SPECT Imaging in Head Injury Interpreted with Statistical Parametric Mapping
Emmanuel A. Stamatakis, PhD;1,
J. T. Lindsay Wilson, PhD;1,
Donald M. Hadley, PhD;2 and
David J. Wyper, PhD3
1 Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
2 Department of Neuroradiology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
3 Department of Clinical Physics, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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FIGURE 1. SPECT (midsections) and SPECT SPM images of 33-y-old man after sports injury. He had GCS rating of 15 on admission. Patient was from focal injury group.
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FIGURE 2. Total lesion volume (cm3) detected for each of 22 patients with focal injuries.
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FIGURE 3. Total lesion volume (cm3) detected for each of 22 patients with diffuse injuries.
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FIGURE 4. Frequency distribution of blood flow abnormalities in focal patients (n = 22). (A) Acute. (B) Follow-up. Yellow areas signify more frequent blood flow abnormalities and blue areas signify less frequent abnormalities.
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FIGURE 5. Frequency distribution of blood flow abnormalities in diffuse patients (n = 22). (A) Acute. (B) Follow-up. Yellow areas signify more frequent blood flow abnormalities and blue areas signify less frequent abnormalities.
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