Dual-isotope SPECT using simultaneous acquisition of 99mTc and 123I radioisotopes: A double-injection technique for peri-ictal functional neuroimaging

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 677-684

  Brinkmann, Benjamin H ^b   O'Connor, Michael K ^a   O'Brien, Terence J ^b   Mullan, Brian P ^b   So, Elson L ^b   Robb, Richard A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dual isotope; Functional activation; Neurological SPECT; Partial epilepsy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BRAIN; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SODIUM PERTECHNETATE TC 99M; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032930672     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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