Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT): Applications and potential

Holman, B L; Tumeh, S S

doi:10.1001/jama.263.4.561

Title: Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT): Applications and potential

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Single-photon emission computed tomography has received increasing attention as radiopharmaceuticals that reflect perfusion, metabolism, and receptor and cellular function have become widely available. Perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography of the brain provides functional information useful for the diagnosis and management of stroke, dementia, and epilepsy. Single-photon emission computed tomography has been applied to myocardial, skeletal, hepatic, and tumor scintigraphy, resulting in increased diagnostic accuracy over planar imaging because background activity and overlapping tissues interfere far less with activity from the target structure when tomographic techniques are used. Single-photon emission computed tomography is substantially less expensive and far more accessible than positron emission tomography and will become an increasingly attractive alternative for transferring the positron emission tomography technology to routine clinical use.

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Holman, B L; Tumeh, S S ^[1]

Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (USA)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 26 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI Identifier:: 7063057

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association; (USA)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 263:4; Journal ID: ISSN 0098-7484

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOTHERAPY; SIDE EFFECTS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USES; BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; LIVER; MENTAL DISORDERS; MYOCARDIUM; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKELETON; TRACER TECHNIQUES; VASCULAR DISEASES; X RADIATION; BODY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASES; DRUGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GLANDS; HEART; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MEDICINE; MUSCLES; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; ORGANS; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RADIATIONS; RADIOLOGY; THERAPY; TOMOGRAPHY; USES; 550602* - Medicine- External Radiation in Diagnostics- (1980-)

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                    Holman, B L, and Tumeh, S S. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT): Applications and potential.  United States: N. p., 1990. 
        Web.  doi:10.1001/jama.263.4.561.

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                    Holman, B L, & Tumeh, S S. Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT): Applications and potential.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.263.4.561

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                    Holman, B L, and Tumeh, S S. 1990.  
        "Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT): Applications and potential".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.263.4.561.

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  abstractNote = {Single-photon emission computed tomography has received increasing attention as radiopharmaceuticals that reflect perfusion, metabolism, and receptor and cellular function have become widely available. Perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography of the brain provides functional information useful for the diagnosis and management of stroke, dementia, and epilepsy. Single-photon emission computed tomography has been applied to myocardial, skeletal, hepatic, and tumor scintigraphy, resulting in increased diagnostic accuracy over planar imaging because background activity and overlapping tissues interfere far less with activity from the target structure when tomographic techniques are used. Single-photon emission computed tomography is substantially less expensive and far more accessible than positron emission tomography and will become an increasingly attractive alternative for transferring the positron emission tomography technology to routine clinical use.},

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