Nghi C. Nguyen, MD, PhD
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Division of Diagnostic Imaging
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Division of Diagnostic Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Research Interests
Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Medicine
Enhanced Visualization of Fused PET/CT and SPECT/CT
Radioiodine Therapy for Benign and Malignant Thyroid Diseases
Novel Approaches to Prostate Cancer Staging with PSMA PET/CT
PSMA-PET Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer
Impact of Genomic Alterations on Treatment Outcomes of Lutetium-177 PSMA-617 Radioligand Therapy
Theranostics Using Radiopharmaceuticals Targeting Fibroblast Activation Protein
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2000 | University of Tübingen, DE, Medical Faculty, MD, PhD |
Postgraduate Training
| 2013-2014 | Postgraduate Research Fellow, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 2006-2008 | Clinical Fellow, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| 2004-2006 | Resident, Nuclear Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO |
| 2001-2004 | Resident, Nuclear Medicine, University of Tübingen |
| 2000-2001 | Intern, University of Tübingen |
Licenses & Certifications
| 2021 | International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) |
| 2006 | American Board of Nuclear Medicine |
Experience & Service
Faculty Academic Appointments
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern), Dallas, Texas, 2021 - 2024
Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019 - 2021
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 2014 - 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 2008 - 2013
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Associate Program Director, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern), Dallas, Texas, 2022 - 2024
Nuclear Medicine Ambassador, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern), Dallas, Texas, 2022 - 2024
Director of Pediatric Nuclear Medicine & PET, Department of Radiology, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018 - 2021
Other Professional Positions
Civilian Service (Alternative Military Service) - Intership/Residency, University of Tübingen, 2000 - 2002
Intramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Nuclear Medicine Peer Review Committee (NMPRC), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 2024 - Present
Extramural Institutional Committee Activities
Member, Credentials Committee, Parkland Memorial Hospital, 2024
Member, Nuclear Medicine Residency Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2021 - 2024
Member, Nuclear Medicine Residency Clinical Competency Committee (CCC), The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2021 - 2024
Member, MIBG Operations Committee, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 2018 - 2021
Member, Radioactive Drug Research Committee (RDRC) and Human Use Subcommittee (HUSC), University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2014 - 2021
Member, Faculty Senate, Saint Louis University, 2010 - 2013
Member, Cancer Center, Saint Louis University, 2010 - 2013
Editorial Activities
Editorial Board, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2022 - Present
Editorial Board, Source Journal of Medical and Clinical Imaging, 2017 - Present
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Biomedical Graphics and Computing, 2015 - Present
Review Editor, Frontiers in Oncology - Cancer Imaging and Image-Directed Interventions, 2011 - Present
Honors & Awards
| 2024 | PACT card recipient, UT Southwestern |
| 2024 | 3rd Place award - General Clinical Specialties, SNMMI Annual Meeting |
| 2023 | Best Poster. 67th Annual Meeting, Southwestern Chapter, SNMMI |
| 2020 | SNMMI Highlights Lecture, Sincalide-stimulated cholescintigraphy: A retrospective study and proposal of a modified workflow, Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging |
| 2016 | Marquis Who’s Who Recognition for Excellence |
| 2012 | Marquis Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in America |
| 2007 | 2nd Place, First Annual Resident Research Poster Competition, Saint Louis University School of Medicine |
| 2005 | Horizons Near and Far, 2005 SNMMI Highlights Lecture, Prevalence and patterns of soft tissue metastases: Detection with true whole-body F-18 FDG PET/CT, Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging |
Professional Memberships
Selected Presentations & Talks
Local Presentations
- 2025. Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer: An Update on Dose Recommendations and Risk of Secondary Primary Malignancies. Nuclear Medicine Faculty Grand Rounds. Houston, Texas, US.
- 2022. Current Topics in PET/CT and PET/MRI. MRI, PET and PET/MRI Inter-Departmental Symposium. Dallas, Texas, US.
- 2021. Pediatric thyroid cancer – Indications and approach to radioiodine therapy. Pediatric Thyroid Center Conference. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 2019. Radioguided surgery. Pediatric surgery grand rounds. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 2017. Digital PET technology. Research Seminar. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 2017. F-18 Fluciclovine (Axumin™) PET/CT imaging – Biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer. Technology Assessment Committee Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 2017. Clinical PET/MRI at UPMC. Radiation Oncology Research/Medical Staff Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 2016. Role of PET/MRI in staging and restaging of lymphoma. Hematologic Malignancy Conference. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 2011. Radiation exposure and health hazards in the wake of the Japanese nuclear emergency. Research Symposium and Spring Meetings, US.
Regional Presentations
- 2025. Plenary Session: AI in Hepatobiliary Imaging and Evolving Landscape in Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter's 69th Annual Meeting. Dallas, TX, US.
- 2022. Introduction to PET/MRI: Technology, Workflow and Interpretation. SNMMI Southwestern Chapter – Fall Technologist Meeting. Virtual, US.
- 2020. Radioiodine therapy of Graves’ disease. Radiology Grand Rounds. Cleveland, OH, US.
- 2020. Radioiodine therapy in Graves’ disease. SNMMI Pittsburgh Chapter – Technologist Section. Virtual, US.
- 2018. F-18 Fluciclovine PET/CT for prostate cancer recurrence – Initial experience at UPMC. Lecture to technologists at SNMMI Pittsburgh Chapter – Technologist Section. Pittsburgh, PA, US.
- 2017. FDG PET/CT- cancer treatment monitoring. SNMMI Pittsburgh Chapter – Technologist Section. Cranberry, PA, US.
- 2016. Oncologic PET/MRI workflow and interpretation. SNMMI Pittsburgh Chapter. Cranberry, PA, US.
- 2015. Digital PET technology. SNMMI Pittsburgh Chapter –Technologist Section. Cranberry, PA, US.
National Presentations
- 2023. Hepatobiliary Imaging – Nuclear medicine applications in the diagnosis of chronic cholecystitis and biliary dyskinesia including sphincter of Oddi dysfunction. Conference. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, US.
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Li R, Lin MH, Nguyen NC, Su FC, Parsons D, Salcedo E, Phillips E, Domal S, Garant A, Hannan R, Yang D, Afaq A, Lee M, Oz OK, Desai N. Clinical Implementation of PSMA-PET Guided Tumor Response-Based Boost Adaptation in Online Adaptive Radiotherapy for High-Risk Prostate Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 17(17), 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40940990.
- Nguyen NC, Asturias A, Feltrin FS, Oz OK, Shah BR. Chronic Alteration in Cerebral FDG Metabolism After MRI-guided HIFU for Essential Tremor: A Clinical Case With PET and MRI Correlation. Clin Nucl Med, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40392117.
- Nguyen NC, Luo J, Arefan D, Vasireddi AK, Wu S. Artificial Intelligence in Sincalide-Stimulated Cholescintigraphy: A Pilot Study. Clin Nucl Med 50(10):e575-e579, 2025. e-Pub 2025. PMID: 40359029.
- Zheng J, Ibezue C, Nguyen N, Cai Q, Qin Q, Wang J. Successful Management of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer With Lutetium-177: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Cureus 16(12):e75107, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 39764338.
- Girod BJ, Nguyen NC. Prostatic Utricle Cysts as a Potential Pitfall in PSMA PET/CT Interpretation. Clin Nucl Med 49(9):e470-e472, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38914051.
- Anigati EM, Nguyen NC. Incidental Finding of Spindle Cell Sarcoma on 68 Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med 49(8):e423-e424, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38620001.
- Qi J, Nguyen NC. Potential Pitfall of Fluciclovine PET/CT in Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer With Adrenal Metastasis. Clin Nucl Med 47(12):1061-1062, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 36026595.
- Vasireddi A, Nguyen NC. Sincalide-Stimulated Cholescintigraphy: A Retrospective Study and Proposal of a Modified Workflow. Clin Nucl Med 47(1):1-6, 2022. e-Pub 2022. PMID: 34874343.
- Nguyen NC, Beriwal S, Moon CH, Furlan A, Mountz JM, Rangaswamy B. (18)F-FDG PET/MRI Primary Staging of Cervical Cancer: A Pilot Study with PET/CT Comparison. J Nucl Med Technol 48(4):331-335, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32709671.
- Nguyen NC, Moon CH, Beriwal S. 18F-Fluciclovine PET/MRI in a Patient With Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix Correlated With 18F-FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med 45(10):802-804, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32558719.
- Nguyen NC, Moon CH, Mettenburg JM. Incidental Diagnosis of an Arachnoid Granulation on Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/MRI. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 54(5):264-266, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33088358.
- Nguyen NC, Molnar TT, Cummin LG, Kanal E. Dentate Nucleus Signal Intensity Increases Following Repeated Gadobenate Dimeglumine Administrations: A Retrospective Analysis. Radiology 296(1):122-130, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32343210.
- Nguyen NC, Muthukrishnan A, Mountz JM. Differential 18F-FDG and 18F-Fluciclovine Uptake Pattern in a Patient With Poorly Differentiated Adenocarcinoma of the Lung and Prostate Cancer Biochemical Recurrence. Clin Nucl Med 45(1):e63-e64, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 31652158.
- Nguyen NC, Vercher-Conejero J, Faulhaber P. Tumor volume delineation: A pilot study comparing a digital positron-emission tomography prototype with an analog positron-emission tomography system. World J Nucl Med 18(1):45-51, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30774546.
- Nguyen NC, Vejdani K. Multipurpose computed tomography window for fusion display with functional imaging. World J Nucl Med 17(3):145-150, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30034277.
- Nguyen NC, Yee MK, Tuchayi AM, Kirkwood JM, Tawbi H, Mountz JM. Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy Response Assessment with F-18 Fluorothymidine Positron-Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Melanoma Brain Metastasis: A Pilot Study. Front Oncol 8:18, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29520339.
- Nguyen NC, Osman MM. Normalized Subtraction of Serial Brain Magnetic Resonance Images and Fludeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography Images for Tumor Treatment Monitoring: Case Report and Method Description. J Clin Imaging Sci 8:25, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 30034929.
- Nguyen N, Khan M, Shah M. Primary B-cell lymphoma of the pelvic bone in a young patient: Imaging features of a rare case. Cancer Res Front 3(1):51-55, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Nguyen NC, Abhishek K, Nyon S, Farghaly HR, Osman MM, Reimers HJ. Are there radiographic, metabolic, and prognostic differences between cavitary and noncavitary nonsmall cell lung carcinoma? A retrospective fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography study. Ann Thorac Med 11(1):49-54, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 26933457.
- Nguyen NC, Vercher-Conejero JL, Sattar A, Miller MA, Maniawski PJ, Jordan DW, Muzic RF Jr, Su KH, O'Donnell JK, Faulhaber PF. Image Quality and Diagnostic Performance of a Digital PET Prototype in Patients with Oncologic Diseases: Initial Experience and Comparison with Analog PET. J Nucl Med 56(9):1378-85, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26159588.
- Paspulati RM, Partovi S, Herrmann KA, Krishnamurthi S, Delaney CP, Nguyen NC. Comparison of hybrid FDG PET/MRI compared with PET/CT in colorectal cancer staging and restaging: a pilot study. Abdom Imaging 40(6):1415-25, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 26112492.
- Nguyen N, Montagnese J, Rogers LR, Sher A, Wolansky L. Positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) in the evaluation of brain tumors: Current status and future prospects. Semin Roentgenol 49(3):275-289, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 25497912.
- Vejdani K, Geller T, Nguyen N. Cerebral FDG metabolic pattern in pediatric patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: A retrospective study. Br J Med Med Res 3(4):1659-1670, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Allam T, Muzaffar R, Nguyen NC, Osman MM. Peritoneal Mouse as Detected on (18)F-FDG PET-CT. Front Oncol 3:83, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23596568.
- Mansouri AM, Vejdani K, Bastani B, Nguyen NC. Calculation of renal differential function following renal transplant: retrospective validation of a simplified method. Clin Nucl Med 37(10):931-8, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22955066.
- Aygen M, Amirmokri P, Berk F, Nguyen N, Bastani B, Civelek AC. A preliminary report on (99m)Tc-fanolesomab imaging of renal allograft. Nucl Med Commun 32(10):925-8, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21862945.
- Muzaffar R, Kudva G, Nguyen NC, Osman MM. Incidental diagnosis of thrombus within an aneurysm on 18F-FDG PET/CT: frequency in 926 patients. J Nucl Med 52(9):1408-11, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21816969.
- Osman MM, Altinyay ME, Abdelmalik AG, Brickman TM, Varvares MA, Nguyen NC. FDG PET/CT incidental diagnosis of a synchronous bladder cancer as a fourth malignancy in a patient with head and neck cancer. Clin Nucl Med 36(6):496-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21552038.
- Nguyen NC, Kaushik A, Wolverson MK, Osman MM. Is there a common SUV threshold in oncological FDG PET/CT, at least for some common indications? A retrospective study. Acta Oncol 50(5):670-7, 2011. e-Pub 2011. PMID: 21247262.
- Osman MM, Chaar BT, Muzaffar R, Oliver D, Reimers HJ, Walz B, Nguyen NC. 18F-FDG PET/CT of patients with cancer: comparison of whole-body and limited whole-body technique. AJR Am J Roentgenol 195(6):1397-403, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21098201.
- Abdelmalik AG, Fajnwaks P, Osman MM, Nguyen NC. Squamous cell carcinoma of the bulbar conjunctiva seen on F-18 FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med 35(12):962-4, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 21206233.
- Huston SF, Abdelmalik AG, Nguyen NC, Farghaly HR, Osman MM. Whole-body 18F-FDG PET/CT: the need for a standardized field of view--a referring-physician aid. J Nucl Med Technol 38(3):123-7, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20724533.
- Moinuddin A, Nguyen NC, Osman MM. Careful evaluation of CT findings of a cardiac viability F-18 FDG PET/CT study leading to detection of esophageal cancer. Clin Nucl Med 35(5):335-7, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20395707.
- Sayed MH, Farghaly HR, Nguyen N, Mostafa MS, Mekkawy MA, Osman MM. Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma in prostate: Detection with 18F-FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20026974.
- Nguyen N, Hueser C, Kaushik A, Farghaly HR, Osman MM. F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography and/or computed tomography findings of an unusual breast lymphoma case and concurrent cervical cancer: a case report. J Med Case Rep 4:282, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20727168.
- Nguyen N, Tran I, Hueser CN, Oliver D, Farghaly HR, Osman M. F-18 FDG PET/CT characterization of talc pleurodesis-induced pleural changes over time: A retrospective study. Clin Nucl Med, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 20139823.
- Farghaly HR, Muzaffar R, Bohle RJ, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Patterns and prevalence of misregistration in F-18 FDG PET/CT. Egypt J Nucl Med 2(2):55-64, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Nguyen N, Akduman E, Sayed M, Oliver D, Osman M. Increased F-18 FDG uptake in the posterior ocular bulb is associated with brain metastasis: A retrospective study. AJR Am J Roentgenol, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 19020214.
- Hueser C, Nguyen N, Osman M, Havlioglu N, Patel AJ. Extrapulmonary small cell carcinoma: involvement of the brain without evidence of extracranial malignancy by serial PET/CT scans. World J Surg Oncol, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18817561.
- Nguyen N, Akduman I, Osman MM. F-18 FDG PET and PET/CT imaging of cancer patients. J Radiol Nurs 27(2):61 - 69, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Nguyen N, Sayed MM, Taalab K, Osman MM. Spinal cord metastases from lung cancer: Detection with F-18 FDG PET/CT. Clin Nucl Med, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18431157.
- Nguyen N, Chaar BT, Osman M. Prevalence and patterns of soft tissue metastasis: detection with true whole-body F-18 FDG PET/CT. BMC Med Imaging, 2007. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18076764.
- Fenchel M, Helber U, Simonetti O, Stauder N, Kramer U, Nguyen N, Finn JP, Claussen C, Miller S. Multislice first-pass myocardial perfusion imaging: Comparison of saturation recovery (SR)-TrueFISP-two-dimensional (2D) and SR-TurboFLASH-2D pulse sequences. J Magn Reson Imaging, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15112304.
Review Articles
- Costa DN, Nguyen N, Garant A, Meng X, Courtney KD, Shah RB, Pedrosa I. The role of the radiologist in the prostate cancer multidisciplinary conference. Abdom Radiol (NY) 49(11):4162-4172, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38951230.
- Nguyen NC, Anigati EM, Desai NB, Oz OK. Radioactive Iodine Therapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer. Semin Nucl Med 54(4):488-496, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38772827.
- Sweet C, Shmuel N, Shoaf JN, Stoecklein M, Muthukrishnan A, Stern E, Nguyen NC. A Pictorial Review of I-123 MIBG Imaging of Neuroblastoma Utilizing a State-of-the-Art CZT SPECT/CT System. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 58(1):1-8, 2024. e-Pub 2024. PMID: 38250182.
- Nguyen N, Vasireddi A. PET/CT Limitations and Pitfalls in Urogenital Cancers. Semin Nucl Med 51(6):611-620, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34243903.
- Nguyen N, Beriwal S, Moon CH, D'Ardenne N, Mountz JM, Furlan A, Muthukrishnan A, Rangaswamy B. Diagnostic value of FDG PET/MRI in females with pelvic malignancy – a systematic review of the literature. Front Oncol 10:519440, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 33123460.
- Nguyen NC, Moon CH, Muthukrishnan A, Furlan A. 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/MRI for Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Pictorial Review. Clin Nucl Med 45(9):e406-e410, 2020. e-Pub 2020. PMID: 32520493.
- Nguyen N, Shah M, Appleman L, Parikh R, Mountz JM. Radium-223 therapy for patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer: An update on literature with case presentation. Int J Mol Imaging 2016, 2016. PMID: 27774318.
- Osman MM, Varvares MA, Nguyen N. Pictorial essay: Nonmalignant FDG uptake in the head and neck regions. PET Clinics 2(4):445 - 468, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
Other Articles
- Bartel T, Nguyen NC, Radut B, Shah S, Aboughalia H, Biyyam D, Treves ST, Bennet KG, Trak J, Bennet P, Donohoe KJ ACR–ACNM–SNMMI–SPR Practice Parameter for the Performance of Gastrointestinal Tract, Hepatic, and Splenic Scintigraphy, 2025.
Abstracts
- Hebbale SK, Oz OK, Nguyen NC. Gamut of PSMA-PET findings in non-prostatic neoplasms. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter's 69th Annual Meeting, 2025. e-Pub 2025.
- Berning AW, Muthukrishnan M, Nguyen N. Sincalide-stimulated cholescintigraphy – A normal 30-minute GBEF cutoff ≥29.1% yields high diagnostic accuracy compared to gold standard GBEF of ≥38% at 60 minutes across patient populations. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting 65(Suppl 2), 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Frankl J, Öz OK, Xi Y, Nguyen N. Primary lesion Ga-68 PSMA-11 total lesion activity (TLA) is a highly sensitive predictor with high negative predictive value of advanced stage in initial staging of patients with moderate to high-risk prostate cancer. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting 65(Suppl 2):242151, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Girod BJ, Heglin AM, Angati E, Cheung JQ, Öz OK, Nguyen N. Lu-177 PSMA-617 radioligand therapy in prostate cancer – A review of current and new clinical trials. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter Annual Meeting, 2024. e-Pub 2024.
- Luo J, Arefan D, Vasereddi A, Wu S, Nguyen NC. Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in Sincalide-Stimulated Cholescintigraphy: A Pilot Study. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter AI Colloquium, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Luo J, Arefan D, Vasereddi A, Wu S, Nguyen N. Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in Sincalide-Stimulated Cholescintigraphy: A Pilot Study. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting 64(Suppl 1), 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Berning AW, Vasereddi A, Muthukrishnan A, Nguyen N. Sincalide-stimulated Cholescintigraphy: Validation of previously proposed modified workflow. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting 64(Suppl 1), 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Qi J, Chekuri S, Aginati E, Nguyen N. Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET/CT: Review of physiologic uptake and non-prostatic conditions. 67th Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter Annual Meeting, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Chekuri S, Aginati E, Qi J, Nguyen N. Radioactive iodine therapy for differentiated thyroid cancer: An update on RAI dose determination and risk of secondary malignancies. 67th Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter Annual Meeting, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Anigati E, Nguyen N, Öz OK. Unusual cases of contralateral sentinel lymph node in patients with breast cancer. 67th Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter Annual Meeting, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Öz OK, Kandathil A, Peng F, Kottwitz J, Nguyen N, Moore W. Initial Experience with Lu-177 Vipivotide Tetraxetan (Pluvicto). 67th Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Southwestern Chapter Annual Meeting, 2023. e-Pub 2023.
- Sweet C, Shoaf JN, Stoecklein S, Ashok Muthukrishnan, Nguyen N. A pictorial review of I-123 MIBG imaging in pediatric neuroblastoma utilizing the state-of-the-art CZT SPECT/CT system. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting 64(Suppl 1), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Muthukrishnan A, Pakala T, Srinivas S, Nguyen N, Drappatz J, Snyderman C, Gorantla V, Bahary N. Off-label usage of Lu-177 DOTATATE therapy: Challenges and opportunities for the theranostician. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting 62(Suppl 1), 2021. e-Pub 2021.
- Vasireddi A, Nguyen N. Sincalide-stimulated cholescintigraphy: A retrospective study and proposal of a modified workflow. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 61(Suppl 1), 2020. e-Pub 2020.
- Patel AK, Olson, Nguyen N. Impact of Fluciclovine (18F) PET/CT on management of patients with suspected prostate cancer recurrence, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Schoenbrun LE, Muthukrishnan A, Furlan A, Moon CH, Nguyen N. A pictorial review of Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/MRI for neuroendocrine neoplasm. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 59(Suppl. 1), 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Mertel K, Mohammadi S, Nguyen N, Mountz J, Muthukrishnan A. Utility of somatostatin receptor-targeted imaging with Ga-68 DOTATATE PET/MRI in the management of progressive meningiomas. Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging 59(Suppl. 1), 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Nguyen N, Beriwal S, Moon CH,, Furlan A, Rangaswamy B. Initial FDG PET/MR experience in cervical & uterine cancer staging: A pilot study. ISMRM-SNMMI co-provided workshop on PET/MRI, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Nguyen N, Tuchayi A, Yee M, Oborski M, Kirkwood J, Tawbi H, Mountz J. Targeted therapy and immunotherapy response assessment with F-18 FLT PET in melanoma brain metastasis (MBM). Society of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Annual Meeting 58(Suppl 1):1289, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Rubbert C, Vercher-Conejero JL, Nguyen N, Wenzel F, Steinbach O, O'Donnell JK. Voxel-wise statistical testing of FDG-PET/CT: Impact on differential diagnosis of dementia, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nguyen N, Vercher-Conejero J, O'Donnell J, Sattar A, Faulhaber P. Diagnostic performance of a digital PET prototype in patients with oncologic diagnosis: Initial clinical experience and comparison with analog PET, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nguyen N, Faulhaber P, Paspulati R. Added Value of FDG PET/MRI compared with PET/CT in patients with colorectal cancer and workflow solutions for PET/MRI examination, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nguyen N, Vercher-Conejero J, Faulhaber P. Brain imaging of neurological disorders using a digital PET prototype: Initial clinical experience and comparison with analog PET 55(Suppl. 1):206, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Hu L, Stehning C, Nguyen N, Andrew Sher, Rios CM, Hu Z, Shao L. MR based PET attenuation correction (MRAC) and anatomical localization of human brain using an optimized UTE mDixon pulse sequence, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nguyen N, Partovi S, Herrmann K, Paspulati R. Added value of hybrid FDG PET/MR compared with PET/CT in colorectal cancer staging and restaging: Our initial experience 55(Suppl. 1):578, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nguyen N, Vercher-Conejero J, ODonnell J, Sattar A, Faulhaber P. Image quality of a digital PET prototype: Initial clinical experience and comparison with analog PET 55(Suppl. 1):659, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nguyen N, Vercher-Conejero J, Faulhaber P. Tumor volume delineation using a digital PET prototype: Initial clinical experience and comparison with analog PET 55(Suppl. 1):2160, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Nguyen N, Paspulati R, Herrmann KA. Role of PET-MR in assessment of tumor response in gastrointestinal and gynecological malignancies, 2014. e-Pub 2014.
- Hemstock T, Botkin C, Hubble W, Osman M, Nguyen N. 123 I-Ioflupane: A new and promising tracer for Parkinson’s disease 53(Suppl. 1):2706, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Vejdani K, Nguyen N. Chemotherapy for lymphoma in children does not affect cerebral glucose metabolism in the early post-treatment phase up to 6 months 53(Suppl. 1):2201, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Nyon S, Abhishek K, Abdelmalik A, Osman M, Nguyen N. Is the prognosis different between lung cancer with and without cavitary feature? A retrospective FDG PET/CT study 53(Suppl. 1):1392, 2012. e-Pub 2012.
- Al-Mardoof AO, Abdelmalik A, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Characterization of extra-axial brain lesions using MRI versus co-registered FDG PET, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Almardoof A, Altinyay M, Yost P, Osman M, Nguyen N. FDG dose reduction in pediatric oncology correlated with EANM procedure guidelines - A case series 52(Suppl 1):1392, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Vu JT, Bhatla D, Abhishek K, Fajnwak P, Osman M, Nguyen N. Prevalence of acute pulmonary opacities following chemotherapy for lymphoma: A retrospective FDG PET/CT Study, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Fajnwaks P, Abdelmalik A, Muzaffar R, Osman M, Nguyen N. Demonstration of active osteoarthropathy at In-111 Zevalin scan in a patient with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 52(Suppl. 1):1067, 2011. e-Pub 2011.
- Altinyay ME, Touma W, Oliver D, Abdelmalik AG, Muzaffar R, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Metabolic characterization of untreated lung adenocarcinoma with 18F-FDG PET/CT: Impact of smoking 51(Suppl. 2):330, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Collier T, Oliver D, Botkin C, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Should liver SUV still be used as an internal reference in the presence of benign liver disease? 51(Suppl. 2):413, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Farghaly H, Abdelmalik A, Piper JW, Nelson AS, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Cerebral FDG PET - Comparison of Z-scores between single brain atlas and probalistic atlas 51(Suppl 2):242, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Abdelmalik AG, Farghaly HR, Nassif AS, Nelson AS, MM Osman, Nguyen N. Do periventricular white matter hyperintensities as seen on MRI effect cerebral glucose metabolism? A retrospective study 37(Suppl. 2):320, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Ameen AM, Dombrowski J, Walz BJ, Dawson J, Naunheim K, Matsuo H, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Local recurrence after Cyberknife stereotactic body radiotherapy to non-small cell lung cancer – retrospective evaluation of predictive factors, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Muzaffar R, Osman MM, Abdelmalik AG, Fajnwaks P, Nguyen N. Protective value of intramural thrombus in the abdominal aortic aneurysm: metabolic changes as detected by FDG PET/CT 51(Suppl. 2):364, 2010. e-Pub 2010.
- Karsch H, Muzaffar R, Botkin C, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Incidental diagnosis of prostate cancer in FDG PET/CT: Frequency in 1420 patients 50(Suppl. 2):446, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Krumrey S, Frye R, Tran I, Yost P, Nguyen N, Osman MM. FDG manual injection versus infusion system: A comparison of dose precision and extravasation 50(Suppl 2):430, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Abdelmalik A, Kaushik A, Muzaffar R, Farghaly HR, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Update on diagnostic accuracy of V/Q scan for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Farghaly HR, Dombrowski J, Nassif AS, Nelson AS, Piper JW, Nguyen N. Potential use of normalized subtraction of serial brain FDG PET scans to evaluate for post-treatment brain changes, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Farghaly HR, Greenwood T, Kaushik A, Frye R, Piper J, Osman MM, Abdulrauf SI, Nguyen N. Cerebral perfusion SPECT - comparison of three different interpretation approaches 50(Suppl. 2):243, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Tran I, Moinuddin A, Krumrey S, Frye R, Yost P, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Respiratory gating in FDG PET/CT: A Technologist's perspective 50(Suppl 2):428, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Nguyen N, Farghaly HR, Powell ED, Ojile JM, Muehlbach MJ, Uhles ML, Moinuddin A, Taalab K, Osman MM. Asymmetrical cerebral FGD metabolism in restless legs syndrome: A novel study during symptomology, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Farghaly HR, Osman MM, Piper JW, Nelson AS, Nguyen N. Cerebral FDG PET - correlation of asymmetry indices and differential Z-scores in healthy volunteers, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Farghaly HR, Piper J, Nelson AS, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Cerebral FDG PET/CT - validation of Z-scores using healthy controls from our institution(Suppl. 2):406, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Hueser CN, Tran I, Kaushik A, Farghaly HR, Sterkel B, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Lung cancer staging with FDG PET/CT: Does the Veterans Affairs (VA) population have unfavorable clinical features compared with the non-VA population? ASTRO’s 11 |N g h i C . N g u y e n Translational Advances in Radiation Oncology and Cancer Imaging Symposium, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Muzaffar R, Nguyen N, Osman MM, Farghaly HR, Oliver D, Wolverson MK. Incidental diagnosis of thrombus within an aneurysm in FDG PET/CT: Frequency in 926 patients 50(Suppl. 2):256, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Kaushik A, Farghaly HR, Abdelmalik A, Muzaffar R, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Oncological FDG PET/CT: Is there a universal SUV or lesion-to-liver SUV ratio? 50(Suppl. 2):30, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Farghaly HR, Stout J, Bucholz RR, Kaushik A, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Seizure diagnosis using multimodality imaging of MEG, MRI, PET and SPECT, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Kumar N, Kaushik A, Ruppel GL, Tran I, Farghaly HR, Osman MM, Nguyen N. Effect of hypoxia on SUV in patients with NSCLC - retrospective comparison between hypoxic and normoxic patients 50(Suppl. 2):355, 2009. e-Pub 2009.
- Taalab K, Rios T, Nguyen N, Cummings J, Oliver D, Osman MM. Utility of FDG PET/CT in staging and restaging of prostate cancer, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Mueller T, Botkin C, Oliver D, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Prevalence of abnormal blood glucose levels in patients undergoing FDG PET/CT scan 49(Suppl. 1):429, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Nguyen N, Farghaly HR, Nassif S, Sayed MH, Osman MM. Characterization of brain lesions using MRI without/with spectroscopy versus FDG PET fused with MRI, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Krumrey SA, Tran I, Yost P, Oliver D, Nguyen N, Osman M. Should FDG dose be based on BMI instead of body weight? 49(Suppl. 1):415, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Tran IT, Yost P, Oliver D, Nguyen N, Osman MM. 18F-FDG PET/CT of obese patients: Prevalence, challenges, and solutions 49(Suppl. 1):415, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Sayed MH, Nguyen N, Oliver DS, Naunheim KS, Bucholz RD, Walz BJ, Osman MM. Response to Cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery as detected with 18F FDG- PET/CT: Initial Experience 49(Suppl. 1):146, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Nguyen N, Nassif AS, Sayed MH, Osman MM. Characterization of brain lesions using MRI/spectroscopy versus FDG PET fused with MRI 49(Suppl. 1):223, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Bohle R, Botkin C, Oliver D, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Effects of blood glucose levels on SUV 49(Suppl. 1):429, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Lees M, Dombrowski J, Botkin C, Hubble W, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Utilization of Na22 PET markers in radiation therapy planning: Initial experience 49(Suppl. 1):223, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- MA Varvares, Wehrmann DJ, Amine M, Oliver DS, Odell MJ, Nguyen N, Osman MM. PET-CT in the management of head and neck malignancies: Clinical correlation improves accuracy of interpretation, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Frye R, Yost P, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Tumor-to-liver uptake ratio .. comparison of visual with semi-quantitative evaluation 49(Suppl. 1):415, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Qazi F, Oliver D, Nguyen N, Osman MM. Fatty liver: Impact on metabolic activity as detected with 18F FDG-PET/CT 49(Suppl 1):263, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Kaushik A, MM Osman, Oliver D, Varvares M, Nguyen N. Role of F-18 FDG PET/CT in staging of head and neck cancer, 2008. e-Pub 2008.
- Nguyen N, Taalab K, Sayed MH, Oliver D, Williamson M, Reimers HJ, Osman MM. Combined F-18 FDG PET/CT characterization of cavitary lung lesions and comparison of cavitary to non-cavitary lung carcinoma:225, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Nguyen N, Oliver D, El-Sadda W, Osman MM. Does asymmetric cerebellar FDG uptake have added value in the diagnosis of brain metastasis? A semiquantitative evaluation with FDG PET/CT 34(Suppl 2):S401, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Nguyen N, Tran I, Sayed MH, Oliver D, Williamson M, Osman MM. Combined F-18 FDG PET/CT characterization of talc pleurodesis-induced pleural changes: An initial experience:341, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Nguyen N, Sayed MH, Akduman I, Oliver D, Osman MM. Pattern and prevalence of increased F-18 FDG uptake at the posterior ocular bulb in seizure patients: An initial study 34(Suppl):S320, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Nguyen N, Oliver D, Taalab K, Sayed MH, Williamson M, Reimers HJ, Ravindra V, Osman MM. Characterization of indeterminate pulmonary nodules with F-18 FDG PET/CT: An initial experience:225, 2007. e-Pub 2007.
- Nguyen N, Hogan ER, El-Sadda W, Oliver D, Osman MM. Comparison of SUV of the pons and cerebellum in F-18 FDG PET/CT: Pons is a better internal reference point 47(Suppl 1):301, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Nguyen N, El-Sadda W, Akduman I, Oliver D, Ege G, Osman MM. PET/CT characterization of adrenal lesions 47(Suppl 1):226, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Aygen M, Bastani B, Amirmokri P, Berk F, Nguyen N, Civelek AC. Use of Tc-99m-fanolesomab scans for evaluation of vascular access site infection in dialysis patients 47(Suppl 1):151, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Williamson Jr. MJ, Nguyen N, Reimers HJ, Naunheim KS, Osman MM. Prevalence and patterns of post-solid organ transplant malignancies as detected by F-18 FDG PET and PET/CT 33(Suppl. 2):S202, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Nguyen N, Cooper MH, Oliver D, Osman MM. Comparison of SUV of the pons and cerebellum in the presence of crossed cerebellar diaschisis and anatomical localization of pontine glucose metabolic activity with 18F-FDG-PET/CT 33(Suppl. 2):S289, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Oliver D, Miller MD, Nguyen N, Walz BJ, Bucholz R, Osman MM. Added value of F-18 FDG-PET/CT in Cyberknife stereotactic radiosurgery for extracranial lesions, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Osman MM, Nguyen N, Oliver D.. PET/CT Characterization of adrenal glands in normal volunteers using F-18 FDG 33(Suppl. 2):263, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Aygen M, Amirmokri P, Berk F, Nguyen N, Civelek AC, Bastani B. A prilimary report on NeutroSpec imaging of renal allograft 47(Suppl 1):360, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- El-Sadda W, Nguyen N, Varvaras MA, Osman MM. Added value of F-18 FDG-PET/CT in patients with head and neck cancer: Detection of distant metastases and second primary cancers 47(Suppl 1):468, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Nguyen N, Hogan ER, Aygen M, Civelek CA, Osman MM. Increased F-18 FDG uptake in the posterior ocular bulb may indicate brain metastases: An initial study 47(Suppl 1):303, 2006. e-Pub 2006.
- Nguyen N, Hussein M, Osman MM. Prevalence and patterns of soft tissue metastases: Detection with true whole-body F-18 FDG PET/CT 46(Suppl 2):234, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Nguyen N, Osman MM. Added value of true whole-body over limited whole-body FDG-PET/CT in cancer imaging 46(Suppl 2):236, 2005. e-Pub 2005.
- Nguyen N, Dittmann H, Hundt I, Bares R. Attenuation correction in myocardial perfusion-SPECT: First clinical experience with a dual-head gamma camera mounted x-ray tube(43), 2004. e-Pub 2004.
- Schöbel WA, Leinweber M, Nguyen N, Gellen B. Reduced expression of the apoptose-agonist bax following experimental vessel wall injury.
- Schöbel WA, Leinweber M, Nguyen N, Gellen B, Karsch KR. Downregulation of the death-promoting protein bax following experimental vessel wall injury.
Book Chapters
- Nguyen, NC, Chekuri, S, Oz, OK. Nuclear Medicine in the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Nodules and Cancer. In: Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation: A Comprehensive Guide. Springer Cham, 81-128, 2024.
- Osman MM, Wall A, Miller MD, Nguyen N, Oliver DA, Bucholz RD, Walz BJ. 18 FDG-PET/CT for Treatment Planning and Follow-Up. In: Treatment Tumors That Move with Respiration. Springer, 55-61, 2007.
Letters to the Editor
- Nguyen NC, Osman MM. F18-FDG-PET/CT standardised uptake value threshold in discriminating benign vs. malignant lesions. Doubts and certainties in the era of evidence-based medicine (Response to Letter to the Editor). Acta Oncol 51: 123-124, 2012.
- Fesler MJ, Nguyen NC, Petruska PJ. Modified escalated BEACOPP as salvage chemotherapy in classic Hodgkin lymphoma. Int J Hematol 92: 211-3, 2010.
- Nguyen NC, Fajnwak P, Osman MM, Farghaly HR. 18f-fdg pet for routine posttreatment surveillance in oral and oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma. J Nucl Med 51: 1164; author reply 1164-5, 2010.
- Nguyen NC, Abdelmalik A, Moinuddin A, Osman MM. Detection of pulmonary embolism: comparison of methods. J Nucl Med 51: 823-4; author reply 824, 2010.
- Nguyen NC, Bhatla D, Osman MM. 123I-MIBG scintigraphy and 18F-FDG PET in neuroblastoma. J Nucl Med 51: 330-1; author reply 331, 2010.
- Nguyen NC, Taalab K, Osman MM. Decreased blood flow with increased metabolic activity: a novel sign of pancreatic tumor aggressiveness. Clin Cancer Res 16: 367; author reply 567, 2010.
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