The Legacy of the TTASAAN Report – Premature Conclusions and Forgotten Promises About SPECT Neuroimaging: A Review of Policy and Practice Part II

Brain perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans were initially developed in 1970s. A key radiopharmaceutical, hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (HMPAO), was not stabilized until 1993 and most early SPECT scans were performed on single-head gamma cameras. These early scans were...

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Main Authors: Dan G. Pavel, Theodore A. Henderson, Simon DeBruin, Philip F. Cohen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2022.851609/full