Basics and recommendations for brain SPECT. Task Group "Neurology" of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine.
In this article guidelines for single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) of the brain are presented by the Task Group "Neurology" of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). Under separate headings are discussed: the pathophysiologic principles of various brain diseases, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of various radiopharmaceuticals, physical principles of SPECT imaging, computerized data processing, clinical protocols and the evaluation of SPECT results.
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Buell
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Costa
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Kirsch
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Lottes
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Moretti
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Podreka
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Schober
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van Royen
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D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon