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- Schuster, David M., et al.
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Anti-1-Amino-3-F-18-Fluorocyclobutane-1-Carboxylic Acid : Physiologic Uptake Patterns, Incidental Findings, and Variants That May Simulate Disease
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Ingår i: Journal of Nuclear Medicine. - : Society of Nuclear Medicine. - 0161-5505 .- 1535-5667 .- 2159-662X. ; 55:12, s. 1986-1992
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Anti-1-amino-3-F-18-fluorocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid (F-18-FACBC) is a synthetic amino acid analog PET radiotracer undergoing clinical trials for the evaluation of prostate and other cancers. We aimed to describe common physiologic uptake patterns, incidental findings, and variants in patients who had undergone F-18-FACBC PET. Methods: Sixteen clinical trials involving 611 F-18-FACBC studies from 6 centers, which included dosimetry studies on 12 healthy volunteers, were reviewed. Qualitative observations of common physiologic patterns, incidental uptake, and variants that could simulate disease were recorded and compared with similar observations in studies of the healthy volunteers. Quantitative analysis of select data and review of prior published reports and observations were also made. Results: The liver and pancreas demonstrated the most intense uptake. Moderate salivary and pituitary uptake and variable mild to moderate bowel activity were commonly visualized. Moderate bone marrow and mild muscle activity were present on early images, with marrow activity decreasing and muscle activity increasing with time. Brain and lungs demonstrated activity less than blood pool. Though F-18-FACBC exhibited little renal excretion or bladder uptake during the clinically useful early imaging time window, mild to moderate activity might accumulate in the bladder and interfere with evaluation of adjacent prostate bed and seminal vesicles in 5%-10% of patients. Uptake might also occur from benign processes such as infection, inflammation, prostatic hyperplasia, and metabolically active benign bone lesions such as osteoid osteoma. Conclusion: Common physiologic uptake patterns were similar to those noted in healthy volunteers. The activity in organs followed the presence of amino acid transport and metabolism described with other amino acid-based PET radiotracers. As with other PET radiotracers such as F-18-FDG, focal nonphysiologic uptake may represent incidental malignancy. Uptake due to benign etiologies distinct from physiologic background also occurred and could lead to misinterpretations if the reader is unaware of them.
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- Buscaglia, Maria Teresa, et al.
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Fe2O3@BaTiO3 Core−Shell Particles as Reactive Precursors for the Preparation of Multifunctional Composites Containing Different Magnetic Phases
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Ingår i: Chemistry of Materials. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0897-4756 .- 1520-5002. ; 22:16, s. 4740-4748
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Well-designed reactive precursors and templates allow for careful control of solid-state reactions at the nanoscale level, thus enabling the fabrication of materials with specific microstructures and properties. In this study, Fe2O3@BaTiO3 core−shell particles have been used as precursors for the in situ fabrication of multifunctional composites containing a dielectric/ferroelectric phase and two magnetic phases with contrasting coercivities (Fe2O3/Fe3O4, BaFe12O19/Ba12Fe28Ti15O84). The formation of new magnetic phases occurs during sintering or post-annealing via reaction between BaTiO3 and Fe2O3. The starting powders have been prepared using a multistep process that combines colloidal chemistry methods and a solid-state reaction. The nature and the amount of the magnetic phases and, consequently, the final magnetic properties of the composite can be controlled by varying the relative amount of Fe2O3 (30 or 50 vol %), the densification method (conventional or spark plasma sintering), and the processing temperature. The composites show constricted magnetic hysteresis loops with a coercivity of 0.1−2.5 kOe and a saturation magnetization of 5−16 emu/g. Composites obtained from powders containing 30 vol % Fe2O3 show, at temperatures of 20−80 °C and frequencies between 10 kHz and 1 MHz, a relative dielectric constant of 50 and dielectric losses of <10%.
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