Methods: Between January 2003 and March 2004, sixteen patients were studied with both modalities and the accuracy rates of SPECT scan results, and MRI findings in the diagnosis of meniscal tears ...

The past two decades have seen the development of hybrid imaging, which combines the anatomical and functional images such as SPECT/CT, PET/CT and PET/ MR . Thus, generating a powerful tool for the ...

Procedures such as X-rays; computed tomography (CT); magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); positron emission tomography (PET) and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) are important in ...

With the ability to upgrade to include other imaging modalities and to be used as PET/SPECT/CT and even PET/SPECT/OI/CT, U-SPECT 7 CT can grow alongside users' needs. Ultra-low dose, high ...

Dr. Daniel Amen, a psychiatrist and author, uses a SPECT scan on his patients at his mental healthcare clinics. A SPECT scan involves 3-D scans of the patient’s brain that look at blood flow and ...

Overall there were only four false-negative SPECT scans. MRI detected 17 tears ( table 4). However one of them was false positive. Two meniscal tears were missed by MRI. Among the tears detected ...