Brain perfusion abnormalities in drug-naive, lactate-sensitive panic patients: a SPECT study

MTR De Cristofaro, A Sessarego, A Pupi, F Biondi… - Biological …, 1993 - Elsevier
Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and 99m Tc-
hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (HM-PAO), we assessed brain perfusion in seven …

Regional xenon 133 cerebral blood flow and cerebral technetium 99m HMPAO uptake in unmedicated patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder and matched …

RT Rubin, J Villanueva-Meyer, J Ananth… - Archives of general …, 1992 - jamanetwork.com
• We measured regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) with the xenon 133 (133 Xe) inhalation
method and with regional cerebral uptake of technetium 99md, l—hexamethyl …

Pharmacotherapy of cerebral ischemia in cocaine dependence

TR Kosten - Drug and alcohol dependence, 1998 - Elsevier
This paper will examine how cerebral perfusion deficits in cocaine abusers may be a target
for pharmacotherapy. The review covers five areas:(1) cerebral ischemia and …

[PDF][PDF] High-resolution technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease: comparison with fluorine-18-FDG PET

C Messa, D Perani, G Lucignani… - The Journal of …, 1994 - Soc Nuclear Med
RESULTS The mean ratio values and standard deviations of PET and high-resolution
SPEC!'regional values of probable AD and normals are reported in Table 2. For PET studies …

Regional 133xenon cerebral blood flow and cerebral 99mTc-HMPAO uptake in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder before and during treatment

RT Rubin, J Ananth, J Villanueva-Meyer, PG Trajmar… - Biological …, 1995 - Elsevier
We previously reported increased regional cerebral cortical uptake and decreased caudate
nucleus uptake of 99mTc-HMPAO in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) …

Acute cocaine effects on absolute cerebral blood flow

EA Wallace, G Wisniewski, G Zubal, CH Vandyck… - …, 1996 - Springer
Cocaine use has been associated with vasoconstriction and stroke, and several studies
have demonstrated that it decreases relative cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in humans …

Least squares algorithm for region-of-interest evaluation in emission tomography

AR Formiconi - IEEE transactions on medical imaging, 1993 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An accurate model of the nonstationary geometrical response of a camera-collimator system
is discussed. The algorithm is compared to three other algorithms that are specialized for …

Quantitative comparison between 99mTc-HMPAO and 99mTc-ECD: measurement of arterial input and brain retention

A Pupi, A Castagnoli, MTR De Cristofaro… - European journal of …, 1994 - Springer
This report describes a comparative study between technetium-99m ethyl cysteinate dimer
(ECD) and 99m Tc-hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (HMPAO) in five neurological …

Clinical brain radionuclide imaging studies

C Messa, F Fazio, DC Costa, PJ Ell - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 1995 - Elsevier
A recent survey of the knowledge and practice of both positron-emission tomography (PET)
and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) of the brain among referring …

Abnormalities of cerebral blood flow in the acute phase of bacterial meningitis in adults

S Förderreuthert, K Tatsch, KM Einhäupl… - Journal of neurology, 1992 - Springer
The frequency, course and clinical significance of changes in regional cerebral blood flow
(rCBF) during bacterial meningitis were investigated in 14 adult patients. The results of 99m …