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  1. Automatic metabolic breast cancer staging using [¹⁸F]FDG PET/CT: comparison with nuclear medicine physician-based and clinical staging

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  2. An AI-Based Solution for Denoising Fast-Acquisition [18F]FDG PET: Clinical Feasibility and Quantitative Assessment

    Article • Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  3. WRONG journal! It should be "European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging"

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  4. Striatal dopamine D2-like receptors availability in obesity and its modulation by bariatric surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  5. Targeted radionuclide therapy directed to the tumor phenotypes: A dosimetric approach using MC simulations

    Article • Applied Radiation and Isotopes, February 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  6. An Optimized Methodology for Patient-Specific Therapeutic Activity Administration in Liver Radioembolization

    Article • Applied Sciences, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Paulo Lobato Correia, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  7. Patlak plot based on the first 30 minutes post-injection dynamic 18F-florbetaben positron emission tomography scan separates amyloid-β positive from negative studies

    Article • British Journal of Radiology, November 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  8. Brain [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Metabolism Assessment under Hypothyroidism and Recombinant Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone in Comparison with Thyroid Hormone Replacement in Patients Submitted to Total Thyroidectomy

    Article • Applied Sciences, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  9. Positron Emission Tomography–Derived Metrics Predict the Probability of Local Relapse After Oligometastasis-Directed Ablative Radiation Therapy

    Article • Advances in Radiation Oncology, March 2022, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  10. Las relaciones de ventilación/perfusión corregidas por píxeles mejoraron la detección de defectos de perfusión no coincidentes

    Article • Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular, September 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  11. PSMA expression in thyroid nodule

    Article • Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular (English Edition), July 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  12. 123I-FP-CIT SPECT in dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease: a new quantitative analysis of autopsy confirmed cases

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, February 2021, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  13. Are lesion features reproducible between 18F-FDG PET/CT images when acquired on analog or digital PET/CT scanners?

    Article • European Radiology, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  14. Asymptomatic COVID-19 positive patient suspected on FDG-PET/CT

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, June 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  15. Negative affect and stress‐related brain metabolism in patients with metastatic breast cancer

    Article • Cancer, April 2020, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  16. Principles and Constraints of Nonrigid Registration

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  17. Influence of androgen deprivation therapy on PSMA expression and PSMA-ligand PET imaging of prostate cancer patients

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  18. Phenotype-Oriented Ablation of Oligometastatic Cancer with Single Dose Radiation Therapy

    Article • International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, July 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  19. Using 3D anthropometric data for the modelling of customised head immobilisation masks

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  20. Segmentation of pathological liver tissue with Dilated Fully Convolutional Networks: A Preliminary Study

    Article • February 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  21. Evaluation of the attenuation correction on myocardial perfusion imaging: a phantom study

    Article • February 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  22. Voxel-Based Computational Tools Help Liver Dosimetry Calculations of Multiple (External and Internal) Radiation Therapies

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Paulo Lobato Correia, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  23. Gastric GIST Incidentally Detected on 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT

    Article • Clinical Nuclear Medicine, December 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  24. Comparison of the 90Y-labelled glass microspheres liver radioembolisation dosimetry with the estimated dosimetry obtained from pre-treatment 99mTc-MAA SPECT images reconstructed with and without attenuation correction

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, November 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  25. Radiopharmacology and molecular imaging of PD-L1 expression in cancer

    Article • Clinical and Translational Imaging, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  26. Patient-specific gamma-index analysis to evaluate 99mTc-MAA as a predictor for 90Y glass microspheres liver radioembolisation dosimetry

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Paulo Lobato Correia, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  27. Activity estimation and biokinetic analysis of 99mTc-DMSA in renal infant patients using a gamma camera

    Article • Physica Medica, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. DIRCEU COSTA, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  28. Extraction, selection and comparison of features for an effective automated computer-aided diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease based on [123I]FP-CIT SPECT images

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  29. Radioembolization with 90Y-Labeled Glass Microspheres: Analytical Methods for Patient-Personalized Voxel-Based Dosimetry

    Article • October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Paulo Lobato Correia, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  30. The Importance of SPECT Imaging Attenuation Correction During Treatment Planning for 90Y-labeled Glass Microspheres Liver Radioembolization

    Article • October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  31. 18F-FDG Uptake in Ischemic Colitis During Follow-up of a Patient With Lung Cancer

    Article • Clinical Nuclear Medicine, August 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  32. Gamma-index and dose-volume histograms (based on voxel dosimetry) to evaluate the predictive power of 99mTc-MAA SPECT maps in comparison with post-radioembolization 90Y PET maps

    Article • January 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof. Paulo Lobato Correia, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  33. Nuclear Medicine in Oncology

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  34. Effect of reconstruction processing methods and analysis in the quantification of brain spect studies with DaTSCAN™

    Article • Physica Medica, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  35. Optimization of activity and absorbed doses calculation to target/tumor and normal liver volumes in patients submitted to yttrium-90 radioembolization with glass microspheres

    Article • Physica Medica, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  36. Nuclear medicine training in the European Union: 2015 update

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  37. The influence of number of counts in the myocardium in the determination of reproducible functional parameters in gated-SPECT studies simulated with GATE

    Article • Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular, November 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  38. Current worldwide nuclear cardiology practices and radiation exposure: results from the 65 country IAEA Nuclear Cardiology Protocols Cross-Sectional Study (INCAPS)

    Article • European Heart Journal, April 2015, European Society of Cardiology

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  39. Predicting conversion from MCI to AD with FDG-PET brain images at different prodromal stages

    Article • Computers in Biology and Medicine, March 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  40. Analysis of gated myocardial perfusion spect images based on computational image registration

    Article • February 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor João Manuel R.S. Tavares, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  41. Estimation of the collective ionizing dose in the Portuguese population for the years 2011 and 2012, due to nuclear medicine exams

    Article • Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA, Dr Ana Isabel Santos

  42. Ideas from the second UEMS conference on CME/CPD: new EU directives on a patients’ rights in cross-border healthcare and professional qualifications

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  43. Individual-Reader Diagnostic Performance and Between-Reader Agreement in Assessment of Subjects with Parkinsonian Syndrome or Dementia Using 123I-Ioflupane Injection (DaTscan) Imaging

    Article • Journal of Nuclear Medicine, June 2014, Society of Nuclear Medicine

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  44. FDG gated cardiac PET at rest and immediately after dobutamine stress

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  45. Monte Carlo simulation of the basic features of the GE Millennium MG single photon emission computed tomography gamma camera

    Article • Revista Española de Medicina Nuclear e Imagen Molecular, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  46. The new UEMS-EACCME criteria for accreditation of live educational events (LEEs): another step forward to improve the quality of continuing medical education (CME) in Europe

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  47. Phenotypes of myocardial blood perfusion related to the genetic variations of metalloproteinases 3 (MMP3) and 9 (MMP9)

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  48. Texton-based diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  49. Image quality of myocardial perfusion-gated studies: effect of ingestion of different fat content in the reduction of extra-myocardial abdominal signal

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  50. Left ventricular function influenced byMMP3gene 5A/6A polymorphism (rs3025058): a gated-SPECT study

    Article • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering Imaging & Visualization, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  51. Continuing Medical Education Committee and UEMS-EACCME

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  52. UEMS/EBNM endeavour – celebrations keep going!

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  53. Differentiation of frontotemporal dementia from dementia with Lewy bodies using FP-CIT SPECT

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, August 2012, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  54. 3D brain image-based diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: Bringing medical vision into feature selection

    Article • May 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  55. SPECT study with I-123-Ioflupane (DaTSCAN) in patients with essential tremor. Is there any correlation with Parkinson’s disease?

    Article • Annals of Nuclear Medicine, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  56. Syllabus for Postgraduate Specialization in Nuclear Medicine – 2011/2012 Update

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  57. UEMS/EBNM endeavour

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  58. Parkinson's disease is overdiagnosed clinically at baseline in diagnostically uncertain cases: A 3‐year European multicenter study with repeat [123I]FP‐CIT SPECT

    Article • Movement Disorders, March 2009, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  59. Dementia with Lewy bodies: a comparison of clinical diagnosis, FP-CIT single photon emission computed tomography imaging and autopsy

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, November 2007, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  60. [123I] FP‐CIT spect study in vascular parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease

    Article • Movement Disorders, May 2007, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  61. Applications of PET–CT in clinical practice: Present and future

    Article • Radiation Physics and Chemistry, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  62. Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies: Third report of the DLB consortium

    Article • Neurology, October 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Irene Litvan, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  63. Clinical evaluation of 2D versus 3D whole-body PET image quality using a dedicated BGO PET scanner

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, April 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  64. Parkinsonism due to Kernohan notch: Clinical, structural, and functional imaging correlates

    Article • Neurology, June 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  65. Assessment of recurrent colorectal cancer following 5-fluorouracil chemotherapy using both 18 FDG and 18 FLT PET

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  66. L‐dopa–responsive Parkinson's syndrome in association with phenylketonuria: In vivo dopamine transporter and D2 receptor findings

    Article • Movement Disorders, May 2004, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  67. Striatal dopamine transporter in dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease

    Article • Neurology, May 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  68. Clinical audit in nuclear medicine

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, February 2004, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  69. Comparison of methodologies for the in vivo assessment of 18 FLT utilisation in colorectal cancer

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, February 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  70. Dopamine transporter binding in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: a [123I]FP‐CIT/SPECT study

    Article • Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, January 2004, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  71. Frontal lobe dysfunction in sporadic hyperekplexia

    Article • Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde, January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  72. In vivo imaging of cellular proliferation in colorectal cancer using positron emission tomography

    Article • Gut, November 2003, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  73. Dementia with Lewy bodies versus Alzheimer's disease: Role of dopamine transporter imaging

    Article • Movement Disorders, October 2003, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  74. Corrections

    Article • Annals of Neurology, July 2003, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  75. Potential impact of [ 18 F]3'-deoxy-3'-fluorothymidine versus [ 18 F]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose in positron emission tomography for colorectal cancer

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  76. Positron emission and computed X-ray tomography: a coming together

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, April 2003, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  77. [123I]‐FP‐CIT‐SPECT demonstrates dopaminergic deficit in orthostatic tremor

    Article • Annals of Neurology, March 2003, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  78. In vivo Dopamine Pre-Synaptic Receptors and Antioxidant Activities in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia with Lewy Bodies and in Controls

    Article • Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, January 2003, Karger Publishers

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  79. [ 123 I]-FP-CIT-SPECT in the early diagnosis of PD presenting as exercise-induced dystonia

    Article • Neurology, December 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  80. CT-based attenuation correction in the calculation of semi-quantitative indices of [18F]FDG uptake in PET

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, December 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  81. A comparison of three radionuclide myocardial perfusion tracers in clinical practice: the ROBUST study

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, December 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  82. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in clinical oncology: the referrerʼs perspective

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, November 2002, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  83. Differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer's disease using a dopaminergic presynaptic ligand

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, August 2002, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  84. Nuclear Medicine in Primary Breast Cancer Imaging

    Article • Clinical Radiology, July 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  85. Typical antipsychotic drugs — D2 receptor occupancy and depressive symptoms in schizophrenia

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, July 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  86. Can ROI methodology/normalised tissue activities be used instead of absolute blood flow measurements in the brain?

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, May 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  87. Glucose Utilisation and Cell Proliferation in Colorectal Cancer

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  88. Dopamine neurotransmission, Parkinson’s disease and SPET

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, December 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  89. The role of [18F]fluoro-2-deoxyglucose-PET scanning in the diagnosis of paraneoplastic neurological disorders

    Article • Brain, November 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  90. The impact of FDG-PET on the management algorithm for recurrent colorectal cancer

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, October 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  91. Influence of OSEM and segmented attenuation correction in the calculation of standardised uptake values for [18F]FDG PET

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  92. PET e SPECT em neurologia e psiquiatria: do básico às aplicações clínicas

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, May 2001, FRACTAL EDITORA LTDA

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  93. Functional imaging of malignant paragangliomas and carcinoid tumours

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, April 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  94. Clinical role of positron emission tomography in oncology

    Article • The Lancet Oncology, March 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  95. Functional imaging as an aid to decision-making in metastatic paraganglioma

    Article • British Journal of Radiology, March 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  96. Asymptomatic patient with an increasing concentration of CEA

    Article • The Lancet Oncology, March 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  97. Positron emission tomography and colorectal cancer

    Article • BJS, February 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  98. SPECT imaging of the dopamine transporter in juvenile-onset dystonia

    Article • Neurology, January 2001, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  99. A SPECT study of the effect of vagal nerve stimulation on thalamic activity in patients with epilepsy

    Article • Seizure, September 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  100. Levels of γ‐Aminobutyric Acid‐Benzodiazepine Receptors in Abstinent, Alcohol‐Dependent Women: Preliminary Findings From an 123I‐Iomazenil Single Photon Emission Tomography Study

    Article • Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research, September 2000, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  101. Accurate differentiation of parkinsonism and essential tremor using visual assessment of [123I]-FP-CIT SPECT imaging: The [123I]-FP-CIT study group

    Article • Movement Disorders, May 2000, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  102. Patterns of brain activity in patients with epilepsy and depression

    Article • Seizure, October 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  103. Nuclear medicine in neurology and psychiatry

    Article • The Lancet, September 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  104. In-vivo demonstration of dopaminergic degeneration in dementia with Lewy bodies

    Article • The Lancet, August 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  105. Dopaminergic activities in the human striatum: rostrocaudal gradients of uptake sites and of D1 and D2 but not of D3 receptor binding or dopamine

    Article • Neuroscience, February 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  106. Crisis after angiography: time for MIBG

    Article • The Lancet, December 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  107. 5-HT2A receptor blockade in patients with schizophrenia treated with risperidone or clozapine

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, September 1998, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  108. Early detection of melanoma metastases with radioiodinated methylene blue

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, September 1998, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  109. Magnetic resonance imaging, thallium-201 SPET scanning, and laboratory analyses for discrimination of cerebral lymphoma and toxoplasmosis in AIDS.

    Article • Sexually Transmitted Infections, August 1998, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  110. Reduced levels of GABA-benzodiazepine receptor in alcohol dependency in the absence of grey matter atrophy

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, August 1998, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  111. Cognitive functioning and GABAA/benzodiazepine receptor binding in schizophrenia: A 1231-iomazenil SPET study

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  112. Recurrent follicular carcinoma-oxyphilic cell type (Hürthle cell carcinoma) of the thyroid, imaging with iodine-131 and technetium-99m tetrofosmin before and after radiotherapy.

    Article • British Journal of Radiology, January 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  113. Relationship Between SPECT Scans and Buspirone Tests in Patients with ME/CFS

    Article • Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, January 1998, The Haworth Press

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  114. Wisconsin Card Sorting Task (WCST) errors and cerebral blood flow in obsessive‐compulsive disorder (OCD)

    Article • British Journal of Medical Psychology, December 1997, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  115. Brain blood flow in anxiety disorders

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, October 1997, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  116. Serotonin: 5-HT2A receptor occupancy in vivo and response to the new antipsychotics olanzapine and sertindole

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, September 1997, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  117. Limbic selectivity of clozapine

    Article • The Lancet, August 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  118. Dementia with Lewy bodies: a study of post-synaptic dopaminergic receptors with iodine-123 iodobenzamide single-photon emission tomography

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  119. Dementia with Lewy bodies: a study of post-synaptic dopaminergic receptors with iodine-123 iodobenzamide single-photon mission tomography

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  120. Initial evaluation of123I-5-I-R91150, a selective 5-HT2A ligand for single-photon emission tomography, in healthy human subjects

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  121. HMPAO SPET does not distinguish obsessive–compulsive and tic syndromes in families multiply affected with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome

    Article • Psychological Medicine, May 1997, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  122. Psychiatric profiles and patterns of cerebral blood flow in focal epilepsy: interactions between depression, obsessionality, and perfusion related to the laterality of the epilepsy.

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, May 1997, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  123. Thrombosis and restenosis after peripheral angioplasty: Does acute 111indium-platelet accumulation predict angioplasty outcome?

    Article • European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, April 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  124. In vivo effects on striatal dopamine D 2 receptor binding by the novel atypical antipsychotic drug sertindole - a 123 I IBZM single photon emission tomography (SPET) study

    Article • Psychopharmacology, March 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  125. Caudate regional cerebral blood flow in obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder and healthy controls on single photon emission computerised tomography

    Article • Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, March 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  126. Initial evaluation of123|-5-|-R91150, a selective 5-HT2A ligand for single-photon emission tomography, in healthy human subjects

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, February 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  127. Multivariate cluster analysis of dynamic iodine-123 iodobenzamide SPET dopamine D2 receptor images in schizophrenia

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, February 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  128. 5-HT2A receptor blockade in vivo in schizophrenic patients treated with atypical antipsychotics: Single photon emission tomography (SPET) findings

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, January 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  129. Multivariate cluster analysis of dynamic [I-123]-IBZM spet dopamine D2 receptor images in schizophrenia

    Article • Schizophrenia Research, January 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  130. Non-invasive measurement of left ventricular volumes and function by gated positron emission tomography

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, December 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  131. Radioiodinated methylene blue for diagnosing early melanoma metastases

    Article • The Lancet, September 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  132. HMPAO SPECT in non-epileptic seizures: preliminary results

    Article • Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, August 1996, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  133. The significance of increased 111indium platelet accumulation at post-angioplasty sites

    Article • Clinical Radiology, July 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  134. Polycythaemia and agoraphobia

    Article • Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, June 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  135. Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy in vivo by the novel atypical antipsychotic olanzapine — a123 IBZM single photon emission tomography (SPET) study

    Article • Psychopharmacology, March 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  136. Pathophysiology of Chronic Left Ventricular Dysfunction

    Article • Circulation, February 1996, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Adriaan Lammertsma, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  137. Baseline Left Ventricular (LV) performance and functional recovery after revascularisation: Predictive value of absolute 18F Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  138. Targeting Disseminated Melanoma with Radiolabelled Methylene Blue: Comparative bio-distribution studies in man and animals

    Article • Acta Oncologica, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  139. Brainstem perfusion is impaired in chronic fatigue syndrome

    Article • QJM, November 1995, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  140. Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Obsessive-Compulsive Disordered Patients at Rest

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, November 1995, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  141. Schizophrenic auditory hallucinations are associated with increased regional cerebral blood flow during verbal memory activation in a study using single photon emission computed tomography

    Article • Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, November 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  142. Immunoscintigraphy with a 99Tcm-labelled anti-granulcyte monoclonal antibody in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection and AIDS

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, October 1995, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  143. Brain Perfusion Abnormalities in Gilles de la Tourette's Syndrome

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, August 1995, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  144. Technetium-99m-L,L-ethylenedicysteine scintigraphy in patients with renal disorders

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, July 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  145. Optimised interictal HMPAO-SPECT in the evaluation of partial epilepsies

    Article • Epilepsy Research, June 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  146. Clinical brain radionuclide imaging studies

    Article • Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, April 1995, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  147. Patterns of regional cerebral blood flow in corticobasal degeneration studied using HMPAO SPECT; comparison with Parkinson's disease and normal controls

    Article • Movement Disorders, March 1995, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  148. Differentiation between Alzheimer's disease and multi‐infarct dementia: Spect vs MR imaging

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, February 1995, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  149. Dopamine D2 receptor blockade in vivo with the novel antipsychotics risperidone and remoxipride — an123I-IBZM single photon emission tomography (SPET) study

    Article • Psychopharmacology, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  150. In vivo imaging of GABAA receptors using sequential whole-volume iodine-123 iomazenil single-photon emission tomography

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, January 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  151. Dopamine receptor availability in Tourette's Syndrome

    Article • Psychiatry Research, December 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  152. Dopamine receptor availability in Tourette's syndrome

    Article • Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, December 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  153. Recognition of Mental State Terms

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, November 1994, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  154. Clinical experience with a multidetector SPET system (Toshiba GCA-9300A)

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, August 1994, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  155. Chronic fatigue syndrome Role of psychological factors overemphasised

    Article • BMJ, May 1994, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  156. Stereotypy, schizophrenia and dopamine D2 receptor binding in the basal ganglia

    Article • Psychological Medicine, May 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  157. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in schizophrenia during verbal memory activation: a 99mTc-HMPAO single photon emission tomography (SPET) study

    Article • Psychological Medicine, May 1994, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  158. Striatal dopamine receptor binding in epileptic psychoses

    Article • Biological Psychiatry, March 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  159. HMPAO SPECT in Parkinson's disease before and after levodopa: correlation with dopaminergic responsiveness.

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, February 1994, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  160. D2 Dopamine Receptor Binding in the Basal Ganglia of Antipsychotic-Free Schizophrenic Patients

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, January 1994, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  161. Dopamine D2 receptor occupancy in vivo and response to the new antipsychotic risperidone

    Article • The British Journal of Psychiatry, December 1993, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  162. 99mTc-HMPAO single photon emission tomography in late life depression: a pilot study of regional cerebral blood flow at rest and during a verbal fluency task

    Article • Journal of Affective Disorders, August 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  163. Antipsychotic medication, D2 dopamine receptor blockade and clinical response: a 123I IBZM SPET (single photon emission tomography) study

    Article • Psychological Medicine, August 1993, Cambridge University Press

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  164. Elevated frontal cerebral blood flow in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: A 99Tcm-HMPAO SPECT study

    Article • Psychiatry Research Neuroimaging, November 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  165. Assessment of myocardial viability with 201T1 SPET and reinjection technique

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, November 1992, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  166. Demonstration of human motor cortex activation using SPECT

    Article • Journal of Neural Transmission, October 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  167. Effect of vigabatrin on striatal dopamine receptors: evidence in humans for interactions of GABA and dopamine systems.

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, September 1992, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  168. rCBF abnormalities detected, and sequentially followed, by SPECT in neuro-Behcet's syndrome with normal CT and MRI imaging

    Article • Deutsche Zeitschrift für Nervenheilkunde, July 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  169. Cerebral Blood Flow Abnormalities in Adults with Infantile Autism

    Article • The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, July 1992, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  170. Clozapine, single photon emission tomography, and the D2 dopamine receptor blockade hypothesis of schizophrenia

    Article • The Lancet, July 1992, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  171. Vasodilator myocardial perfusion imaging: demonstration of local electrophysiological changes of ischaemia

    Article • Heart, July 1992, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  172. Postviral fatigue syndrome.

    Article • BMJ, June 1992, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  173. SPECT in epilepsy

    Article • Neurology, May 1992, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  174. Physical assessment of the GE/CGR Neurocam and comparison with a single rotating gamma-camera

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, April 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  175. Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease.

    Article • BMJ, February 1992, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  176. Thallium Myocardial Perfusion Tomography in Clinical Cardiology

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Stephen Richard Underwood, Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  177. Clinical Applications

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  178. Clinical Case Material

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  179. Image Interpretation

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  180. Imaging Techniques

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  181. Introduction

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  182. Radiopharmaceuticals

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  183. Stress Techniques

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  184. The Future

    Article • January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  185. Endocardial monophasic action potential recordings for the detection of muocardial ischemia in man: A study using atrial pacing stress and myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

    Article • American Heart Journal, December 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  186. Single photon emission tomography in Alzheimer's disease. A longitudinal study of changes in relative regional cerebral blood flow

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, November 1991, Wiley

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  187. Single photon emission tomography in growth-hormone related Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

    Article • The Lancet, September 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  188. Diagnosis of brain death with technetium 99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, July 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  189. The use of cerebral activation procedures with single photon emission tomography

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, February 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  190. 99TCm-HMPAO SPECT studies in traumatic intracerebral haematoma.

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, January 1991, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  191. A Historical and Philosophical Review of Localizing Brain Function

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  192. Activation Protocols in Normal Subjects Using SPET: A Window into Normal Brain Function

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  193. Activation Studies in Specific Disease States: Future Applications

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  194. Clinical Use of SPET Imaging in Psychiatric and Neurological Disease

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  195. Description and Principles of Neuroactivation

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  196. Models of Brain Processing with Respect to Functional Neuroimaging

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  197. Neuroactivation and Neuroimaging with SPET

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  198. Principles of Emission Tomography

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  199. Radiopharmaceutical Ligands and Tracers

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  200. Review of Previous SPET Neuroactivation Studies in Normal Controls

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  201. SPET Instrumentation: Characteristics and New Developments

    Article • January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  202. The use of cerebral activation procedures with single photon emission tomography

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, January 1991, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  203. In vivo characterisation of 3-iodo-6-methoxybenzamide123I in humans

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, November 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  204. Single photon emission tomography (SPET) with 99Tc m-hexamethylpropyleneamineoxime (HMPAO) in research and clinical practice - a useful tool

    Article • Vascular Medicine Review, September 1990, SAGE Publications

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  205. Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) during migraine using 99mTc-hexamethylpropyleneamineoxime (99mTc-HMPAO) and single photon emission tomography (SPET)

    Article • Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  206. 99Tcm-HMPAO SPET and cerebral blood flow

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, August 1989, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  207. Intracellular localization of 99Tcm-d, 1-HMPAO and 201T1-DDC in rat brain

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, July 1989, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  208. DIAGNOSIS OF HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS BY SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY

    Article • The Lancet, April 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  209. ROLE OF ROUTINE FUNCTIONAL BRAIN IMAGING IN TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY

    Article • The Lancet, April 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  210. 99mTc-HMPAO WASHOUT FROM BRAIN

    Article • The Lancet, March 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  211. Technetium-99m Pentavalent DMSA Imaging Detects Metastases of Poorly Differentiated Carcinoma of the Thyroid

    Article • Clinical Nuclear Medicine, March 1989, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  212. The investigation of Alzheimer's disease with single photon emission tomography.

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, February 1989, BMJ

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  213. 99mTc-HMPAO WASHOUT IN PROGNOSIS OF STROKE

    Article • The Lancet, January 1989, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  214. White cells radiolabelled with 111IN AND 99Tcm- a study of relative sensitivity and in vivo viability

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, October 1988, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  215. RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING OF SCROTUM

    Article • The Lancet, January 1988, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  216. TRANSIENT LEUCOPENIA INDUCED BY GRANULOCYTE-MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

    Article • The Lancet, December 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  217. IMAGING CEREBRAL DAMAGE IN HIV INFECTION

    Article • The Lancet, September 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  218. Functional imaging of the brain

    Article • Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, July 1987, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  219. Stress induced right ventricular dysfunction: An indication of reversible right ventricular ischaemia

    Article • European Journal of Pediatrics, February 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  220. The in vivo distribution of 99Tcm-HM-PAO in normal man

    Article • Nuclear Medicine Communications, September 1986, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA

  221. REGULAR CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW MAPPING WITH 99mTc-LABELLED COMPOUND

    Article • The Lancet, July 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Dr. Durval C. COSTA