Gene, genetics and molecular nuclear medicine (H.N. Wagner). Cardiovascular and pulmonary imaging: perfussion, metabolism and function. Metabolic imaging of the heart by PET (N. Tamaki et al). Using 15 O and PET for quantitative assessment of regional perfusion and myocardial viability (H. Iida et al). Assessment of coronary flow using magnetic resonance imaging (H. Sakuma et al). Relationship between myocardial blood flow reserve and energy metabolism in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Y. Ishida et al). Brain imaging: functional brain mapping. Mapping human cognition with functional imaging (R. Frackowiak). The cognitive architecture of the human prefrontal cortex: PET as a tool to test and generate hypotheses (J. Grafman, S. Flitman, D.J. Kimberg). Pain-induced cerebral blood flow changes following CO 2 laser stimulation of hand and foot in man (H. Fukuyama et al. ). Brain imaging: perfusion, metabolism and tissue characterization. Magnetic resonance imaging of perfusion with arterial spin labeling (R. Buxton, E.C. Wong, L.R. Frank). Diffusion-weighted imaging of cerebral ischemia (M. Moseley et al. ). Diagnostic applications of PET in dementia (S. Minoshima et al. ). Synaptic potentiation visualized by positron emission tomography (Y. Imahori, R. Fujii, S. Ueda). Stratification of severity by cerebral blood flow, oxygen metabolism and acetazolamide reactivity in patients with cerebrovascular disease (H. Hayashida et al. ). Tumor imaging: anatomical, pathological and biochemical correlation. Synthesis of 11 C-Choline: PET imaging of brain tumors, lung cancers and intrapelvic cancers (T. Hara, N. Kosaka). Breast tumor detection by means of near infra-red light scanning (M. Kaneko et al. ). New approaches: molecule to imaging. SPECT imaging of dopaminergic function: presynaptic transporter, postsynaptic receptor, and "intrasynaptic" transmitter (R. Innis). In vivo-in vitro biochemistry interface by use of positron emission tracers (Y. Watanabe et al. ). Enhancement of 18 F fluorodeoxyglucose uptake by successfully reperfused myocardium: role of glucose transport 4 (T. Nishimura et al). In vivo visualization of abnormal brain imaging by PET and SPECT (F. Fujibayashi et al). Poster. Dynamic pulmonary xenon-133 SPECT to detect regional ventilatory abnormalities in various lung diseases (K. Suga et al). Regional brain activity during the word fluency test: a study with 99mTc-HMPAO SPECT (H. Nabatame et al). Negative signal changes during task on FMRI (T. Taoka et al). Head-to-head comparision of Tc-99m ECD SPECT and O-15 PET in patients with chronic mild ischemic lesion (H. Kado et al). Rat tumor imaging with B-10 carborane gadolinium complex (F. Girard et al). Is 3-iodo-DFMT useful as an amino acid decarboxylase marker in the brain? (K. Kawai et al). Development of a front shield for a three-dimensional positron emission tomography (S. Yamamoto et al)
