Sex correction improves the accuracy of clinical dopamine transporter imaging

ConclusionsA considerable number of elderly healthy male subjects can be interpreted to be dopaminergically abnormal if no sex correction of DAT binding is performed. Sex differences in striatal dopaminergic function should be taken into account when DAT imaging is used to assist clinical diagnostics in patients with suspected neurological disorders.

http://link.springer.com/10.1186/s13550-021-00825-3

Source: EJNMMI Research - August 23, 2021 Category: Radiology Source Type: research