The American Journal of Managed Care

Effective and Efficient Diagnosis of Parkinsonism: The Role of Dopamine Transporter SPECT Imaging With Ioflupane I-123 Injection (DaTscanâ„¢)

Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second-most common neurodegenerative disease, is characterized by motor and nonmotor symptoms. PD is often misdiagnosed; inappropriate treatment due to misdiagnosis has ...
Medscape

FDA Approves DaTscan for Imaging of Dopamine Transporters

January 17, 2011 — GE Healthcare has announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of ioflupane iodine-123 injection (DaTscan), a contrast agent for use with single-photon emission computed ...
TCTMD

CMR Outperforms SPECT at Predicting Long-term Outcomes in Patients With Suspected Disease

Abnormal cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and single-photo emission computed tomography (SPECT) findings both strongly predict 5-year MACE risk in patients with suspected coronary heart disease, but ...
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Combining Calcium Scoring And SPECT Imaging Gives More Accurate Read On Patients' Heart Risk

The authors recommend adding coronary artery calcium score (CACS) testing in patients with a normal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan to better identify those at high long-term ...
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SPECT-MRI fusion minimizes surgery for diagnosis of early-stage cervical cancer patients

Cervical cancer patients without enlarged lymph nodes could benefit from SPECT-MRI imaging of their sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) to assess whether metastases are present. A recent study reported in the ...
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PET imaging better at identifying patients with severe obstructive CAD than SPECT scans

Patients who receive cardiac positron emission testing (PET) imaging instead of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan experienced a significant increase in the detection of severe ...