title: Viral encephalitis: imaging with SPECT.
abstract: SPECT brain imaging performed in two patients with presumed herpes encephalitis demonstrated greater sensitivity and more precise localization than either planar brain imaging or CT scanning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Ackerman
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Tumeh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Charron
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: English
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deresiewicv
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013400:Sugar Acids; D013667:Technetium; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D013400:Sugar Acids; D013667:Technetium; C100014:technetium Tc 99m gluceptate