Recent key publications - Department of Nuclear Medicine
Arrowsmith F, Allen JR, Gaskin KJ, Gruca MA, Clarke SL, Briody JN, Howman-Giles RB, Somerville H, O'Loughlin EV. Validation of anthropometry and dual energy x- ray absorptiometry to measure body protein in children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. Amer J Clin Nutr 83:613-8, 2006
Kumar D, Kumar V, Little D, Howman-Giles R. Evaluation of biodistribution by local versus systemic administration of 99mTc-labelled Pamidronate (99mTc-PAM). J Ortho Science 11:512-520, 2006
Howman-Giles R, Uren RF, Chung DC, Saleh H, Kitsos T. PET in Paediatric Lymphoma and Primary Bone Tumours. World Journal Nucl Med 5:S373-376, 2006
Sevilla A, Howman-Giles R, Saleh H, Trpezanovski J, Uren RF, Chung D. Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy with SPECT in Infancy. Clin Nuclear Med 32 (1):9-12, 2007
Kumar V, Kumar D, Howman-Giles R, Little DG. Is 99mTc-labelled pamidronate a better agent than 99mTc-medronate for bone imaging? Nuclear Medicine Commun 28(2)101-10, 2007
Uren RF, Howman-Giles R, Chung DK, Morton R, Thompson J. The reproducibility in routine clinical practice of sentinel lymph node identification by pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy in patients with cutaneous melanoma. Annals Surg Oncology 14(2):899-905, 2007
Howman-Giles R, Shaw P, Uren RF, Chung D. Nuclear Medicine in Neuroblastoma and Neuroendocrine Tumours in Children. Semin Nucl Med 37:286-302, 2007
Howman-Giles R, Holland AJA, Mihm D, Montfort JM, Arbuckle S, Kellie S. Somatic malignant transformation in a sacrococcygeal teratoma in a child and the use of F18FDG PET imaging. Pediatr Surg Int 24:475-478, 2008
Howman-Giles R, London K, McCowage G, Graf N. Pulmonary Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor after Hodgkins Lymphoma and Application of PET Imaging. Pediatric Surg Int 24:947-951, 2008
Wiebe P, Blimkie CJR, Farpour-lambert N, Briody J, Marsh D, Kenmp A, Cowell C, Howman-Giles R. Effects of Single-Leg Drop-Landing Exercise from Different Heights on Skeletal Adaptions in Prepubertal Girls: A Randomized Controlled Study. Pediatric Exercise Science 20:211-228, 2008
Concannon R, Howman-Giles R, Shun A, Storman M. Paediatric Liver Transplantation:Role of Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy in the Diagnosis of Intrahepatic and Anastomotic Strictures. Pediatric Transplantation. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399, 3046.2008.01099.x, Nov 2008
Wong E, Kumar V, Howman-Giles R, Jean-Luc Vanderheyden. Imaging of Therapy-Induced Apoptosis Using (99m)Tc-HYNIC-Annexin V in Thymoma Tumor-Bearing Mice. Cancer Biotherapy & Radiopharmaceuticals. Volume 23, Number 6, DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2008.0504 2008
Howman-Giles R, Shaw H, Scolyer R, Murali R, Wilmott J, McCarthy S, Uren RF, Thompson J. Sentinel lymph node biopsy In pediatric and adolescent cutaneous melanoma patients. Annals Surg Oncology DOI 10.1245/s10434-009-0657-4, 2009
Kumar V, Ali M, Angelides S & Manolios N (2007). Synthesis and characterisation of 99mTc-glucosamine and 99mTc-His-CP and evaluation of their utility in imaging inflammatory arthritis. ANZ Nuclear Medicine, Vol 38; No-3; 10-13.
Kumar V (2006). New Radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis and treatment. World J Nucl Med Biol. Vol. 5:237-240.
