Ingeborg Goethals

Summary

Affiliation: Ghent University
Country: Belgium

Publications

  1. ncbi The prefrontal cortex: insights from functional neuroimaging using cognitive activation tasks
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31:408-16. 2004
  2. ncbi Application of a neuropsychological activation probe with SPECT: the 'Tower of London' task in healthy volunteers
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 25:177-82. 2004
  3. ncbi Cognitive neuroactivation using SPECT and the Stroop Colored Word Test in patients with diffuse brain injury
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    J Neurotrauma 21:1059-69. 2004
  4. ncbi Comparison of cortical 5-HT2A receptor binding in bulimia nervosa patients and healthy volunteers
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Am J Psychiatry 161:1916-8. 2004
  5. ncbi Blunted prefrontal perfusion in depressed patients performing the Tower of London task
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Psychiatry Res 139:31-40. 2005
  6. ncbi Focally enhanced f-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in incidentally detected pulmonary embolism on PET/CT scanning
    I Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
    Clin Nucl Med 31:497-8. 2006
  7. ncbi Does regional brain perfusion correlate with eating disorder symptoms in anorexia and bulimia nervosa patients?
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000, Belgium
    J Psychiatr Res 41:1005-11. 2007
  8. ncbi Validation of a resolution-independent method for the quantification of 123I-FP-CIT SPECT scans
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 28:771-4. 2007
  9. ncbi Mismatch of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) and Tc-99m pertechnetate single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in a euthyroid multinodular goiter
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent
    Clin Nucl Med 32:6-8. 2007
  10. ncbi Brain activation associated with deep brain stimulation causing dissociation in a patient with Tourette's syndrome
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital
    J Trauma Dissociation 9:543-9. 2008

Detail Information

Publications55

  1. ncbi The prefrontal cortex: insights from functional neuroimaging using cognitive activation tasks
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31:408-16. 2004
    ....
  2. ncbi Application of a neuropsychological activation probe with SPECT: the 'Tower of London' task in healthy volunteers
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 25:177-82. 2004
    ..Hence, this study reports on the TOL task under classical neuropsychological test conditions using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) activation in 10 healthy subjects...
  3. ncbi Cognitive neuroactivation using SPECT and the Stroop Colored Word Test in patients with diffuse brain injury
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    J Neurotrauma 21:1059-69. 2004
    ..This finding was associated with activation effects in posterior (mainly parietal) brain areas in addition with activation of previously observed anterior (mainly anterior cingulate) brain regions...
  4. ncbi Comparison of cortical 5-HT2A receptor binding in bulimia nervosa patients and healthy volunteers
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Am J Psychiatry 161:1916-8. 2004
    ....
  5. ncbi Blunted prefrontal perfusion in depressed patients performing the Tower of London task
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Psychiatry Res 139:31-40. 2005
    ..This study shows that a SPECT activation procedure using the TOL task under classical test conditions is feasible in depressed patients...
  6. ncbi Focally enhanced f-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake in incidentally detected pulmonary embolism on PET/CT scanning
    I Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
    Clin Nucl Med 31:497-8. 2006
  7. ncbi Does regional brain perfusion correlate with eating disorder symptoms in anorexia and bulimia nervosa patients?
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B 9000, Belgium
    J Psychiatr Res 41:1005-11. 2007
    ..Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), we sought brain perfusion correlates of eating disorder symptoms in anorexia and bulimia nervosa patients...
  8. ncbi Validation of a resolution-independent method for the quantification of 123I-FP-CIT SPECT scans
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 28:771-4. 2007
    ..To verify the applicability of a recently described resolution-independent method for the semi-quantification of 123I-FP-CIT scans...
  9. ncbi Mismatch of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) and Tc-99m pertechnetate single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in a euthyroid multinodular goiter
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent
    Clin Nucl Med 32:6-8. 2007
    ..These findings, in a single patient, illustrate the wide spectrum of matched and mismatched F-18 FDG and Tc-99m pertechnetate thyroid uptake along with their variable pathologic correlates...
  10. ncbi Brain activation associated with deep brain stimulation causing dissociation in a patient with Tourette's syndrome
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital
    J Trauma Dissociation 9:543-9. 2008
    ..We conclude that our findings support the temporal lobe as well as the frontolimbic disconnection hypotheses of dissociation...
  11. ncbi The potential value of a pictorial atlas for aid in the visual diagnosis of 123I FP-CIT SPECT scans
    I Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
    Nuklearmedizin 48:173-8. 2009
    ..Hence, having a pictorial atlas available may facilitate the visual assessment of 123I FP-CIT SPECT scans...
  12. ncbi Normal uptake of F-18 FDG in the testis as assessed by PET/CT in a pediatric study population
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Ann Nucl Med 23:817-20. 2009
    ..To investigate the correlation between the F-18 FDG uptake in the normal testis as assessed by PET-CT and patient age in a pediatric study population...
  13. ncbi Time-dependent changes in 18F-FDG activity in the thymus and bone marrow following combination chemotherapy in paediatric patients with lymphoma
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37:462-7. 2010
    ..To investigate the time-dependent changes in (18)F-FDG uptake by the thymus and marrow following combination chemotherapy for lymphoma in a paediatric study population...
  14. ncbi The effect of acquisition time on visual and semi-quantitative analysis of F-18 FDG-PET studies in patients with head and neck cancer
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 31:227-31. 2010
    ..To evaluate the impact of acquisition time on F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET) image quality, lesion detection rate, standard uptake and lesion volume measures...
  15. ncbi Differences of cortical 5-HT2A receptor binding index with SPECT in subtypes of anorexia nervosa: relationship with personality traits?
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan, 185, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    J Psychiatr Res 41:455-8. 2007
    ..We also searched for associations between temperament dimensions and cortical 5-HT2) binding...
  16. ncbi F-18 FDG-PET in children: do we have enough counts?
    Andre Dobbeleir
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 31:190-4. 2010
    ..The aim of the study was to find out whether in [F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose positron emission tomography (F-18 FDG-PET) performed in children in our department, the number of counts were sufficiently high to guarantee optimal image quality...
  17. ncbi The optimal timing for imaging brain tumours and other brain lesions with 18F-labelled fluoromethylcholine: a dynamic positron emission tomography study
    Koen Mertens
    Department of aNuclear Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 33:954-9. 2012
    ..To determine the optimal timing for imaging brain tumours and other brain lesions with 18F-labelled fluoromethylcholine (18F-FCho) PET...
  18. ncbi Distribution patterns of 18F-labelled fluoromethylcholine in normal structures and tumors of the head: a PET/MRI evaluation
    Koen Mertens
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Clin Nucl Med 37:e196-203. 2012
    ..To evaluate the distribution of 18F-labelled fluoromethylcholine (FCho) in normal structures and tumors of the head region using positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging...
  19. ncbi Toward clinical application of neuropsychological activation probes with SPECT: a spatial working memory task
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
    J Nucl Med 43:1426-31. 2002
    ....
  20. ncbi Decreased 5-HT2a receptor binding in patients with anorexia nervosa
    Kurt Audenaert
    Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    J Nucl Med 44:163-9. 2003
    ..It was our aim to investigate the central 5-HT(2a) receptor binding index using SPECT brain imaging...
  21. ncbi Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) mimicking high-grade glioma on delayed F-18 FDG PET imaging
    Koen Mertens
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, Gent 9000, Belgium
    J Clin Neurosci 19:1167-9. 2012
    ..Thus, dual-time-point PET with F-18 FDG may not be able to differentiate between infectious and malignant brain lesions...
  22. ncbi Standardized added metabolic activity (SAM): a partial volume independent marker of total lesion glycolysis in liver metastases
    Jeroen Mertens
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 39:1441-8. 2012
    ..Subtracting the background activity in VOI(2)-VOI(1) from VOI(1) yields SAM. If VOI(1) is set at a reasonable distance from the tumour, PVE are avoided. Phantom and initial clinical validation data are presented...
  23. ncbi In vitro 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose uptake: practical considerations
    Koen Mertens
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
    Cancer Biother Radiopharm 27:183-8. 2012
    ....
  24. ncbi F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT scanning in the diagnostic work-up of a primary pericardial mesothelioma: a case report
    Piet Ost
    Department of Radiotherapy, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
    J Thorac Imaging 23:35-8. 2008
    ..This is the first case describing the use of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the diagnostic work-up of a primary pericardial mesothelioma...
  25. ncbi Brain perfusion SPECT in impulsivity-related personality disorders
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Behav Brain Res 157:187-92. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Patients with BPD and ASPD who showed impulsive behaviour have diminished rCBF in areas of the right prefrontal and temporal cortex...
  26. ncbi Is central benzodiazepine receptor imaging useful for the identification of epileptogenic foci in localization-related epilepsies?
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Polikliniek 7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30:325-8. 2003
    ..This review considers the clinical utility of iomazenil (IMZ) SPET and flumazenil (FMZ) PET for the precise localization of epileptogenic foci in partial epilepsy syndromes...
  27. ncbi Gastrin-releasing peptide receptor imaging in human breast carcinoma versus immunohistochemistry
    Christophe Van de Wiele
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    J Nucl Med 49:260-4. 2008
    ..This study reports on the uptake of (99m)Tc-RP527 by human breast carcinoma and its relationship to gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (GRP-R) expression as measured by immunohistochemistry (IHC)...
  28. ncbi False-negative Tc-99m MIBI scintigraphy in histopathologically proved recurrent high-grade oligodendroglioma
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
    Clin Nucl Med 28:299-301. 2003
    ..However, the authors' results suggest that still other mechanisms may be involved in Tc-99m MIBI accumulation, which may account for false-negative imaging in brain tumors...
  29. ncbi Sequential 99mTc-hydrazinonicotinamide-annexin V imaging for predicting response to chemotherapy
    Sylvie Rottey
    Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
    J Nucl Med 47:1813-8. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: Sequential (99m)Tc-HYNIC-annexin V imaging may allow for assessment of the response to chemotherapy within 3 d after treatment initiation...
  30. ncbi Age-related differences in metabolites in the posterior cingulate cortex and hippocampus of normal ageing brain: a 1H-MRS study
    Harmen Reyngoudt
    Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University, and Department of Psychiatry, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Eur J Radiol 81:e223-31. 2012
    ..To study age-related metabolic changes in N-acetylaspartate (NAA), total creatine (tCr), choline (Cho) and myo-inositol (Ins)...
  31. ncbi Tumor perfusion using first-pass F-18 FDG PET images
    Jeroen Mertens
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
    Clin Nucl Med 37:166-7. 2012
    ....
  32. ncbi The role of nuclear medicine in the prediction and detection of radiation-associated normal pulmonary and cardiac damage
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
    J Nucl Med 44:1531-9. 2003
    ....
  33. ncbi A simple test to determine the quality of your clinical PET images
    Andre Dobbeleir
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
    Ann Nucl Med 24:751-7. 2010
    ..The objective of the study was to present a simple method for comparing clinical PET images to a set of increasing quality images. Those different quality images were obtained by varying the activity concentration and the acquisition time...
  34. ncbi Normoglycemic plasma glucose levels affect F-18 FDG uptake in the brain
    Jonas Claeys
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Ann Nucl Med 24:501-5. 2010
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate whether normoglycemic glucose concentrations interfere with cerebral F-18 FDG uptake...
  35. ncbi Analysis of clinical brain SPECT data based on anatomic standardization and reference to normal data: an ROC-based comparison of visual, semiquantitative, and voxel-based methods
    Koenraad J Van Laere
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, P7, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    J Nucl Med 43:458-69. 2002
    ..In 2 distinct clinical populations with severe traumatic brain injury and cognitive impairment, this study compared 3 widely available approaches that use normal templates to evaluate SPECT brain perfusion deficits...
  36. ncbi Myocardial perfusion imaging in the elderly: a review
    Olivier De Winter
    Nuclear Medicine Division, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 27:529-34. 2006
    ..This article briefly overviews the possible stress modalities, diagnostic accuracy and prognostic value of myocardial perfusion imaging in elderly patients...
  37. ncbi Differentiation between peri-anastomotic inflammatory changes and local recurrence following neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy surgery for colorectal cancer using visual and semiquantitative analysis of PET-CT data
    P Smeets
    Department of Radiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 54:327-32. 2010
    ....
  38. ncbi FDG uptake in primary squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. The relationship between overexpression of glucose transporters and hexokinases, tumour proliferation and apoptosis
    P Deron
    Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 B Gent, Belgium
    Nuklearmedizin 50:15-21. 2011
    ....
  39. ncbi The effect of citalopram hydrobromide on 5-HT2A receptors in the impulsive-aggressive dog, as measured with 123I-5-I-R91150 SPECT
    K Peremans
    Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, 9820, Merelbeke, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 32:708-16. 2005
    ....
  40. ncbi Registration accuracy of 153Gd transmission images of the brain
    F Jacobs
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Gent, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 31:1495-9. 2004
    ....
  41. ncbi Functional imaging, serotonin and the suicidal brain
    K Audenaert
    Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Gent University, Gent, Belgium
    Acta Neurol Belg 106:125-31. 2006
    ..These results are in keeping with 5-HT2A binding studies in depressed patients and impulsive animal research. Interestingly, both an increase and a decrease in 5-HT2A binding index seem to normalize with SSRI treatment...
  42. ncbi Discordant findings between Tc-99m HMPAO mixed leukocytes and Tc-99m-labeled monoclonal antibody fragments (via LeukoScan) in a patient with pulmonary aspergillosis
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
    Clin Nucl Med 27:596. 2002
  43. ncbi Multimodality SPECT imaging of multifocal spondylodiscitis
    Filip Gemmel
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
    Clin Nucl Med 29:635-6. 2004
  44. ncbi Nuclear medicine imaging to predict response to radiotherapy: a review
    Christophe Van de Wiele
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 55:5-15. 2003
    ....
  45. ncbi PET with (18)F-labelled choline-based tracers for tumour imaging: a review of the literature
    Koen Mertens
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Ghent, De Pintelaan, Gent, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 37:2188-93. 2010
    ..To give an up-to-date overview of the potential clinical utility of (18)F-labelled choline derivatives for tumour imaging with positron emission tomography...
  46. ncbi The classical stroop interference task as a prefrontal activation probe: a validation study using 99Tcm-ECD brain SPECT
    K Audenaert
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 22:135-43. 2001
    ..It is concluded that brain SPECT activation with the Stroop Color Word Test under standard neuropsychological conditions in healthy volunteers, is both technically and practically feasible...
  47. ncbi 99mTc-ECD brain perfusion SPET: variability, asymmetry and effects of age and gender in healthy adults
    K Van Laere
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med 28:873-87. 2001
    ....
  48. ncbi SPECT neuropsychological activation procedure with the Verbal Fluency Test in attempted suicide patients
    Kurt Audenaert
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, 185 De Pintelaan, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Nucl Med Commun 23:907-16. 2002
    ..Our findings indicate a blunted increase in prefrontal blood perfusion as a possible biological reason for reduced drive and loss of initiative in attempted suicide patients...
  49. ncbi The clinical value of nuclear medicine in the assessment of irradiation-induced and anthracycline-associated cardiac damage
    I Goethals
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    Ann Oncol 13:1331-9. 2002
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  50. ncbi Leakage assessment in adjustable laparoscopic gastric banding: radiography versus (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy
    B Van Den Bossche
    Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:1128-31. 2002
    ..6%. Leakage from the reservoir or the connecting tube is a late complication of ALGB. The presented data suggest that (99m)Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy is more efficient than radiography in determining the presence of such leaks...
  51. ncbi Nuclear medicine asleep in sleep research?
    Andreas Otte
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:1417-20. 2002
  52. ncbi Functional imaging of the suicidal brain
    Kurt Audenaert
    Nucl Med Commun 26:391-3. 2005
  53. ncbi Brain SPET perfusion in early Alzheimer's disease: where to look?
    Ingeborg Goethals
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:975-8. 2002
  54. ncbi Serotonin transporter and dopamine transporter imaging in the canine brain
    Kathelijne Peremans
    Department of Medical Imaging, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
    Nucl Med Biol 33:907-13. 2006
    ..Second, we studied the effect of SSRIs (sertraline, citalopram and escitalopram) on the SERT and DAT in two dogs. The position of the canine model in the study of the SERT and DAT is discussed and compared with other animal models...
  55. ncbi Functional neuroimaging at the 2002 APSS 16th annual meeting in Seattle
    Andreas Otte
    Med Sci Monit 8:LE37-9. 2002