Reliability of visual assessment by non-expert nuclear medicine physicians and appropriateness of indications of [ 123 I]FP-CIT SPECT imaging by neurologists in patients with early drug-naive Parkinson ’s disease

ConclusionsVisual assessment of [123I]FP-CIT SPECT imaging by community nuclear medicine physicians in patients with early PD is reliable. Neurologists who request DAT SPECT scans are not always aware that the high accuracy is limited only to the differentiation between neurodegenerative and non-neurodegenerative parkinsonism. A significant portion of neurologists who request DAT SPECT scans is not always aware that the high accuracy is limited to the differentiation between neurodegenerative and non-neurodegenerative parkinsonism as DAT SPECT cannot reliably distinguish the various Parkinsonian syndromes.
Source: EJNMMI Research - Category: Radiology Source Type: research