EANM procedure guideline for brain perfusion SPECT using 99mTc-labelled radiopharmaceuticals, version 2

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2093-2102

  Kapucu, Özlem L ^a   Nobili, Flavio ^b   Varrone, Andrea ^c   Booij, Jan ^d   Vander Borght, Thierry ^e   Någren, Kjell ^f   Darcourt, Jacques ^g   Tatsch, Klaus ^h   Van Laere, Koen J ⁱ  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g CENTRE ANTOINE LACASSAGNE   (France)

^h Municipal Hospital of Karlsruhe Inc   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain; Dementia; ECD; Epilepsy; HMPAO; Perfusion; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DOSIMETRY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; NAUSEA; PARESTHESIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; TINNITUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERTIGO;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PERFUSION IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIETIES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 71849102802     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1266-y     Document Type: Review

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