All experimental and clinical data were acquired with a triple-head Picker Prism 3000XP SPECT system (Picker, Cleveland, OH, USA) of crystal thickness 9.5 mm, with low-energy high-resolution (LEHR) collimators of hole size 1.40 mm, hole length 27.0 mm, septal thickness 0.18 mm, 8.0 mm system full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) at 10 cm, and a 240×400 mm field of view.
At three different time-points between 24 and 168 h after the administration of [Lu-DOTA,Tyr]octreotate, scans of tumour deposits, liver, kidney and spleen were acquired using a dual head camera (Picker Prism 2000 XP, Philips, Eindhoven, The Netherlands) using the 208-keV peak.
In carrying out the examination, we will use a triple-head gammacamera (Picker Prism 3000, Cleveland Ohio USA), equipped with collimators for a low-energy and ultra high-resolution neuro-fan beam (Leuhr-NeuroFan), connected to a Picker Odyssey FX image processing workstation.
Spots were picked using an Ettan Spotpicker™ with a 1.4 mm picker head (GE Healthcare, Uppsala, Sweden).
Protein spots were excised using Ettan™ Spot Handling Workstation (GE Healthcare), with a ∅ 2.0 mm picker head, at the Swegene Proteomics Resource Centre in Lund, Sweden.
The patients were injected with a gamma emitting 99 m Tc-ECD radiopharmeceutical and the SPECT raw data was acquired by a three head gamma camera Picker Prism 3000.
A nice twist on a hot summer day: Instead of tapping each player's head, give the picker a bucket of water to dribble some on each player's head before dumping it all on the person he chooses as the goose.[18].[18]
In 1986, after witnessing the care that his wife, Jean, was receiving for an incurable infection of the head and neck, Mr. Picker created the Picker Institute.
Readers who heeded the advice of stock picker Christopher Faber, head of Chicago-based IronBridge Capital Management, are smiling.
Charmene Pickering's head flopped against her shoulder, witnesses said.
"We want to reinforce that we are more than brokers and stock pickers," said Paula Polito, head of marketing for Merrill's global brokerage operation.
