors which were conducive to prolonging the effective half-life of 131I were analyzed by linear and multiple regression analyses. Results:Compared with the pretreatment results, lithium carbonate treatment significantly improved the 24 h iodine uptake rate ((74.82±2.69)% vs (82.38±2.33)%; t=2.674, P=0.010), decreased the ratio of 4 h/24 h iodine uptake rate ((88.96±2.85)% vs (82.12±2.27)%; t=2.644, P=0.010), prolonged the effective half-life of 131I ((123.03±3.09) vs (130.38±2.49) h; t=2.656, P=0.010), and decreased serum FT 3 ((26.46±1.65) vs (21.31±1.42) pmol/L; t=3.421, P=0.001) and serum FT 4 ((56.59±2.12) vs (49.24±2.19) pmol/L; t=3.289, P=0.002). Linear regression analysis showed that 2 h and 4 h iodine uptake rate, the ratios of 2 h/24 h and 4 h/24 h iodine uptake rate, and effective half-life of 131I before lithium carbonate treatment were related to the effective half-life of 131I after lithium carbonate treatment ( b values: from -0.576 to 0.642, all P<0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that the ratio of 4 h/24 h iodine uptake rate was the main factor affecting the effective half-life of 131I after taking lithium carbonate ( b=0.642, 95% CI: 0.453-0.832, P<0.001). Multiple linear regression equation was y=-49.785+ 0.642 x. Lithium carbonate treatment could prolong the effective half-life of 131I if the ratio of 4 h/24 h iodine uptake exceeded 77.55%. Conclusion:The ratio of 4 h/24 h iodine uptake rate is the main factor affecting the change of the effective half-life of 131I after lithium carbonate treatment, and patients with hyperthyroidism whose ratio of 4 h/24 h iodine uptake rate exceeds 77.55% can effectively prolong the effective half-life of 131I after taking lithium carbonate.

Objective To investigate the impact on image quality of bone imaging and patients safety when whole body bone imaging was performed on the sme day of renal dynamic imaging.Methods Fifty-three adult patients underwent renal dynamic imaging and whole body bone imaging were selected as observation group.Firstly,99 Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging was performed,and 2 h later,99Tcm-MDP was injected,then whole body bone imaging was performed according to technological process.The other 53 patients received bone imaging only were selected as control group.After injection of 99Tcm-MDP immediately and 30 min,1 h,2 h,4 h,6 h,and 24 h later,physiological response of all patients was observed,and image quality of bone imaging between the two groups was compared.Then the ratio of subjective excellent images of the two groups was calculated.Radioactivity counting of T12,L4,iliac crest,middle humerus,middle femur and soft tissue above 2 cm of ilium on posterior image was measured,and target/non target (T/NT) was calculated.Statistical analysis was performed on the two groups.Results Adverse reaction was not found in all patients in two groups.Subjective excellent rate was 90.57％ (48/53) in observation group,and 92.45％ (49/53) in control group (x2 =0.12,P＞0.05).T/NT of T12,L4,middle humerus and middle femur had no significant differences between two groups (all P＞0.05).The difference of T/NT of iliac crest was statistically significant between two groups (t=3.45,P＜0.05).Conclusion Radionuclide renal dynamic imaging on the same day has no significant impact on the image quality of whole body bone imaging.

Objective To explore the location value of preoperative SPECT/CT fusion imaging in ectopic gastric mucosa lesions.Methods Twenty-five children with ectopic gastric mucosa were examined with SPECT/CT.Patients who had fixed abnormal uptake lesions in abdomen within 20 min of the dynamic planar imaging underwent SPECT/CT and image fusion at the end of 20 min.The localization results of lesions by SPECT/CT fusion imaging were compared with intraoperative findings.Results Twenty-five patients with positive planar imaging underwent tomography fusion imaging,and then positive findings were noticed in 17 patients,among them 14 patients' intraoperative findings had high consistency with location of lesions of tomography fusion imaging (Kappa =0.746,P ＜ 0.05).Conclusion SPECT/CT fusion imaging can locate ectopic gastric mucosa lesions accurately and has high application value.

Objective To explore the prognostic value of pretreatment 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT in pediatric neuroblastoma (NB).Methods Twenty-seven NB patients (18 males,9 females;average age (4.6±2.4) years) confirmed by pathology from June 2012 to November 2015 were retrospectively included.All patients had detailed clinical and follow up data.They underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT scan before any treatment,and the largest diameter of primary tumors,maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of primary tumor (Tmax),SUVmax of liver (Lmax),Tmax/Lmax ratio,clinical staging,serum ferritin,serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) were recorded as prognostic factors.Patients were followed up after treatment for 3-32 months (median:24 months).KaplanMeier survival analysis was used to analyze the influence of Tmax and Tmax/Lmax ratio on 2-year progression free survival (PFS).Cox regression analysis was used to comprehensive analyze the influence of various factors on PFS.Results Of the 27 patients,12(44.4％) experienced disease progression during the follow-up period.Univariate analysis showed that N-myc gene amplification,serum LDH,serum NSE,serum ferritin,the largest diameter of primary tumors,Tmax and Tmax/Lmax ratio were significant prognostic factors for 2-year PFS.The multivariate analysis showed that only the Tmax and Tmax/Lmax,ratio were independent prognostic factors for 2-year PFS.Conclusion 18F-FDG PET/CT can provide effective information on the prognostic information for pediatric NB patients.