Imaging
Neuroimaging
Parkinsons Disease and Dementia_Diagnostics
Functional Neuroimaging
Functional neuroimaging includes positron emission tomography (PET) scan and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Structural Neuroimaging
Structural neuroimaging includes MRI and computed tomography (CT) scan.
Dopamine Transporter Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (DaTscan-SPECT)
Dopamine transporter single photon emission computed tomography (DaTscan-SPECT) is used when there is significant diagnostic uncertainty after serial clinical evaluations in patients with suspected drug-induced parkinsonism or vascular parkinsonism, patients who are possible candidates for deep brain stimulation, and to rule out parkinsonian syndrome without nigrostriatal cell loss.