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Visualization of brainstem perfusion using a high spatial resolution SPECT system.

R Dierckx·A Dobbeleir·J Vandevivere·H Abts·P P DeDeyn
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The authors explored the high spatial resolution of a three-head rotating SPECT system, equipped with lead super-fine fanbeam collimator. The brainstem was high-lighted in a three-dimensional reconstruction, showing perfusion small structures such as mesencephalon, pons, and medulla oblongata. The visualization of brainstem perfusion sets new landmarks in functional neuroimaging and, moreover, was obtained with a commercially available three-head SPECT system.

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R Dierckx, A Dobbeleir, J Vandevivere, H Abts, P P DeDeyn. 1992. Visualization of brainstem perfusion using a high spatial resolution SPECT system.. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199205000-00008

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