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SPECT Imaging of the Brain (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
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SPECT Imaging of the Brain (Hardcover, 1997 ed.)
Series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine, 29
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In the developed world, images of brain structure are available as
an everyday diagnostic aid, and the characteristic appearances of
most pathological conditions can be looked up in a textbook.
Functional brain imaging is to this day less widely used, partly
because most pressing diagnostic questions can be answered by refer
ence to the patient's cerebral anatomy, partly for reasons of
technical limitations of functional techniques. PET as a technique
is sufficiently resource-demanding and complex to inhibit its use
as an everyday diagnostic technique. SPECT lacked suitable tracers
for many years, and early systems had poor spatial resolution.
However, rotating gamma camera technology has advanced to the point
where images of the brain of reasonable quality can be obtained at
most large hospitals, and practical tracers, particularly of
regional cerebral blood flow, are easily avail able. As research
advances, clinical applications are emerging. A recent report of
the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the
American Academy of Neurology! details a number of currently
recognised clinical appli cations, some of which are dealt with in
this book. Given this recognition, it is increasingly important
that clinicians (particularly neuroclinicians, psychiatrists and
specialists in cerebrovascular disease), nuclear medicine
specialists and physicists acquire an idea of the major
applications of the technique, and the research background on which
these applications are based.
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