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Molecular Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy

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Molecular Nuclear Medicine

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Over the past 30 years, the description of the scintigraphic procedures to perform gastrointestinal imaging studies and their findings in multiple diseases have been described in journal articles and textbook chapters (Urbain et al. 2000, 2002). The aim of this contribution is to provide the nuclear medicine scientist with the basic genetic knowledge of various diseases as it relates to the gastrointestinal tract and may affect the result of gastrointestinal scintigraphic studies. First, the basic, molecular and genetic abnormalities of diseases affecting the motility of the gastrointestinal tract are explained. The molecular onco- genesis of gastrointestinal tumors is then described and illustrated with positron emission tomography (PET) examples. The neuroendocrine system of the gastrointestinal tract is then reviewed with a “molecular scope”. Finally, the most promising avenue in molecular gastrointestinal scintigraphy is evoked.

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  1. Jean-Luc C. Urbain
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  2. Marie-Christiane M. Vekemans
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  3. Leon S. Malmud
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Wannental 45, 88131, Lindau, Germany

    Ludwig E. Feinendegen M.D. (Professor Emeritus Nuclear Medicine) (Professor Emeritus Nuclear Medicine)

  2. Radiology and Medicine SUNY, Stonybrook, USA

    Walton W. Shreeve M.D., Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  3. Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA

    Walton W. Shreeve M.D., Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  4. National Institutes of Health/Clinical Center, Bldg. 10, Rm 1C401 10 Center Drive, MSC 1180, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1180, USA

    William C. Eckelman Ph. D. (Chief PET Department) (Chief PET Department)

  5. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sung-Ae General Hospital, Shingil-1-Dong, Youngdungpo-Gu, Seoul, 121-200, Korea

    Yong-Whee Bahk M.D., Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus (CUK) and Director) (Professor Emeritus (CUK) and Director)

  6. Nuclear Medicine and Radiation Health Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, 21205-2179, USA

    Henry N. Wagner Jr. M. D.

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Urbain, JL.C., Vekemans, MC.M., Malmud, L.S. (2003). Molecular Gastrointestinal Scintigraphy. In: Feinendegen, L.E., Shreeve, W.W., Eckelman, W.C., Bahk, YW., Wagner, H.N. (eds) Molecular Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55539-8_24

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