1. Image distortion and correction in single photon emission CT

   • Koichi Ogawa

   Review Pages: 171 - 185

2. A simple method for the detection of abnormal brain regions in Alzheimer’s disease patients using [¹¹C]MP4A: Comparison with [¹²³I]IMP SPECT

   • Tsuneyoshi Ota
   • Hitoshi Shinotoh
   • Toshiaki Irie

   Original article Pages: 187 - 193

3. Abnormal retention of^99mTc-TF in a hamster model of cardiomyopathy analyzed by^99mTc-TF and¹²⁵I-BMIPP autoradiography

   • Thet-Thet Lwin
   • Tohoru Takeda
   • Yuji Itai

   Original Article Pages: 195 - 202

4. The relationship between clinical stage, prognosis and myocardial damage in patients with Duchenne-type muscular dystrophy: five-year follow-up study

   • Hitoshi Naruse
   • Junko Miyagi
   • Kenji Jinnai

   Original Article Pages: 203 - 208

5. Effects of antiarrhythmic agents on left ventricular function during exercise in patients with chronic left ventricular dysfunction

   • Yasuo Takada
   • Satoshi Isobe
   • Toyoaki Murohara

   Original Article Pages: 209 - 219

6. Error analysis of measured cerebral vascular response to acetazolamide stress by I-123-IMP autoradiographic method with single photon emission computed tomography: Errors due to distribution volume of I-123-IMP

   • Hiroshi Ito
   • Kentaro Inoue
   • Hiroshi Fukuda

   Original Article Pages: 221 - 226

7. Transcellular transport of radioiodinated 3-iodo-α-methyl-L-tyrosine across monolayers of kidney epithelial cell line LLC-PK₁

   • Naoto Shikano
   • Keiichi Kawai
   • Hideo Saji

   Original article Pages: 227 - 234

8. A comparative study of^2O1T1 scintigraphy and three-phase bone scintigraphy following therapy in patients with bone and soft-tissue tumors

   • Yoshihiro Nishiyama
   • Yuka Yamamoto
   • Motoomi Ohkawa

   Original article Pages: 235 - 241

9. Spectral analysis of^99mTc-HMPAO for estimating cerebral blood flow: A comparison with H₂ ¹⁵O PET

   • Masashi Takasawa
   • Kenya Murase
   • Jun Hatazawa

   Original article Pages: 243 - 249

10. Optimum threshold setting for a positron-sensitive probe with background rejection capability

    • Seiichi Yamamoto
    • Kenichi Matsumoto
    • Michio Senda

    Original article Pages: 251 - 256

11. A preliminary study on sentinel lymph node biopsy: feasibility and predictive ability in oral cavity cancer

    • Kazuaki Chikamatsu
    • Hideo Kamada
    • Nobuhiko Furuya

    Original article Pages: 257 - 262

12. Renal accumulation and excretion of radioiodinated 3-iodo-α-methyl-L-ty rosine

    • Naoto Shikano
    • Keiichi Kawai
    • Hideo Saji

    Original article Pages: 263 - 270

13. Unusual patterns of I-131 contamination

    • Mehmet Ozguven
    • Seyfettin Ilgan
    • Sabri Dundar

    Case report Pages: 271 - 274

14. Erratum

    • Hirofumi Fujii
    • Yuko Kitagawa
    • Atsushi Kubo

    Erratum Pages: 275 - 275