Laura A Drubach

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Fluorine-18 NaF PET imaging of child abuse
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine PET, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Radiol 38:776-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Skeletal trauma in child abuse: detection with 18F-NaF PET
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Radiology 255:173-81. 2010
  3. ncbi Cheese is a reliable alternative meal for solid-phase gastric emptying study
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine PET, Children s Hospital Boston, MA, USA
    Nucl Med Commun 31:430-3. 2010
  4. ncbi The ischiopubic synchondrosis: changing appearance on PET/CT as a mimic of disease
    Laura A Drubach
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 31:414-7. 2006
  5. ncbi Skeletal scintigraphy with 18F-NaF PET for the evaluation of bone pain in children
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 197:713-9. 2011
  6. ncbi Tc-99m leukocyte imaging in acute graft versus host disease
    Laura A Drubach
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 29:801-2. 2004
  7. ncbi Seasonal variation in the effect of constant ambient temperature of 24 degrees C in reducing FDG uptake by brown adipose tissue in children
    Katherine A Zukotynski
    Department of Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37:1854-60. 2010
  8. ncbi Young athletes with low back pain: skeletal scintigraphy of conditions other than pars interarticularis stress
    Leonard P Connolly
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 29:689-93. 2004
  9. ncbi Early experience with fluorine-18 sodium fluoride bone PET in young patients with back pain
    Ruth Lim
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Pediatr Orthop 27:277-82. 2007
  10. ncbi Reduction in radiation dose in mercaptoacetyltriglycerine renography with enhanced planar processing
    Edward M Hsiao
    Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Anesthesia, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Radiology 261:907-15. 2011

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Publications25

  1. ncbi Fluorine-18 NaF PET imaging of child abuse
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine PET, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatr Radiol 38:776-9. 2008
    ..Fluorine-18 NaF PET has potential advantage over Tc-99m-labeled methylene diphosphonate (MDP) based upon superior image contrast and spatial resolution...
  2. ncbi Skeletal trauma in child abuse: detection with 18F-NaF PET
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Radiology 255:173-81. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Cheese is a reliable alternative meal for solid-phase gastric emptying study
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine PET, Children s Hospital Boston, MA, USA
    Nucl Med Commun 31:430-3. 2010
    ..The versatility of cheddar cheese, which can be added to macaroni or as a topping on pizza, makes it a useful alternative to labeled eggs...
  4. ncbi The ischiopubic synchondrosis: changing appearance on PET/CT as a mimic of disease
    Laura A Drubach
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 31:414-7. 2006
  5. ncbi Skeletal scintigraphy with 18F-NaF PET for the evaluation of bone pain in children
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital, Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 197:713-9. 2011
    ....
  6. ncbi Tc-99m leukocyte imaging in acute graft versus host disease
    Laura A Drubach
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 29:801-2. 2004
  7. ncbi Seasonal variation in the effect of constant ambient temperature of 24 degrees C in reducing FDG uptake by brown adipose tissue in children
    Katherine A Zukotynski
    Department of Imaging, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37:1854-60. 2010
    ..The aim of this study is to determine if this effect is subject to seasonal variation...
  8. ncbi Young athletes with low back pain: skeletal scintigraphy of conditions other than pars interarticularis stress
    Leonard P Connolly
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 29:689-93. 2004
    ..How often do the results of skeletal scintigraphy support diagnoses other than stress injuries to the partes interarticulares and what are these diagnoses?..
  9. ncbi Early experience with fluorine-18 sodium fluoride bone PET in young patients with back pain
    Ruth Lim
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Pediatr Orthop 27:277-82. 2007
    ..Experience with pediatric PET is sparse, primarily in oncology. This study assesses the role of 18F NaF in evaluating young patients with back pain...
  10. ncbi Reduction in radiation dose in mercaptoacetyltriglycerine renography with enhanced planar processing
    Edward M Hsiao
    Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Anesthesia, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Radiology 261:907-15. 2011
    ....
  11. ncbi MRI for detection of abscess in acute osteomyelitis of the pelvis in children
    Susan A Connolly
    Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Main 2, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    AJR Am J Roentgenol 189:867-72. 2007
    ..AHO) to address the following questions: What does MRI reveal about bone involvement? How often are fluid collections indicative of abscess shown? Are clinical parameters predictive of the cases in which MRI would be more beneficial?..
  12. ncbi Constant ambient temperature of 24 degrees C significantly reduces FDG uptake by brown adipose tissue in children scanned during the winter
    Katherine A Zukotynski
    Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine PET, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 36:602-6. 2009
    ..The aim of this study was to determine if warming patients prior to and during (18)F-FDG uptake by controlling the room temperature could decrease uptake by brown adipose tissue (BAT)...
  13. ncbi Iodine-131-labeled meta-iodobenzylguanidine therapy of children with neuroblastoma: program planning and initial experience
    Suzanne Shusterman
    Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
    Semin Nucl Med 41:354-63. 2011
    ..Establishment of a successful (131)I-MIBG therapy program also requires a detailed operational plan and appropriate education for caregivers, parents, and patients...
  14. ncbi Pediatric brown adipose tissue: detection, epidemiology, and differences from adults
    Laura A Drubach
    Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
    J Pediatr 159:939-44. 2011
    ..To evaluate the prevalence and factors affecting the detection of active brown adipose tissue (BAT) in children and adolescents using (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography...
  15. ncbi Meckel's diverticulitis: diagnosis with computed tomography and Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy
    Susan A Connolly
    Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 29:823-4. 2004
  16. ncbi Skeletal scintigraphy of young patients with low-back pain and a lumbosacral transitional vertebra
    Leonard P Connolly
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    J Nucl Med 44:909-14. 2003
    ..Low-back pain may result. This study assessed what skeletal scintigraphy reveals about stress associated with a lumbosacral transitional vertebra in young patients with low-back pain...
  17. ncbi Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis of children: assessment of skeletal scintigraphy-based diagnosis in the era of MRI
    Leonard P Connolly
    Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Nucl Med 43:1310-6. 2002
    ..This study evaluated a strategy in which skeletal scintigraphy is the primary and MRI a supplemental test...
  18. ncbi Nuclear medicine in the first year of life
    S Ted Treves
    Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Children s Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Nucl Med 52:905-25. 2011
    ..With extra care and attention to the special needs of this population, nuclear medicine departments can successfully study patients less than 1 y old...
  19. ncbi Endoscopic treatment of vesicoureteral reflux with autologous chondrocytes: postoperative sonographic features
    Harriet J Paltiel
    Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Radiology 232:390-7. 2004
    ....
  20. ncbi Localization of Tc-99m MDP in the rectus abdominis muscle without associated symptoms
    Leonard P Connolly
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 28:769-70. 2003
    ..The case illustrates that bone tracers may localize to skeletal muscle without associated symptoms. This is consistent with bone tracer localization in skeletal muscle reflecting subtle fiber abnormalities rather than necrosis...
  21. ncbi Ectopic ureteroceles in infants with prenatal hydronephrosis: use of renal cortical scintigraphy
    Leonard P Connolly
    Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 27:169-75. 2002
    ..Use of renal cortical scintigraphy in the diagnostic evaluation of infants with ectopic ureteroceles is supported...
  22. ncbi Combined effects of granulocyte colony stimulating factor and radiation
    Laura A Drubach
    Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 32:39-41. 2007
  23. ncbi Stress-induced fracture involving a nonossifying fibroma
    Laura A Drubach
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 29:41-2. 2004
  24. ncbi Pelvic hypoplasia after radiation therapy
    Jan Stauss
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 28:847-8. 2003
  25. ncbi Applications of nuclear medicine in pediatric oncology
    Leonard P Connolly
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Clin Nucl Med 27:117-25. 2002
    ..Imaging strategies for staging and monitoring the therapeutic response of Hodgkin's lymphoma include Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy. Pediatric oncologic applications of positron emission tomography are being investigated extensively...