Nuclear Medicine  Publications

 

1.         Vijayakumar, V., Soloff, E., Rahman, A.T.,: Increased uptake of Tc-99m tetrofosmin in a Mediastinal tumor during myocardial perfusion imaging. Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Vol 29,#6 ,pp 390-391,   June 2004

 

2.         Vijayakumar, V., Kansal, R., Rahman, A.: Splenic infarct and massive splenomegaly demonstrated by Ga-67 Citrate Scintigraphy in a Patient with Mantle Cell Lymphoma. Accepted . 2004. Applied radiology .

 

3.         Rahman, A.M., Gedevansihvili, A., Bungo, Vijayakumar, V., M.W., Chamoun, A, Birnhaum, Y, Schlegel, T.T.: Non-invasive Detection of Coronary Artery Disease by Newly Developed High-Frequency QRS Electrocardiogram. Physiological Measurement 25; 957-965 ,July 2004.

 

4.         Vijayakumar, V., Eltorky, M., Briscoe, E.G., Rahman, A.M. Avid uptake of Tc99m Tetrofosmin in Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma.noted during myocardial perfusion imaging. Accepted . 2004 Applied Radiology

 

5.         Damerla, V., Packianathan, S ., Boerner, PS , Jani AB, Vijayakumar, S Vijayakuamr, V., Recent developments of Nuclear medicine in the management of bone metastases: A review and perspective  – A Review. 2005 .American Journal of Clinical Oncology-  Revision  

 

6.         Vijayakumar, V., Anderson, M., Rapid clearance of Tc99m sestamibi from ectopic parathyroid adenoma .  Annals of Nuclear Medicine. 2005 April .Vol 19 #2 

 

7.         Vijayakumar, V., Anderson, M, CT aided Scintigraphic diagnosis of bleeding rectal sheath hematoma . Accepted .2005. Emergency radiology .

 

 

8.                   Vijayakumar, V., Meow, Meow. Double renal transplant with acute tubular necrosis .  Radiographics. (Accepted July 2004)

 

 

10.        Vijayakumar,V., Boerner,PS., Jani AB., Vijayakumar,S . A critical review of variables affecting the accuracy and false –negative rate of sentinel node biopsy procedures in early breast cancer.  2005 . Nuclear Medicine Communications . Revision.

 

11.        Vijayakumar,V.,   Gupta, R.,  Rahman AM.  Pathological extracardiac uptakeof Tc99m tetrofosmin identified in chest during myocardial perfusion imaging . Accepted . 2005 . Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.

 

 

 

COLLaborative Research Protocols and Multi-Disciplinary Research Efforts:

 

 

1. Primary Investgator in A phase III Randomized, double –blind study of Intravenous CVT-3146 Vs Adenoscan in patients undergoing stress myocardial perfusion imaging ( protocol CVT 5131)  

 

 

 

2. Co-Investigator in Clinical Protocol with Anesthesiolgy : Efficacy of Cricoid Pressure in Preventing Pulmonary Aspiration

           

 

3. Co-Investigator in Clinical Protocol with Cardiology: An Open-Label, Multicenter, Phase III Trial to Determine the Accuracy of DMP 115-Enhanced Rest and Dipyridamole Stress Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography to Detect and Localize Coronary Artery Disease

 

           

            4. Co-Investigator in Clinical Protocol with Cardiolgy: A Phase 3,International,   

            Multicenter, Open Label,Dual Injection,Echocardiographic Imaging and safety   

             Study of AI-700 in Patients with Suspected Ischemic Heart Disease Undergoing

            Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography