By Dr Narjess Ayati

Journal articles

Emmett L; Papa N; Subramaniam S; Crumbaker M; Nguyen A; Joshua AM; Sandhu S; Weickhardt A; Lee ST; Ng S; Francis RJ; Goh JC; Pattison DA; Tan TH; Kirkwood ID; Ayati N; Niu C; Hofman MS; Martin AJ; Thomas H; Davis ID; Stockler MR, 2025, 'Prognostic and predictive value of baseline PSMA-PET total tumour volume and SUVmean in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer in ENZA-p (ANZUP1901): a substudy from a multicentre, open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial', Lancet Oncology, 26, pp. 1168 - 1177, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(25)00339-0

Sabahi Z; Nguyen A; Wong K; Li S; Papa N; Lim E; Dear RF; Menzies AM; Boyle F; Antill Y; Kiely BE; Forster BC; Mak C; Adams D; Pugliano L; Spillane A; Sharma S; Hickey A; Poole A; Agrawal S; Khan S; Ayati N; Emmett L, 2025, 'Diagnostic Potential of 68Ga-NeoB PET/CT with Estrogen Receptor– and Progesterone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer Undergoing Staging or Restaging for Metastatic Disease', Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 66, pp. 700 - 706, http://dx.doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.268896

Swiha M; Pathmanandavel S; Papa N; Sabahi Z; Li S; Zheng A; Khan S; Ayers M; Sharma S; Crumbaker M; Nguyen A; Chan L; Ayati N; Emmett L, 2024, 'Comparison of Posttherapy 4- and 24-Hour [177Lu]Lu-PSMA SPECT/CT and Pretherapy PSMA PET/CT in Assessment of Disease in Men with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer', Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 65, pp. 1939 - 1944, http://dx.doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.267606

Ayati N; McIntosh L; Buteau J; Alipour R; Pudis M; Daw N; Jackson P; Hofman MS, 2024, 'Comparison of quantitative whole body PET parameters on [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT using ordered Subset Expectation Maximization (OSEM) vs. bayesian penalized likelihood (BPL) reconstruction algorithms in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer', Cancer Imaging, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40644-024-00702-x

Ayati N; Askari E; Fotouhi M; Soltanabadi M; Aghaee A; Roustaei H; Scott AM, 2024, 'Nuclear medicine imaging in non-seminomatous germ cell tumors: lessons learned from the past failures', Cancer Imaging, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40644-024-00794-5

Li S; Nguyen A; Counter W; John NC; De Leon J; Hruby G; Joshua AM; Stricker P; Crumbaker M; Ayati N; Chan L; Sabahi Z; Swiha M; Kneebone A; Wong K; Liu V; Sharma S; Agrawal S; Emmett LM, 2024, 'Utility of 64Cu-Sarcophagine-Bombesin PET/CT in Men with Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer and Negative or Equivocal Findings on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT', Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 65, pp. 1371 - 1375, http://dx.doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.124.267881

Buteau JP; Moon D; Fahey MT; Roberts MJ; Thompson J; Murphy DG; Papa N; Mitchell C; De Abreu Lourenco R; Dhillon HM; Kasivisvanathan V; Francis RJ; Stricker P; Agrawal S; O'Brien J; McVey A; Sharma G; Levy S; Ayati N; Nguyen A; Lee SF; Pattison DA; Sivaratnam D; Frydenberg M; Du Y; Titus J; Lee ST; Ischia J; Jack G; Hofman MS; Emmett L, 2024, 'Clinical Trial Protocol for PRIMARY2: A Multicentre, Phase 3, Randomised Controlled Trial Investigating the Additive Diagnostic Value of [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in Men with Negative or Equivocal Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Diagnosis of Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer', European Urology Oncology, 7, pp. 544 - 552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euo.2023.11.008

Swiha M; Papa N; Sabahi Z; Ayati N; John N; Pathmanandavel S; Crumbaker M; Li S; Agrawal S; Ayers M; Hickey A; Sharma S; Nguyen A; Emmett L, 2024, 'Development of a Visually Calculated SUVmean (HIT Score) on Screening PSMA PET/CT to Predict Treatment Response to 177Lu-PSMA Therapy: Comparison with Quantitative SUVmean and Patient Outcomes', Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 65, pp. 904 - 908, http://dx.doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.123.267014

Nesari Javan F; Askari E; Shafiei S; Roshanravan V; Aghaei A; Ayati N; Zakavi SR, 2024, 'The Prognostic Power of Preablation Stimulated Thyroglobulin in Children With Differentiated Thyroid Cancer', Endocrine Practice, 30, pp. 209 - 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eprac.2023.12.005

Swiha M; Ayati N; Oprea-Lager DE; Ceci F; Emmett L, 2024, 'How to Report PSMA PET', Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 54, pp. 14 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2023.07.007

Ayati N; Jamshidi-Araghi Z; Hoellwerth M; Schweighofer-Zwink G; Hitzl W; Koelblinger P; Pirich C; Beheshti M, 2023, 'Predictive value and accuracy of [18F]FDG PET/CT modified response criteria for checkpoint immunotherapy in patients with advanced melanoma', European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 50, pp. 2715 - 2726, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00259-023-06247-8

Ayati N; Evans S; Rasoul Zakavi S; Gruenewald SM, 2023, 'Comparison between viral vector and mRNA based COVID-19 vaccination in prevalence and severity of regional immune reactions, and18 F-FDG PET/CT features', Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 11, pp. 4 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/AOJNMB.2022.63110.1443

Ayati N; Herrmann K; Fanti S; Murphy DG; Hofman MS, 2023, 'More Accurate Imaging Is Not Stage Migration: Time To Move from “Hubble” to “Webb” in Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer', European Urology, 83, pp. 6 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2022.10.005

Kiamanesh Z; Ayati N; Sadeghi R; Hawkes E; Lee ST; Scott AM, 2022, 'The value of FDG PET/CT imaging in outcome prediction and response assessment of lymphoma patients treated with immunotherapy: a meta-analysis and systematic review', European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 49, pp. 4661 - 4676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00259-022-05918-2

Esmatinia M; Askari E; Aghaee A; Jahanpanah P; Ayati N; Shafiei S; Aryana K, 2022, 'Diagnostic value of [99mTc]Tc-HYNIC-TOC scintigraphy in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer with elevated thyroglobulin and negative radioiodine whole-body scan', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 30, pp. 122 - 128

Javan FN; Ayati N; Sadri K; Ramezanzadeh E; Farahmandfar F; Beheshti S; Zakavi SR, 2022, 'Evaluation thyroglobulin level during suppressive therapy measured by ultrasensitive technique in the prediction of excellent response in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 30, pp. 109 - 114

Ayati N; Lee ST; Zakavi SR; Cheng M; Lau WFE; Parakh S; Pathmaraj K; Scott AM, 2021, 'Response Evaluation and Survival Prediction After PD-1 Immunotherapy in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Comparison of Assessment Methods', Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 62, pp. 926 - 933, http://dx.doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.120.254508

Shafiei S; Sadrolodabaei M; Aghaei A; Ayati N; Namdar SZ; Hemati D; Zakavi SR, 2021, 'Longer time to reach excellent response to treatment in familial versus sporadic Non-medullary Thyroid Cancer (NMTC): A matched case-control study', International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/IJEM.108781

rasoul ZaKaVi S; ayaTi N; Zare S; Ayati A; Sadri K; Fekri N; aBBaSi B; Shafiei S, 2021, 'Prognostic value and optimal threshold of first thyroglobulin in low/intermediate risk DTC', Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 65, pp. 64 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.23736/S1824-4785.19.03136-4

Ayati N; Sadeghi R; Kiamanesh Z; Lee ST; Zakavi SR; Scott AM, 2021, 'The value of 18F-FDG PET/CT for predicting or monitoring immunotherapy response in patients with metastatic melanoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis', European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 48, pp. 428 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-04967-9

Ariamanesh S; Ayati N; Mazloum Khorasani Z; Mousavi Z; Kiavash V; Kiamanesh Z; Zakavi SR, 2020, 'Effect of Different 131I Dose Strategies for Treatment of Hyperthyroidism on Graves' Ophthalmopathy', Clinical Nuclear Medicine, 45, pp. 514 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/RLU.0000000000003086

Manafi-Farid R; Ayati N; Eftekhari M; Fallahi B; Masoumi F, 2019, 'A rare presentation of colorectal cancer with unusual progressive intramuscular and subcutaneous metastatic spread', Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 7, pp. 89 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/AOJNMB.2018.11934

Kiamanesh Z; Ayati N; Alavi R; Gharedaghi M; Aryana K, 2019, 'Application of 99m Tc-UBI 29-41 scintigraphy in knee periprosthetic infection diagnosis', Nuklearmedizin, 58, pp. 301 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/a-0941-3317

Vatanchi A; Ayati N; Shafiei S; Ashourzade F; Purali L; Zakavi SR, 2019, 'Effects of radioiodine therapy on pregnancy and its complication in differentiated thyroid cancer comparing with their healthy sisters', Tehran University Medical Journal, 77, pp. 445 - 452

Shakeri S; Massoudi T; Ayati N; Davachi B; Aryana K, 2019, 'Pancake kidney: An unusual type of renal fusion anomaly found in 99mTc-DMSA renal scintigraphy', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 27, pp. 60 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/irjnm.v27i1.977

Ghayour-Mobarhan M; Ayati N; Sahebkar AH; Moohebati M; Ayati N; Elyasi S; Mohammadpour AH, 2018, 'Evaluation of serum Asymmetric Dimethyl Arginine concentrations in coronary artery disease patients without traditional cardiovascular risk factors', Acta Biomedica, 89, pp. 203 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.23750/abm.v89i2.5335

Ayati N; Lee ST; Zakavi R; Pathmaraj K; Al-Qatawna L; Poon A; Scott AM, 2018, 'Long-acting somatostatin analog therapy differentially alters 68 Ga-DOTATATE uptake in normal tissues compared with primary tumors and metastatic lesions', Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 59, pp. 223 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.2967/jnumed.117.192203

Ahmadzadehfar H; Aryana K; Pirayesh E; Farzanehfar S; Assadi M; Fallahi B; Shafiei B; Ayati N; Amoui M, 2018, 'The Iranian Society of Nuclear Medicine practical guideline on radioligand therapy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer using 177Lu-PSMA', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 26, pp. 2 - 8

Gholoobi A; Ayati N; Baghyari A; Mouhebati M; Atar B; Dabbagh Kakhki VR, 2017, 'Relationship between gated myocardial perfusion SPECT findings and hemodynamic, electrocardiographic, and heart rate changes after Dipyridamole infusion', International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, 33, pp. 951 - 956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10554-017-1074-6

Aghaei A; Ayati N; Shafiei S; Abbasi B; Zakavi SR, 2017, 'Comparison of treatment efficacy 1 and 2 years after thyroid remnant ablation with 1110 versus 5550 MBq of iodine-131 in patients with intermediate-risk differentiated thyroid cancer', Nuclear Medicine Communications, 38, pp. 927 - 931, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0000000000000730

Ayati N; Norouzi M; Sadeghi R; Erfani M; Gharedaghi M; Aryana K, 2017, 'Diagnostic value of 99m Tc-ubiquicidin scintigraphy in differentiation between osteomyelitis and bone tumors', Nuclear Medicine Communications, 38, pp. 885 - 890, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0000000000000744

Kakhki VRD; Eshraghi A; Ayati N; Vojdanparast M; Sadeghi R; Khorashad AR, 2017, 'Nicorandil effect on myocardial perfusion in patients with slow coronary flow phenomenon assessment by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 25, pp. 60 - 65

Sadeghi R; Dabbagh VR; Tayyebi M; Zakavi SR; Ayati N, 2016, 'Diagnostic value of fragmented QRS complex in myocardial scar detection: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature', Kardiologia Polska, 74, pp. 331 - 337, http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/KP.a2015.0193

Shafiei S; Dabbagh VR; Sadra H; Sadeghi R; Seyedi SM; Ayati N, 2016, 'The comparison between ultrasonography and 99mTc-DMSA Renal scan in estimation of kidney size', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 24, pp. 23 - 28

Zakavi SR; Ayati N; Farahati J; Davachi B, 2015, 'Diffuse skeletal metastasis and low thyroglobulin level in a pediatric patient with papillary thyroid carcinoma', Indian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 30, pp. 283 - 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-3919.158550

Norouzbeigi N; Zakavi SR; Ayati NK; Farahati J; Sadeghi R; Mirfeizi Z, 2015, 'Efficacy of radiosynovectomy in the treatment of chronic knee ynovitis: Systematic review and meta-analysis', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 23, pp. 59 - 64

Naghibi SM; Ramezani M; Ayati N; Zakavi SR, 2015, 'Carum induced hypothyroidism: An interesting observation and an experiment', Daru Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40199-015-0094-9

Kakhki VRD; Ayati N; Zakavi SR; Sadeghi R; Tayyebi M; Shariati F, 2015, 'Comparison between fragmented QRS and Q waves in myocardial scar detection using myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography', Kardiologia Polska, 73, pp. 437 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/KP.a2014.0242

Zakavi SR; Khazaei G; Sadeghi R; Ayati N; Davachi B; Bonakdaran S; Nooghabi MJ; Moosavi Z, 2015, 'Methimazole discontinuation before radioiodine therapy in patients with Graves disease', Nuclear Medicine Communications, 36, pp. 1202 - 1207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0000000000000384

Zakavi SR; Namdar SZ; Shafiei S; Sadeghi R; Fekri N; Khorasani ZM; Sadra H; Ayati N, 2015, 'Which complaint has the most clinical effect on quality of life of thyroid cancer survivors in long term follow up?', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 23, pp. 21 - 26

Caldarella C; Annunziata S; Treglia G; Sadeghi R; Ayati N; Giovanella L, 2014, 'Diagnostic performance of positron emission tomography/computed tomography using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose in detecting locoregional nodal involvement in patients with anal canal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Scientific World Journal, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/196068

Shariati F; Aryana K; Fattahi A; Forghani MN; Azarian A; Zakavi SR; Sadeghi R; Ayati N; Sadri K, 2014, 'Diagnostic value of 99mTc-bombesin scintigraphy for differentiation of malignant from benign breast lesions', Nuclear Medicine Communications, 35, pp. 620 - 625, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MNM.0000000000000112

Shariati F; Dabbagh Kakhki VR; Ayati NK; Sadeghi R, 2013, 'Rate dependent left bundle branch block: Does it have any effect on the myocardial perfusion SPECT', Nuclear Medicine Review, 16, pp. 51 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/NMR.2013.0011

Aryana K; Hootkani A; Sadeghi R; Davoudi Y; Naderinasab M; Erfani M; Ayati N, 2012, '99mTc-labeled Ubiquicidin scintigraphy: A promising method in hip prosthesis infection diagnosis', Nuklearmedizin, 51, pp. 133 - 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.3413/Nukmed-0444-11-11

Kakhki VRD; Nezhad AF; Zakavi SR; Rahmani E; Sadeghi R; Ayati NK, 2011, 'Echocardiographic left ventricular functional changes in acute hypothyroidism vs. subclinical hyperthyroidism in patients with differentiated thyroid carcinoma', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 19, pp. 28 - 37

Sadri K; Ayati NK; Shabani G; Zakavi SR; Sadeghi R, 2011, 'Sentinel node detection failure due to defective labeling and large particle size of Tc-99m antimony sulfide colloid', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 19, pp. 6 - 11

Sadeghi R; Zakavi SR; Forghani MN; Aryana K; Kakhki VRD; Ayati NK; Shandiz FH; Ghavamnasiri MR; Keshtgar M, 2010, 'The efficacy of Tc-99m sestamibi for sentinel node mapping in breast carcinomas: Comparison with Tc-99m antimony sulphide colloid', Nuclear Medicine Review, 13, pp. 1 - 4

Memar B; Sadeghi R; Ayati NK; Aledavood SA; Tghizadeh A; Naseri S; Forghani MN; Homaee F; Abdollahi A, 2010, 'The value of touch imprint cytology and frozen section for intra-operative evaluation of axillary sentinel lymph nodes', Polish Journal of Pathology, 61, pp. 161 - 165

Ayati NK; Malekshahi RG; Zakavi SR; Dabbagh Kakhki VR; Aryana K; Sadeghi R, 2010, 'Systemic absorption of Tc-99m-Pertechnetate during dacryoscintigraphy: A note of caution', Orbit, 29, pp. 269 - 270, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/01676831003664350

Ayati NK; Zakavi SR; Sadeghi R; Kakhki VRD, 2008, 'Delayed imaging for detection of Meckel's diverticulum in Tc-99m pertechnetate scintigraphy', Iranian Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 16, pp. 45 - 48

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