Imaging of dopamine transporters with iodine-123-FP-CIT SPECT in healthy controls and patients with Parkinson's disease.

Abstract

Reliable and reproducible results were obtained with the ROI, as well as the VOI technique, for the analysis of striatal dopamine transporters with [123I]FP-CIT SPECT in healthy controls and Parkinson's disease patients. The use of an operator-independent method will be a great advantage in routine clinical studies.