1. Lipid metabolism in the heart —Contribution of BMIPP to the diseased heart—

   • Ryuji Nohara

   Review Pages: 403 - 409

2. Clinical value of lung uptake of iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG), a myocardial sympathetic nerve imaging agent, in patients with chronic heart failure

   • Xiuli Mu
   • Shinji Hasegawa
   • Tsunehiko Nishimura

   Original Articles Pages: 411 - 416

3. Comparison of parametric FBP and OS-EM reconstruction algorithm images for PET dynamic study

   • Keiichi Oda
   • Hinako Toyama
   • Michio Senda

   Original Articles Pages: 417 - 423

4. Comparison of MET-PET and FDG-PET for differentiation between benign lesions and malignant tumors of the lung

   • Masayuki Sasaki
   • Yasuo Kuwabara
   • Kouji Masuda

   Original Articles Pages: 425 - 431

5. Myocardial FDG-PET examination during fasting and glucose loading states by means of a one-day protocol

   • Tatsuro Tsuchida
   • Norihiro Sadato
   • Harumi Itoh

   Original Articles Pages: 433 - 438

6. Dramatic intestinal uptake of^99mTc pertechnetate in a pediatric patient with enteritis

   • Kiyoshi Koizumi
   • Keiki Kobayashi
   • Yoh Umeda

   Case Reports Pages: 439 - 441

7. Diagnosis: Myocardial ischemia due to a “steal” phenomenon caused by shunt flow of coronary-pulmonary fistulas

   • Keiko Kinuya

   Answer and Comments Pages: 442 - 442

8. Detection of hepatic metastasis from medullary thyroid cancer with Tc-99m-MIBI scintigraphy in a patient with Sipple’s syndrome

   • Shuhei Sato
   • Yoshihiro Okumura
   • Yoshio Hiraki

   Case Reports Pages: 443 - 446

9. Tc-99m MDP, thallium-201 chloride and Tc-99m MAG3 renal uptake in subacute and chronic radiation nephritis compared

   • Berna Degirmenci
   • Kamer Uysal
   • Hatice Durak

   Case Reports Pages: 447 - 449

10. Tc-99m MIBI imaging in malignant fibrous histiocytoma

    • Cumali Aktolun
    • Fatma Berk
    • Cengiz Ercin

    Case Reports Pages: 451 - 453

11. [¹⁸F]-FDG uptake in soft tissue dermatome prior to herpes zoster eruption: An unusual pitfall

    • Khaldoun Kerrou
    • Françoise Montravers
    • Jean-Noël Talbot

    Case Reports Pages: 455 - 458

12. Decreased perfusion of the bilateral thalami in patients with chronic pain detected by Tc-99m-ECD SPECT with statistical parametric mapping

    • Yoshiaki Nakabeppu
    • Masayuki Nakajo
    • Yuuichi Kanmura

    Short Communication Pages: 459 - 463

13. Simple and low-cost tele-nuclear medicine conference system with the e-mail protocol

    • Hiroshi Toyama
    • Yutaka Emoto
    • Kazuhiro Katada

    Technical Notes Pages: 465 - 470