J Meller

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Early diagnosis and follow-up of aortitis with [(18)F]FDG PET and MRI
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30:730-6. 2003
  2. ncbi Value of F-18 FDG hybrid camera PET and MRI in early takayasu aortitis
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Eur Radiol 13:400-5. 2003
  3. ncbi The continuing importance of thyroid scintigraphy in the era of high-resolution ultrasound
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:S425-38. 2002
  4. ncbi Nuclear medicine studies in the dialysis patient
    Johannes Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany
    Semin Dial 15:269-76. 2002
  5. ncbi [F-18-FDG hybrid camera PET in patients with postoperative fever]
    J Meller
    Abteilung Nuklearmedizin, Georg August Universitat, Gottingen, Deutschland
    Nuklearmedizin 41:22-9. 2002
  6. ncbi Incidence of radioiodine induced Graves' disease in patients with multinodular toxic goiter
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Germany
    Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 114:235-9. 2006
  7. ncbi 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in fever of unknown origin
    Johannes Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
    J Nucl Med 48:35-45. 2007
  8. ncbi Chronic bacterial osteomyelitis: prospective comparison of (18)F-FDG imaging with a dual-head coincidence camera and (111)In-labelled autologous leucocyte scintigraphy
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:53-60. 2002
  9. ncbi [Nuclear medicine diagnosis of patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO)]
    J Meller
    Abteilung Nuklearmedizin, Zentrum Radiologie, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Deutschland
    Nuklearmedizin 40:59-70. 2001
  10. ncbi Nonprosthesis orthopedic applications of (18)F fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET in the detection of osteomyelitis
    Johannes Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Robert Koch Strasse 40, D 37075, Gottingen, Germany
    Radiol Clin North Am 45:719-33, vii-viii. 2007

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Publications36

  1. ncbi Early diagnosis and follow-up of aortitis with [(18)F]FDG PET and MRI
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 30:730-6. 2003
    ..In a limited number of patients [(18)F]FDG PET was more reliable than MRI in monitoring disease activity during immunosuppressive therapy...
  2. ncbi Value of F-18 FDG hybrid camera PET and MRI in early takayasu aortitis
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Eur Radiol 13:400-5. 2003
    ..Both MRI and MRA remain indispensable in the exact determination of the pathomorphological changes and in the documentation of complications such as stenosis, aneurismatic transformation and occlusion...
  3. ncbi The continuing importance of thyroid scintigraphy in the era of high-resolution ultrasound
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:S425-38. 2002
    ....
  4. ncbi Nuclear medicine studies in the dialysis patient
    Johannes Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany
    Semin Dial 15:269-76. 2002
    ..Radioiodine therapy in the dialysis patient leads to only insignificant contamination of dialysis equipment and marginal exposure to the medical staff...
  5. ncbi [F-18-FDG hybrid camera PET in patients with postoperative fever]
    J Meller
    Abteilung Nuklearmedizin, Georg August Universitat, Gottingen, Deutschland
    Nuklearmedizin 41:22-9. 2002
    ..Evaluation of F-18-FDG-hybrid-camera-PET imaging in patients with undetermined postoperative fever (POF)...
  6. ncbi Incidence of radioiodine induced Graves' disease in patients with multinodular toxic goiter
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Germany
    Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes 114:235-9. 2006
    ..The incidence in this population is small. Compared with patients suffering from uni- or multifocal autonomy, subjects with disseminated autonomy have a more than tenfold higher risk for the development of GD...
  7. ncbi 18F-FDG PET and PET/CT in fever of unknown origin
    Johannes Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
    J Nucl Med 48:35-45. 2007
    ..It is expected that PET/CT technology will further improve the diagnostic impact of (18)F-FDG PET in the context of FUO, as already shown in the oncologic context, mainly by improving the specificity of the method...
  8. ncbi Chronic bacterial osteomyelitis: prospective comparison of (18)F-FDG imaging with a dual-head coincidence camera and (111)In-labelled autologous leucocyte scintigraphy
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:53-60. 2002
    ..This seems to hold true for peripheral lesions as well, but in our series the number of cases with proven infection was too small to permit a final conclusion...
  9. ncbi [Nuclear medicine diagnosis of patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO)]
    J Meller
    Abteilung Nuklearmedizin, Zentrum Radiologie, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Deutschland
    Nuklearmedizin 40:59-70. 2001
    ....
  10. ncbi Nonprosthesis orthopedic applications of (18)F fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose PET in the detection of osteomyelitis
    Johannes Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Robert Koch Strasse 40, D 37075, Gottingen, Germany
    Radiol Clin North Am 45:719-33, vii-viii. 2007
    ..Early data from studies in rheumatoid arthritis indicate that FDG-PET is highly accurate in early diagnosis and that it provides results comparable to the most advanced conventional techniques...
  11. ncbi FDG-PET in patients with fever of unknown origin: the importance of diagnosing large vessel vasculitis
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
    Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 53:51-63. 2009
    ..The question as to how these new techniques can be implemented into an evidence based diagnostic algorithm, can only be resolved within a multidisciplinary setting, avoiding both selection- and interstudy-bias whenever possible...
  12. ncbi Targeting NCA-95 and other granulocyte antigens and receptors with radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (Mabs)
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
    Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 54:582-98. 2010
    ..Especially (99m)Tc-Sulesomab and (99m)Tc-Besilesomab image infectious foci mainly by non-specific extravasation with secondary binding to postmigratory leukocytes already present at the site of infection...
  13. ncbi [Clinical implications of a new TSH receptor antibody assay (DYNOtest TRAKhuman) in autoimmune thyroid diseases]
    J Meller
    Abt Nuklearmedizin, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Deutschland
    Nuklearmedizin 39:14-8. 2000
    ..The aim of this study was the evaluation of the diagnostic and clinical impact of a new RRA (DYNOtest TRAKhuman) which uses the human recombinant TSH-Receptor in the diagnosis of autoimmune thyroid disease...
  14. ncbi Expression of the sodium iodide symporter in differentiated thyroid cancer: clinical evidence
    G Schmitz
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Robert Koch Str 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Nuklearmedizin 44:86-93. 2005
    ..Molecular analysis of the expression of the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) in 32 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) and correlation with scintigraphic findings ((131)I,(123)I) in 19 (59.4%) of them...
  15. ncbi 67Ga-citrate and 99Tcm-MDP for estimating the severity of vertebral osteomyelitis
    S Gratz
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany
    Nucl Med Commun 21:111-20. 2000
    ..We conclude that 67Ga-citrate SPET is able to identify vertebral osteomyelitis and detect additional sites of infection. It can also aid in determining the severity of infection and, potentially, the response to therapy...
  16. ncbi Disseminated thyroid autonomy or Graves' disease: reevaluation by a second generation TSH receptor antibody assay
    J Meller
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Germany
    Thyroid 10:1073-9. 2000
    ..However, DISA still exists as a clinical entity, and its pathophysiological link to multifocal and unifocal autonomy should be further investigated...
  17. ncbi [Clinical evaluation of a new thyroglobulin immunoradiometric assay in the follow-up of differentiated thyroid carcinoma]
    C O Sahlmann
    Zentrum Radiologie, Abteilung Nuklearmedizin, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Robert Koch Str 40, 37075 Gottingen
    Nuklearmedizin 42:71-7. 2003
    ..In addition we evaluated, if thyroglobulin (Tg) levels above a specific threshold concentration indicate the need for further investigations for residual disease...
  18. ncbi The role of nuclear medicine in infection and inflammation
    W Becker
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen, Germany
    Lancet Infect Dis 1:326-33. 2001
    ....
  19. ncbi 18F-FDG hybrid PET in patients with suspected spondylitis
    S Gratz
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University of Gottingen, Germany
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 29:516-24. 2002
    ....
  20. ncbi Bilobar spreading of colorectal liver metastases does not significantly affect survival after R0 resection in the era of interdisciplinary multimodal treatment
    K Homayounfar
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Medical Center, Georg August University Gottingen, Robert Koch Strasse 40, Gottingen, Germany
    Int J Colorectal Dis 27:1359-67. 2012
    ....
  21. ncbi [(68)Ga-labeled peptides for clinical trials - production according to the German Drug Act: the Göttingen experience]
    Birgit Meller
    Abteilung für Nuklearmedizin, Universitatsmedizin Gottingen, Germany
    Nuklearmedizin 51:55-64. 2012
    ..It is much to be hoped that the new legal situation in Germany will not cause serious impairments in the realization of clinical trials in German nuclear medicine...
  22. ncbi [The iodine supply of newborns. Comparison of iodine absorption and iodine excretion of mother and child]
    C Roth
    Kinderklinik, Georg August Universitat Gottingen
    Dtsch Med Wochenschr 126:321-5. 2001
    ..This study was undertaken to clarify whether the iodine intake of neonates and young infants improved since then...
  23. ncbi [Intraoperative detection of sentinel lymph nodes in cutaneous malignant melanoma -- blue dye alone versus blue dye plus gamma detection]
    Lutz Kretschmer
    Abteilung Dermatologie und Venerologie, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Germany
    J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 3:615-22. 2005
    ..In this retrospective study, further aspects related to the introduction of gamma-guided preparation are analysed in detail...
  24. ncbi [Sentinel lymph node biopsy in malignant melanoma--an update]
    Lutz Kretschmer
    Abteilung Dermatologie und Venerologie, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, Germany
    J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 1:777-84. 2003
    ..Unfortunately, an unequivocally acknowledged adjuvant therapy is lacking. Moreover, the impact of complete lymph node dissection after positive sentinel biopsy on survival or local disease control has not yet been clarified...
  25. ncbi The popliteal fossa - a problem zone for sentinel lymphonodectomy
    Lutz Kretschmer
    Department of Dermatology, Verereology and Allergology, University of Gottingen, Germany
    J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 9:123-7. 2011
    ..The impact of lymphatic drainage to popliteal sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) has yet to be explored in detail...
  26. ncbi Patients with autoimmune thyroiditis. Prevalence of benign lymphadenopathy
    C O Sahlmann
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre UMG, Gottingen, Germany
    Nuklearmedizin 51:223-7. 2012
    ..CONCLUSION: Lymphadenopathy in Robbins level II-IV and VI is common in AIT-patients and most probably related to the autoimmune process...
  27. ncbi Erythropoietin: a candidate compound for neuroprotection in schizophrenia
    H Ehrenreich
    Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany
    Mol Psychiatry 9:42-54. 2004
    ....
  28. ncbi Dual time point 2-[18F]fluoro-2'-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in chronic bacterial osteomyelitis
    Carsten O Sahlmann
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, , Germany
    Nucl Med Commun 25:819-23. 2004
    ..This pattern may be of value in the differentiation between COM and malignant bone lesions...
  29. ncbi Two-stage hepatectomy (R0) with portal vein ligation--towards curing patients with extended bilobular colorectal liver metastases
    K Homayounfar
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Medical Center Gottingen, Georg August University, Robert Koch Str 40, 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Int J Colorectal Dis 24:409-18. 2009
    ....
  30. ncbi Somatostatin receptor scintigraphy in the management of cerebral malignant ectomesenchymoma: a case report
    M Papos
    Department of Nuclear Medicine, Georg August University, Gottingen, Germany
    Pediatr Radiol 31:169-72. 2001
    ..The potential application of SRS in initial staging, follow-up and therapy planning in MEM is discussed. This is the first application of SRS in MEM...
  31. ncbi Dynamic lymphoscintigraphy and image fusion of SPECT and pelvic CT-scans allow mapping of aberrant pelvic sentinel lymph nodes in malignant melanoma
    L Kretschmer
    Department of Dermatology, Georg August Universitat Gottingen, v Siebold Str 3, D 37075 Gottingen, Germany
    Eur J Cancer 39:175-83. 2003
    ..The significance of radioactively labelled pelvic lymph nodes for the probability of pelvic metastases should be analysed further...
  32. ncbi Phase II trial of carcinoembryonic antigen radioimmunotherapy with 131I-labetuzumab after salvage resection of colorectal metastases in the liver: five-year safety and efficacy results
    Torsten Liersch
    Department of General Surgery, University of Gottingen, Germany
    J Clin Oncol 23:6763-70. 2005
    ..The objective of this phase II study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of radioimmunotherapy (RAIT) after salvage resection of LM...
  33. ncbi Update of carcinoembryonic antigen radioimmunotherapy with (131)I-labetuzumab after salvage resection of colorectal liver metastases: comparison of outcome to a contemporaneous control group
    Torsten Liersch
    Department of General Surgery, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
    Ann Surg Oncol 14:2577-90. 2007
    ..Resection of LM from colorectal cancer is the standard of care in this setting, yet two thirds will eventually relapse, and adjuvant systemic chemotherapy has failed to improve survival...
  34. ncbi Multimodal treatment options for bilobar colorectal liver metastases
    Kia Homayounfar
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Medical Centre, Georg August University Goettingen, Robert Koch Strasse 40, 37073, Goettingen, Germany
    Langenbecks Arch Surg 395:633-41. 2010
    ..We evaluated individualized multimodal oncological strategies in patients with bilobular colorectal liver metastases (biCRC-LM) as well as their effect on R0 resection rates, disease-free survival (DFS), and overall survival (OS)...
  35. ncbi Association of daytime sleepiness with nigrostriatal dopaminergic degeneration in early Parkinson's disease
    Svenja Happe
    Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University of Gottingen, Robert Koch Str 40, 37075, Gottingen, Germany
    J Neurol 254:1037-43. 2007
    ..Its etiology, however, is still not fully understood. The aim of this study was to examine if the amount of nigrostriatal dopaminergic degeneration is associated with subjective daytime sleepiness in patients with PD...
  36. ncbi Increased radioiodine uptake of thyroid cell cultures after external irradiation
    Birgit Meller
    Clinic of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, University of Luebeck, Germany
    Strahlenther Onkol 182:30-6. 2006
    ..In contrast, early after irradiation with high-energy photons glucose and amino acid uptake were observed to be increased. Effects of external irradiation on RIU of thyrocytes using high-energy photons have not been investigated so far...