title: Fluorodeoxyglucose PET in Neurology and Psychiatry.
abstract: PET imaging with the most widely available PET tracer, 2-deoxy-2-[(18)F]fluoro-d-glucose (FDG), is a powerful tool in the differential diagnosis of numerous neurologic and psychiatric disorders, particularly in early disease stages. It also plays an important role in the longitudinal evaluation of treatment effects and the depiction of disease courses. A selection of established and eligible application areas of FDG PET in neurology and psychiatry, such as different types of dementia, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder, are reviewed in this article. A general methodology for clinical FDG PET examinations and typical diagnostic criteria and pitfalls are addressed.
authors.affiliation: MedTech West and the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, University of Gothenburg, Blå stråket 5, 6th Floor, Gothenburg 413 45, Sweden; Department NVS, Center for Alzheimer Research, Translational Alzheimer Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Novum 5th Floor, Stockholm 14186, Sweden. Electronic address: michael.scholl@neuro.gu.se.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schöll
authors.affiliation: Uruguayan Centre of Molecular Imaging (CUDIM), Av. Dr. Américo Ricaldoni 2010, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay.
authors.forename: Andrés
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Damián
authors.affiliation: Uruguayan Centre of Molecular Imaging (CUDIM), Av. Dr. Américo Ricaldoni 2010, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay; Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 256, Uppsala 75105, Sweden.
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Engler
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Dementia; Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Neurology; Psychiatry; [(18)F]-Fluorodeoxyglucose