TY - JOUR A1 - Brumberg, Joachim A1 - Schröter, Nils A1 - Blazhenets, Ganna A1 - Frings, Lars A1 - Volkmann, Jens A1 - Lapa, Constantin A1 - Jost, Wolfgang H. A1 - Isaias, Ioannis U. A1 - Meyer, Philipp T. T1 - Differential diagnosis of parkinsonism: a head-to-head comparison of FDG PET and MIBG scintigraphy JF - NPJ Parkinsons Disease N2 - [\(^{18}\)F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET and [\(^{123}\)I]metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy may contribute to the differential diagnosis of neurodegenerative parkinsonism. To identify the superior method, we retrospectively evaluated 54 patients with suspected neurodegenerative parkinsonism, who were referred for FDG PET and MIBG scintigraphy. Two investigators visually assessed FDG PET scans using an ordinal 6-step score for disease-specific patterns of Lewy body diseases (LBD) or atypical parkinsonism (APS) and assigned the latter to the subgroups multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), or corticobasal syndrome. Regions-of-interest analysis on anterior planar MIBG images served to calculate the heart-to-mediastinum ratio. Movement disorder specialists blinded to imaging results established clinical follow-up diagnosis by means of guideline-derived case vignettes. Clinical follow-up (1.7 +/- 2.3 years) revealed the following diagnoses: n = 19 LBD (n = 17 Parkinson's disease [PD], n = 1 PD dementia, and n = 1 dementia with Lewy bodies), n = 31 APS (n = 28 MSA, n = 3 PSP), n = 3 non-neurodegenerative parkinsonism; n = 1 patient could not be diagnosed and was excluded. Receiver operating characteristic analyses for discriminating LBD vs. non-LBD revealed a larger area under the curve for FDG PET than for MIBG scintigraphy at statistical trend level for consensus rating (0.82 vs. 0.69, p = 0.06; significant for investigator #1: 0.83 vs. 0.69, p = 0.04). The analysis of PD vs. MSA showed a similar difference (0.82 vs. 0.69, p = 0.11; rater #1: 0.83 vs. 0.69, p = 0.07). Albeit the notable differences in diagnostic performance did not attain statistical significance, the authors consider this finding clinically relevant and suggest that FDG PET, which also allows for subgrouping of APS, should be preferred. KW - clinical diagnosis KW - F-18-FDG PET KW - disease KW - dementia KW - accuracy KW - stimulation KW - guidelines KW - criteria KW - brain KW - risk Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-230675 VL - 6 ER - TY - THES A1 - Meyer, Nils T1 - Das Institut für Hochschulkunde 1919–1982. Geschichte und Legitimation eines Fachs und seiner Institutionen zwischen Weimar, Nationalsozialismus und Bundesrepublik T1 - The Institut für Hochschulkunde 1919–1982: History and Legitimation of an academic discipline and its institutions during the Weimar Republic, National Socialism and the Federal Republic of Germany N2 - Die Geschichte des Würzburger Instituts für Hochschulkunde setzt sich zusammen aus den Einzelgeschichten von vier unterschiedlichen Einrichtungen: Dem Hochschularchiv der Deutschen Studentenschaft in Göttingen, der Hochschulkundlichen Sammlung in Frankfurt am Main, dem nationalsozialistischen Institut für deutsche Studentengeschichte auf dem Marienberg in Würzburg und dem heutigen Würzburger Institut für Hochschulkunde der Nachkriegszeit. Alle vier Einrichtungen hatten entsprechend ihrem zeitgenössischen Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsverständnis und abhängig von ihren jeweiligen Trägern und Stakeholdern unterschiedliche inhaltliche Konzeptionen, unterschiedliche wissenschaftliche Strahlkraft und unterschiedliche Strategien, die eigene Existenz zu legitimieren. Die vier unterschiedlichen, nur in einem losen Zusammenhang stehenden Einrichtungen, die alle ein gemeinsames Thema bedienen, zeigen den Wandel der Wissenschaftslandschaft im 20. Jahrhundert und die Strategien eines kleinen Fachs und seiner Institutionen, in dieser sich wandelnden Landschaft zu überleben. N2 - The history of the Institut für Hochschulkunde in Würzburg consists of the individual histories of four different institutions: The Hochschularchiv of the Deutsche Studentenschaft in Göttingen, the Hochschulkundliche Sammlung in Frankfurt on the Main, the National Socialist Institut für Deutsche Studentengeschichte on the Marienberg in Würzburg, and the still existing Institut für Hochschulkunde in Würzburg in the post-war period. All four institutions faced a very different contemporary understanding of scholarship, different sponsors and stakeholders. Therefore, they all had different concepts of the academic discipline of Hochschulkunde (university studies), a different appeal and presence in their respective academic worlds and different approaches for legitimizing their own existence, all depending on their individual context. The four only loosely connected institutions illustrate aspects of the transformation of the academic landscape taking place in the 20th century, as well as the strategies of a minor discipline and its institutions to survive in a changing environment. KW - Institut für Hochschulkunde Würzburg KW - Universitätsgeschichte KW - Studentenverbindung KW - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hochschulkunde KW - Institut für Deutsche Studentengeschichte Würzburg KW - Hochschulkunde KW - Wissenschaftsgeschichte KW - Studentengeschichte KW - Deutsche Studentenschaft KW - Verband Alter Corpsstudenten KW - Deutsche Burschenschaft KW - Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund KW - Reichsstudentenführung KW - Students History KW - History of Science Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-322216 SN - 978-3-95826-220-1 SN - 978-3-95826-221-8 N1 - Parallel erschienen als Druckausgabe bei Würzburg University Press, ISBN 978-3-95826-220-1, 31,80 Euro. PB - Würzburg University Press CY - Würzburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brumberg, Joachim A1 - Blazhenets, Ganna A1 - Schröter, Nils A1 - Frings, Lars A1 - Jost, Wolfgang H. A1 - Lapa, Constantin A1 - Meyer, Philipp T. T1 - Imaging cardiac sympathetic innervation with MIBG: linear conversion of the heart-to-mediastinum ratio between different collimators JF - EJNMMI Physics N2 - Background The heart-to-mediastinum (H/M) ratio is a commonly used parameter to measure cardiac I-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) uptake. Since the H/M ratio is substantially influenced by the collimator type, we investigated whether an empirical linear conversion of H/M ratios between camera systems with low-energy (LE) and medium-energy (ME) collimator is possible. Methods We included 18 patients with parkinsonism who were referred to one of the two participating molecular imaging facilities for the evaluation of cardiac sympathetic innervation by MIBG scintigraphy. Two consecutive planar image datasets were acquired with LE and ME collimators at 4 h after MIBG administration. Linear regression analyses were performed to describe the association between the H/M ratios gained with both collimator settings, and the accuracy of a linear transfer of the H/M ratio between collimators and across centers was assessed using a leave-one-out procedure. Results H/M ratios acquired with LE and ME collimators showed a strong linear relationship both within each imaging facility (R\(^2\) = 0.99, p < 0.001 and R\(^2\) = 0.90, p < 0.001) and across centers (H/M-LE = 0.41 × H/M-ME + 0.63, R\(^2\) = 0.97, p < 0.001). A linear conversion of H/M ratios between collimators and across centers was estimated to be very accurate (mean absolute error 0.05 ± 0.04; mean relative absolute error 3.2 ± 2.6%). Conclusions The present study demonstrates that a simple linear conversion of H/M ratios acquired with different collimators is possible with high accuracy. This should greatly facilitate the exchange of normative data between settings and pooling of data from different institutions. KW - MIBG KW - collimator KW - heart-to-mediastinum ratio KW - linear conversion Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-221675 VL - 6 ER -