J Nucl Med 2001 Apr;42(4):611-23
Brain spect in neurology and psychiatry.
Camargo EE.
Structural and functional images of the brain play an important role as powerful
adjuncts in the management of an increasing number of neurologic and psychiatric
diseases. Brain SPECT, in particular, with perfusion agents or with
neuroreceptor imaging radiopharmaceuticals, is rapidly becoming a clinical tool
in many places. For many neurologic and psychiatric conditions, this imaging
modality has been used in diagnosis, prognosis assessment, evaluation of
response to therapy, risk stratification, detection of benign or malignant
viable tissue, and choice of medical or surgical therapy. The importance of this
technique in nuclear medicine today should not be overlooked, particularly in
cerebrovascular diseases, dementias, epilepsy, head injury, malignant brain
tumors, movement disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Gilles de la
Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, depression, panic disorder, and drug abuse.
