technetium-tc-99m-gluceptate and Meningitis

Over the past decade, many of the prime indications for radionuclide brain scanning have become instead indications for CCT, and nuclear medicine studies of the brain have assumed more of a complementary, supportive role. However, there is great promise for improvement in central nervous system radionuclide applications with advances anticipated in both radiopharmaceuticals and instrumentation. Nuclear medicine is continuing to function as a powerful research tool and, in the relatively near future, may regain its role as a major clinical test of the central nervous system.

Topics: Brain Abscess; Brain Death; Brain Diseases; Brain Injuries; Brain Neoplasms; Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; Cerebrovascular Disorders; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Hydrocephalus; Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations; Meningitis; Organotechnetium Compounds; Pentetic Acid; Radionuclide Imaging; Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial; Spinal Cord Diseases; Sugar Acids; Technetium; Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate