Positron Emission Tomography Neuro-Imaging

Authors

  • Sean L. Kitson Author

Keywords:

Radiotracer, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Neurology, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis.

Abstract

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a powerful imaging technique exploring in
vivo brain functions. Today PET is becoming an essential tool in specialist clinical neurology
settings particularly for diagnosing Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and epilepsy disease states. This
inaugural article aims to deliver a brief insight into PET techniques in the diagnosis of neurological
diseases including multiple sclerosis.

 

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Published

2014-04-11

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014): Volume 1 Issue 1 2014

Section

Articles