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Sci‐Sat AM(1): Imaging‐04: Respiratory errors in cardiac PET/CT with manual alignment of the CT image by Wells, RG

“…Respiratory motion can produce misregistration errors between CT and PET images in cardiac PET/CT imaging. The objective of this study was to determine if…”
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Sci—Fri AM: Imaging — 09: Serial estimation of cross‐talk for correction in dual‐isotope imaging with dynamic tracers by Wells, RG, Lockwood, J, Wei, L, Duan, D, Fernando, P, Bensimon, C, Ruddy, TD

“…The recent radioisotope shortage has led to interest in non‐Tc99m‐based tracers. We have developed a novel I‐123‐labelled myocardial perfusion imaging tracer…”
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Increased ADAMTS‐13 proteolytic activity in rat hepatic stellate cells upon activation in vitro and in vivo by NIIYA, M., UEMURA, M., ZHENG, X. W., POLLAK, E. S., DOCKAL, M., SCHEIFLINGER, F., WELLS, R. G., ZHENG, X. L.

“…Introduction: ADAMTS‐13 is a member of ADisintegrin And Metalloprotease with ThromboSpondin type 1 repeats (ADAMTS) family, primarily synthesized in hepatic…”
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The high affinity Na+/glucose cotransporter. Re-evaluation of function and distribution of expression by WEN-SEN LEE, KANAI, Y, WELLS, R. G, HEDIGER, M. A

“…We report the primary structure, functional characterization, and tissue distribution of the high affinity Na+/glucose cotransporter SGLT1 from rat kidney. Rat…”
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Cloning of a Rat Kidney cDNA that Stimulates Dibasic and Neutral Amino Acid Transport and has Sequence Similarity to Glucosidases by Wells, Rebecca G., Hediger, Matthias A.

“…The transport of amino acids across cell membranes is believed to be mediated by integral membrane proteins with distinct substrate specificities. Using…”
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A simple indentation device for measuring micrometer-scale tissue stiffness by Levental, I, Levental, K R, Klein, E A, Assoian, R, Miller, R T, Wells, R G, Janmey, P A

“…Mechanical properties of cells and extracellular matrices are critical determinants of function in contexts including oncogenic transformation, neuronal…”
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Reduce, reuse and recycle: A green solution to Canada's medical isotope shortage by Galea, R., Ross, C., Wells, R.G.

“…Due to the unforeseen maintenance issues at the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River and coincidental shutdowns of other international…”
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Analytical calculation of photon distributions in SPECT projections by Wells, R.G., Celler, A., Harrop, R.

“…In this paper the authors present a method for analytically calculating the distribution of photons detected in single photon emission computed tomography…”
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Cloning of a human kidney cDNA with similarity to the sodium-glucose cotransporter by Wells, R G, Pajor, A M, Kanai, Y, Turk, E, Wright, E M, Hediger, M A

“…We have used low-stringency screening with the human intestinal Na(+)-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 to isolate a 2,271-nucleotide cDNA (Hu14) from human kidney…”
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Pancreatic stellate cells: The new stars of chronic pancreatitis? by Wells, Rebecca G., Crawford, James M.

“…GASTROENTEROLOGY 1998;115:491-493…”
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Cloning and chromosomal localization of a human kidney cDNA involved in cystine, dibasic, and neutral amino acid transport by WEN-SEN LEE, WELLS, R. G, SABBAG, R. V, MOHANDAS, T. K, HEDIGER, M. A

“…We have recently cloned, sequenced, and characterized a rat kidney cDNA (D2) that stimulates cystine as well as dibasic and neutral amino acid transport. In…”
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The 4F2 antigen heavy chain induces uptake of neutral and dibasic amino acids in Xenopus oocytes by WELLS, R. G, WEN-SEN LEE, KANAI, Y, LEIDEN, J. M, HEDIGER, M. A

“…The 4F2 cell surface antigen is a disulfide-linked heterodimer induced during the process of cellular activation and expressed widely in mammalian tissues…”
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Fibrogenesis. V. TGF-beta signaling pathways by Wells, R G

“…Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta is a multifunctional peptide growth factor with a wide range of potential effects on growth, differentiation,…”
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Selective particle feeding by the Chilean oyster, Ostrea chilensis; implications for nursery culture and broodstock conditioning by Dunphy, B.J., Hall, J.A., Jeffs, A.G., Wells, R.M.G.

“…Hatchery broodstock conditioning and nursery culture of the Chilean flat oyster Ostrea chilensis have been hampered by the poor performance of oysters fed…”
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Effect of excess dietary sodium, potassium, calcium and phosphorus on excreta moisture of laying hens by Smith, A., Rose, S.P., Wells, R.G., Pirgozliev, V.

“…1. Four experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of dietary concentrations of sodium, potassium, calcium or phosphate on the water intake and…”
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The effect of changing the excreta moisture of caged laying hens on the excreta and microbial contamination of their egg shells by Smith, A., Rose, S.P., Wells, R.G., Pirgozliev, V.

“…1. An experiment that included 1440 caged laying hens in 24 experimental units was conducted to determine the effect of differences in excreta moisture on the…”
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The Sensitivity of Exponential Data Consistency Condition-based Attenuation Map Alignment to Mismatched Attenuation Maps by Clark, T., Clackdoyle, R., Wells, R. G.

“…Attenuation correction of stand-alone SPECT systems requires registration of an externallyacquired attenuation map such as from a CT scan. Exponential data…”
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Single-slice versus multi-slice display for human-observer lesion-detection studies by Wells, R.G., King, M.A., Gifford, H.C., Pretorius, P.H.

“…Use of a single-slice (2D) display for observer studies may bias results acid reduce the studies' clinical generalizability. Human observers perform better at…”
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A comparison of human and model observers in multislice LROC studies by Gifford, H.C., King, M.A., Pretorius, P.H., Wells, R.G.

“…Model and human observers have been compared in a series of localization receiver operating characteristic (LROC) studies involving single-slice and multislice…”
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Applying Exponential Data Consistency Conditions in SPECT with Multiple Activity Regions by Clark, T., Huber, R., Clackdoyle, R., Wells, R. G.

“…For conventional models of exponential SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) projections, all the activity is required to be inside a convex…”
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