Single-photon emission computed tomography (redirect from SPECT scan)
camera. Instead of just "taking a picture of anatomical structures", a SPECT scan monitors level of biological activity at each place in the 3-D region...
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Daniel Amen (section SPECT scanning)
around the use of SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography) imaging for diagnostic purposes. His marketing of SPECT scans and much of what he...
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Neuroimaging (redirect from Brain scan)
tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) of the brain. More or less concurrently, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI or MR scanning) was developed...
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DaT Scan (DaT scan or Dopamine Transporter Scan) commonly refers to a diagnostic method, based on SPECT imaging, to investigate if there is a loss of...
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An octreotide scan is a type of SPECT scintigraphy used to find carcinoid, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and to localize sarcoidosis. It is also called...
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History of neuroimaging (section PET/SPECT Scans)
air ventriculography, cerebral angiography, PET/SPECT scans, magnetoencephalography, and xenon CT scanning. The 'human circulation balance' was a non-invasive...
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Nuclear medicine (redirect from Radioisotope scanning)
modality. Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) scans are the two most common imaging modalities in nuclear...
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evaluations and brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging to diagnose and treat their patients. Amen Clinics uses SPECT scans, a type of brain-imaging...
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of Alzheimer's disease. 99mTc-exametazime SPECT scanning competes with fludeoxyglucose (FDG) PET scanning of the brain, which works to assess regional...
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limitation of the abnormal gland can limit the detection by radionuclide scanning. SPECT (three-dimensional) imaging, as an adjunct to planar methods, may increase...
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