Single-site 123I-FP-CIT reference values from individuals with non-degenerative parkinsonism—comparison with values from healthy volunteers

• Published in: European journal of hybrid imaging Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 5
• Main Authors: Fahmi, Rachid, Platsch, Günther, Sadr, Alexandre Bani, Gouttard, Sylvain, Thobois, Stephane, Zuehlsdorff, Sven, Scheiber, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 13.03.2020; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: 123I-FP-CIT SPECT,·Age effect; Age; Age composition; Asymmetry; Attenuation; Basal ganglia; Brain diseases; Central nervous system diseases; Confidence intervals; Degeneration; Dopamine receptors; Dopamine transporter; Gender; Gender difference; Identification methods; Image reconstruction; Imaging; Iodine; Iodine isotopes; Iodine radioisotopes; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Movement disorders; Neostriatum; Neurodegeneration; Normality; Nuclear Medicine; Original; Original Article; Putamen; Radiology; Reference values; Regression analysis; Single photon emission computed tomography; Statistical analysis; Tremor; Tremors; I-FP-CIT SPECT,·Age effect; Dopamine transporter; Reference values; Gender difference

Purpose Iodine 123-radiolabeled 2β-carbomethoxy-3β-(4-iodophenyl)- N -(3-fluoropropyl) nortropane ( 123 I-FP-CIT) SPECT can be performed to distinguish degenerative forms of movement disorders/parkinsonism/tremor from other entities such as idiopathic tremor or drug-induced parkinsonism. For equivoc...