Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT): Clinical Applications

J Neuroophthalmol. 2003 Mar;23(1):34-41. doi: 10.1097/00041327-200303000-00009.

Abstract

Positron emission tomography and single-photon emission computed tomography are nuclear imaging modalities that excel in depicting the biological function of tissue. Unlike structural imaging methods, they provide functional diagnostic information about brain neoplasms, stroke, neurodegenerative disorders, epilepsy, cortical visual loss, and migraine.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain Diseases / classification
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Brain Diseases / metabolism
  • Brain Mapping
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Visual Cortex / metabolism
  • Visual Cortex / pathology