| Literature DB >> 3494608 |
G Spreafico, F Cammelli, G Gadola, G Nicola, F Zancaner, G Tonnarelli, E Sala, R Freschi.
Abstract
A recently developed 99mTc radiocompound, hexamethyl-propyleneamine oxime (99mTc-HM-PAO) exhibits favorable properties for regional cerebral tomograms in man utilizing conventional instrumentation (SPECT). Planar and tomographic studies using a rotating gamma camera equipped with a high sensitivity, low energy, collimator were performed in 5 normal subjects and 20 patients suffering from different cerebral diseases. SPECT abnormalities observed in patients with CVD, brain tumors and hydrocephalus were compared with results from X-ray CT. Our preliminary study demonstrates the feasibility of assessing regional brain perfusion using SPECT and a 99mTc radiopharmaceutical which is lipid soluble and has a high extraction fraction in the brain.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 3494608 DOI: 10.1007/BF00296097
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Nucl Med ISSN: 0340-6997