Tero Vahlberg

The clinical benefit of routine PET/CT imaging in asymptomatic head and neck squamous cell cancer patients one year post-treatment

BACKGROUND: The incidence of head and neck cancer is increasing, creating a growing need for follow-up strategies. The benefit of routine PET imaging beyond six months after treatment in asymptomatic patients remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether routine PET/CT or PET/MRI...

Diagnosis of urinary tract infection in the emergency department – a real infection or an alarming indication for comprehensive geriatric assessment? A retrospective follow-up study

Purpose To investigate whether urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnoses assigned in the emergency department (ED) were true UTI infections, characterize hospitalized UTI patients, and analyze the 12-month mortality and institutionalization rates. Methods A retrospective study amon...

Pharmacological and non-pharmacological modulation of striatal dopamine release: a meta-analysis of [11C]raclopride PET studies

Abstract The dopaminergic system has long been a central focus of functional neuroimaging. Positron emission tomography (PET) with the D2/D3 receptor radioligand [ 11 C]raclopride remains the most widely used method for indirectly quantifying striatal dopamine release in vivo. Ho...