Physicians

Department / Division
Radiology / Nuclear Medicine

Address
DUMC 3808
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-7698

Office Telephone
919-684-7698

Fax Telephone
919-684-7167

Training

• MD, University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, 1987

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Methodist Medical Center (Texas), 1987-1990

Fellowship

• Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital (Maryland), 1990-1991

Clinical Interests
Positron emission tomography

Research Interests
Stem cells and Progenitor Cells; Single Photon Emission Tomography; Positron Emission Tomography; Small Animal Imaging; Oncologic Imaging; Cardiovascular Imaging;

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This physician has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Vemulapalli S et al. In vivo imaging of cell therapy in murine atherosclerosis with high resolution helical SPECT.  Radiology.  In press January 2007. (2007)

Chin BB, Patel P, Cohade C, Ewertz M, Wahl R, Ladenson P. Recombinant human thyrotropin stimulation of fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography uptake in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Jan;89(1):91-5. (2004) Abstract

Nakamoto Y, Chin BB, Cohade C, Osman M, Tatsumi M, Wahl RL. PET/CT: artifacts caused by bowel motion. Nucl Med Commun. 2004 Mar;25(3):221-5. (2004) Abstract

Chin BB, Nakamoto Y, Bulte JW, Pittenger MF, Wahl R, Kraitchman DL. 111In oxine labelled mesenchymal stem cell SPECT after intravenous administration in myocardial infarction. Nucl Med Commun. 2003 Nov;24(11):1149-1154. (2003) Abstract

Chin BB, Nakamoto Y, Kraitchman DL, Marshall L, Wahl R. PET-CT evaluation of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-D-glucose myocardial uptake: effect of respiratory motion. Mol Imaging Biol. 2003 Mar-Apr;5(2):57-64. (2003) Abstract

Chin BB, Wahl RL. 18F-Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the evaluation of gastrointestinal malignancies. Gut. 2003 Jun;52 Suppl 4:iv23-9. (2003) Abstract

Iyengar S, Chin B, Margolick JB, Sabundayo BP, Schwartz DH. Anatomical loci of HIV-associated immune activation and association with viraemia. Lancet. 2003 Sep 20;362(9388):945-50. (2003) Abstract

Nakamoto Y, Chin BB, Kraitchman DL, Lawler LP, Marshall LT, Wahl RL. Effects of nonionic intravenous contrast agents at PET/CT imaging: phantom and canine studies. Radiology. 2003 Jun;227(3):817-24. (2003) Abstract

Chin BB, Esposito G, Kraitchman DL. Myocardial contractile reserve and perfusion defect severity with rest and stress dobutamine (99m)Tc-sestamibi SPECT in canine stunning and subendocardial infarction. J Nucl Med. 2002 Apr;43(4):540-50. (2002) Abstract

Chin BB, Lyengar S, Sabundayo BP, Schwartz D. Standardized Uptake Values in 2-Deoxy-2-[18F]Fluoro-D-Glucose with Positron Emission Tomography. Clinical Significance of Iterative Reconstruction and Segmented Attenuation Compared with Conventional Filtered Back Projection and Measured Attenuation Correction. Mol Imaging Biol. 2002 Jul;4(4):294-300. (2002) Abstract

Chin BB, Patel PV, Nakamoto Y, Cohade C, Osman M, Marshall LT, Wahl RL. Quantitative evaluation of 2-deoxy-2-[18F] fluoro-D-glucose uptake in hepatic metastases with combined PET-CT: iterative reconstruction with CT attenuation correction versus filtered back projection with 68Germanium attenuation correction. Mol Imaging Biol. 2002 Nov;4(6):399-409. (2002) Abstract

Gerber BL, Bluemke DA, Chin BB, Boston RC, Heldman AW, Lima JA, Kraitchman DL. Single-vessel coronary artery stenosis: myocardial perfusion imaging with Gadomer-17 first-pass MR imaging in a swine model of comparison with gadopentetate dimeglumine. Radiology. 2002 Oct;225(1):104-12. (2002) Abstract

Kraitchman DL, Chin BB, Heldman AW, Solaiyappan M, Bluemke DA. MRI detection of myocardial perfusion defects due to coronary artery stenosis with MS-325. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2002 Feb;15(2):149-58. (2002) Abstract

Zehr KJ, Wong CY, Chin B, Ravert HT, Dannals RF, Hruban RH, Wong DF, Baumgartner WA. Comparison of myocardial oxygen consumption using 11C acetate positron emission tomography scanning in a working and non-working heart transplant model. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2001 Jan;19(1):74-81. (2001) Abstract

Bloomgarden DC, Fayad ZA, Ferrari VA, Chin B, Sutton MG, Axel L. Global cardiac function using fast breath-hold MRI: validation of new acquisition and analysis techniques. Magn Reson Med. 1997 May;37(5):683-92. (1997) Abstract

Chin BB, Bloomgarden DC, Xia W, Kim HJ, Fayad ZA, Ferrari VA, Berlin JA, Axel L, Alavi A. Right and left ventricular volume and ejection fraction by tomographic gated blood-pool scintigraphy. J Nucl Med. 1997 Jun;38(6):942-8. (1997) Abstract

Chin BB, Moshin J, Bouchard M, Berlin JA, Araujo LI, Alavi A. Hemodynamic indices of myocardial dysfunction correlate with dipyridamole thallium-201 SPECT. J Nucl Med. 1996 May;37(5):723-9. (1996) Abstract

Chin BB, Zukerberg BW, Buchpiguel C, Alavi A. Thallium-201 uptake in lung cancer. J Nucl Med. 1995 Aug;36(8):1514-9. (1995) Abstract