title: Guidelines for brain radionuclide imaging. Perfusion single photon computed tomography (SPECT) using Tc-99m radiopharmaceuticals and brain metabolism positron emission tomography (PET) using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose. The Belgian Society for Nuclear Medicine.
abstract: The purpose of these guidelines is to assist nuclear medicine practitioners in recommending, performing, interpreting, and reporting the results of brain perfusion SPECT studies using Tc-99m radiopharmaceuticals and brain metabolism PET studies using F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG). These guidelines have been adapted and extended from those produced by the Society of Nuclear Medicine (Juni et al., 1998) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine by a Belgian group of experts in the field trained in neurology and/or nuclear medicine. Some indications are not universally approved (e.g. brain death), but largely supported by the literature. They have been included in these guidelines in order to provide recommendations and a standardised protocol.
authors.affiliation: Nuclear Medicine Division, Mont-Godinne Medical Center, Université Catholique de Louvain, B-5530 Yvoir, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vander Borght
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laloux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salmon
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goethals
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldman
mesh_terms: D000086:Acetazolamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000378:metabolism; D001926:Brain Death / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003704:Dementia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005215:Fasting; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013667:Technetium / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000592:standards*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000592:standards*
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D013667:Technetium; D000086:Acetazolamide