Quantitative simultaneous 99mTc-ECD/123I-FP-CIT SPECT in Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy
El Fakhri G, Habert M, Maksud P, Kas A, Malek Z, Kijewski M, Lacomblez L. Quantitative simultaneous 99mTc-ECD/123I-FP-CIT SPECT in Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy. European Journal Of Nuclear Medicine And Molecular Imaging 2005, 33: 87-92. PMID: 16180033, DOI: 10.1007/s00259-005-1920-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple system atrophyIdiopathic Parkinson's diseaseDopamine transporterDopamine transporter binding potentialNormal controlsVoxel-based statistical parametric mappingAsymmetry indexMultiple system atrophy patientsCompared to normal controlsCaudate nucleusDifferential diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson’s diseaseDiagnosis of parkinsonian syndromesPatient-specific attenuationDiagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's diseaseBinding potentialIdiopathic Parkinson's disease patientsDual-isotope SPECTVariable collimator responseParkinson's diseaseDifferential diagnosisDecreased perfusionStatistical parametric mappingPurposeThe purposeSystem atrophyParkinsonian syndromes