title: [A simple method to obtain semi-quantitative index of brain perfusion using 99mTc-HMPAO].
abstract: We developed a new noninvasive index (brain uptake ratio, BUR) inferring brain perfusion using 99mTc-HMPAO scintigraphy, and compared with the index (brain perfusion index, BPI) reported by Matsuda, et al. BUR was obtained for 208 cerebral hemispheres from 104 cases as a ratio of radioactivity in a brain against that passing through an aortic arch. BUR correlated well with BPI (r= 0.965, p < 0.01). Information in deep or occipital regions was reflected well to BUR when data of SPECT images were used. BUR can be obtained even with a small field-of-view gamma camera. BUR is easily obtained and thought to be useful as a semi-quantitative index of brain perfusion.
authors.affiliation: Section of Nuclear Medicine, Noto General Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinuya
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tonami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D012588:Scintillation Counting / Q000379:methods; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
chemical_list: D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D010091:Oximes; D019690:Technetium Tc 99m Exametazime