title: Tomograpy in radionuclide brain imaging and cisternography.
abstract: A new radionuclide tomographic scanner produces 12 tomographic brain images instead of a single conventional brain scan. This scanner has important advantages over conventional radionuclide scanning. The size, shape, and extent of a lesion and its relationship to surrounding structures are better defined. Tomography often permits a firm diagnostic impression in studies that would be equivocal with the use of routine scanning. Tomography may also be used in conjunction with radionuclide cisternography to provide a clear visualization of the CSF pathways and ventricles and to distinguish overlying structures.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed