Robert Ellis Reiman Jr.

Journal article Radiat Prot Dosimetry · June 2013 Featured Publication The current estimations of risk associated with medical imaging procedures rely on assessing the organ dose via direct measurements or simulation. The dose to each organ is assumed to be homogeneous. To take into account the differences in radiation sensit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Informed consent in human research: what to say and how to say it.

Journal article Health Phys · February 2013 Featured Publication To ensure that the possibility of harm to human research subjects is minimized, clinical trials and other research protocols are subject to oversight by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). IRBs require that subjects be fully informed about the real or pote ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiation dose from contemporary cardiothoracic multidetector CT protocols with an anthropomorphic female phantom: implications for cancer induction.

Journal article Radiology · December 2007 Featured Publication PURPOSE: To measure prospectively and directly both organ dose and effective dose (ED) for adult cardiac and pulmonary computed tomographic (CT) angiography by using current clinical protocols for 64-detector CT in an anthropomorphic female phantom and to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiation dose to the female breast from 16-MDCT body protocols.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · June 2006 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to determine the radiation dose to the female breast from current 16-MDCT body examinations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) detectors were placed in four quadrants ... Full text Link to item Cite

Radiation dose to the fetus from body MDCT during early gestation.

Journal article AJR Am J Roentgenol · March 2006 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: The purpose of our study was to determine radiation dose to the fetus at early gestation when contemporary MDCT scanners are used for common clinical indications. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Anthropomorphic phantoms were constructed to reflect a preg ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pharmacokinetics and radiation dosimetry of 18F-fluorocholine.

Journal article J Nucl Med · January 2002 Featured Publication UNLABELLED: 18F-Fluorocholine (fluoromethyl-dimethyl-2-hydroxyethylammonium [FCH]) has been developed as an oncologic probe for PET. This study evaluates the kinetics and radiation dosimetry of 18F-FCH using murine and human biodistribution data. METHODS: ... Link to item Cite

Localization of technetium-99m-sestamibi in diffuse myelodysplastic processes.

Journal article J Nucl Med · March 1996 Featured Publication Link to item Cite

Imaging of brain tumors after administration of L-(N-13)glutamate: concise communication.

Journal article J Nucl Med · August 1982 Featured Publication Cyclotron-produced L-(N-13)glutamate was used to visualize malignant intracranial tumors in 12 pediatric patients who had evidence of recurrent disease as documented by computed transaxial tomography (TCT). Imaging was performed using a rectilinear scanner ... Link to item Cite

Imaging of primary Ewing sarcoma with 13N-L-glutamate.

Journal article Radiology · February 1982 Featured Publication Eleven patients with untreated primary Ewing sarcoma were studied with intravenously administered 13N-labeled L-glutamate. Seven were repeatedly scanned during chemotherapy using this agent and 99mTc-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP). The untreated prima ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quotient imaging with N-13 L-glutamate in osteogenic sarcoma: correlation with tumor viability.

Journal article Cancer · November 1, 1981 Featured Publication An investigation was performed to correlate the regional uptake of N-13 L-glutamate with histologic changes in tumor tissue in patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy for osteogenic sarcoma. A parametric image was produced by calculating the ratio of N-1 ... Full text Link to item Cite

The dynamics of ammonia metabolism in man. Effects of liver disease and hyperammonemia.

Journal article J Clin Invest · March 1979 Featured Publication The cyclotron-produced radionuclide, 13N, was used to label ammonia and to study its metabolism in a group of 5 normal subjects and 17 patients with liver disease, including 5 with portacaval shunts and 11 with encephalopathy. Arterial ammonia levels were ... Full text Link to item Cite