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DaTSCAN

Clinical Details - Case 1

79 year old man. Tremor right hand.

Procedure

DaTSCAN - SPECT images, 4 hours post injection.


Question 1

What does a DaTSCAN image?

Question 2

What is the half life of 123I-FP-CIT?

Question 3

Is the DaTSCAn above normal or abnormal?

Question 4

What is the usual description given to the normal appearances of tracer uptake in the caudate nucleus and putamen?


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