… Patrick Schueller1, Oliver Micke1, Stefan Palkovic2, Johannes Schroeder2, Christos
Moustakis1, Frank Bruns1, Andreas Schuck1, Hansdetlef Wassmann2, Normann Willich1 …

48129 Münster, Germany. to 17 mo after SPECT in seven cases, and by clinical course and
histopathology in the remaining subject. Results: Patients with recurrence had significantly …

Background. Amyloid deposits within the brain can be found in a heterogeneous group of
diseases. Some of them involve only the central nervous system (AD); others are of systemic …

Using single-photon emission tomography (SPET), the radiopharmaceuticall,-3-iodine-123-α-methyl
tyrosine (IMT) has been applied to the imaging of amino acid transport into brain …

Use of iodine-123-α-methyl tyrosine ( 123 I-IMT) allows investigation of the amino acid
transport rate in gliomas. It was the aim of this study to compare the value of measurement of …

(IMT), another radioactively labeled amino acid, has been introduced as a radiopharmaceutical
that is suitable for the less expensive and more available SPECT technique (4-6). The …

Cerebrovascular diseases and especially ischemic stroke are a leading cause of death.
They occur mostly due to an insufficient oxygen (O2) supply to the central neural tissue as a …

Both thallium-201 and iodine-123 α-methyltyrosine ( 123 I-IMT) have been shown to be useful
in the diagnostic evaluation of brain tumours. The aim of this study was to investigate the …

Despite a favourable prognosis, pilocytic astrocytomas may exhibit signs of malignancy on
various neuroimaging modalities. This retrospective analysis was conducted to determine …

Purpose: To illustrate the endovascular technique for treating tandem arterial aneurysms in
the distal carotid artery. Case Report: A 49-year-old woman presented with progressive …