Open AccessSingle-Photon Emission Computerized Tomography (SPECT) in Neuropsychiatry: A Review
Author(s) -
Basant K. Puri,
Shôn Lewis
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
behavioural neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1875-8584
pISSN - 0953-4180
DOI - 10.1155/1992/792972
Subject(s) - positron emission tomography , progressive supranuclear palsy , neuroimaging , single photon emission computed tomography , dementia , neuropsychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , emission computed tomography , psychosis , disease , cerebral blood flow , psychology , magnetic resonance imaging , neuroscience , psychiatry , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology
Cranial single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT or SPET) can now give regional cerebral blood flow images with a resolution approaching that of positron emission tomography (PET). In this paper, the use of high resolution SPECT neuroimaging in neuropsychiatric disorders, including Alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct dementia, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, Korsakoff's psychosis, Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, schizophrenia, mood disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder, HIV infection and AIDS is reviewed. Finally, further potential research and clinical uses, based on ligand studies, are outlined.