Imaging the substantia nigra in Parkinson disease and other Parkinsonian syndromes

YJ Bae, JM Kim, CH Sohn, JH Choi, BS Choi, YS Song… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Parkinson disease is characterized by dopaminergic cell loss in the substantia nigra of the
midbrain. There are various imaging markers for Parkinson disease. Recent advances in …

The Parkinson's progression markers initiative (PPMI)–establishing a PD biomarker cohort

K Marek, S Chowdhury, A Siderowf… - Annals of clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objective The Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI) is an
observational, international study designed to establish biomarker‐defined cohorts and …

The future of nuclear medicine as an independent specialty

J Czernin, I Sonni, A Razmaria… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2019 - Soc Nuclear Med
In this article, we provide an overview of established and emerging conventional nuclear
medicine and PET imaging biomarkers, as the diagnostic nuclear medicine portfolio is …

Diagnostic accuracy of dopaminergic imaging in prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies

AJ Thomas, P Donaghy, G Roberts… - Psychological …, 2019 - cambridge.org
BackgroundDopaminergic imaging has high diagnostic accuracy for dementia with Lewy
bodies (DLB) at the dementia stage. We report the first investigation of dopaminergic …

Automatic classification of dopamine transporter SPECT: deep convolutional neural networks can be trained to be robust with respect to variable image characteristics

M Wenzel, F Milletari, J Krüger, C Lange… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose This study investigated the potential of deep convolutional neural networks (CNN)
for automatic classification of FP-CIT SPECT in multi-site or multi-camera settings with …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear imaging in the diagnosis of clinically uncertain parkinsonian syndromes

R Buchert, C Buhmann, I Apostolova… - Deutsches Ärzteblatt …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Parkinsonian syndromes are classified by etiology mainly on clinical grounds,
that is, on the basis of the clinical manifestations and with the aid of conventional ancillary …

Diagnostic performance of the visual reading of 123I-Ioflupane SPECT images with or without quantification in patients with movement disorders or dementia

J Booij, J Dubroff, D Pryma, J Yu… - Journal of nuclear …, 2017 - Soc Nuclear Med
Visual interpretation of 123I-ioflupane SPECT images has high diagnostic accuracy for
differentiating parkinsonian syndromes (PS), from essential tremor and probable dementia …

[HTML][HTML] No impact of attenuation and scatter correction on the interpretation of dopamine transporter SPECT in patients with clinically uncertain parkinsonian …

T Schiebler, I Apostolova, FL Mathies, C Lange… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The benefit from attenuation and scatter correction (ASC) of dopamine transporter
(DAT)-SPECT for the detection of nigrostriatal degeneration in clinical routine is still a matter …

[HTML][HTML] Deep learning regressor model based on nigrosome MRI in Parkinson syndrome effectively predicts striatal dopamine transporter-SPECT uptake

YJ Bae, BS Choi, JM Kim, WA Ai, I Yun, YS Song… - Neuroradiology, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Nigrosome imaging using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI) and dopamine
transporter imaging using 123I-2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)-N-(3-fluoropropyl) …

Improving the diagnosis and management of Lewy body dementia: the DIAMOND-Lewy research programme including pilot cluster RCT

JT O'Brien, JP Taylor, A Thomas… - … grants for applied …, 2021 - researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk
Background: Lewy body dementia, comprising both dementia with Lewy bodies and
Parkinson's disease dementia, is the second commonest cause of neurodegenerative …