Kim YW, Shin JC, An YS. Treatment of chronic akinetic mutism with atomoxetine: subtraction analysis of brain f-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic images before and after medication: a case report. Clin Neuropharmacol. July 2010;33(4):209-211.
Publication Date
July 2010
How Analyze was Used
“Coregistration of the subtracted PET image and the patient’s CT image was performed using Analyze 9.0 software… The transformed, normalized baseline image was subtracted from the follow-up image.”
Keywords
Akinetic Mutism/drug therapy/metabolism/radionuclide imaging
Aneurysm, Ruptured/complications
Cognition/drug effects
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/diagnostic use/metabolism
Frontal Lobe/drug effects/metabolism/radionuclide imaging
Glucose/metabolism
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
Occipital Lobe/drug effects/metabolism/radionuclide imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography
Propylamines/therapeutic use
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/etiology
Subtraction Technique
Time Factors
Author Affiliation(s)
Department and Research Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. (YWK)
ID# 1026
Tags: Akinetic Mutism/drug therapy/metabolism/radionuclide imaging, Cognition/drug effects, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18/diagnostic use/metabolism, Frontal Lobe/drug effects/metabolism/radionuclide imaging, Glucose/metabolism, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Norepinephrine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors, Occipital Lobe/drug effects/metabolism/radionuclide imaging, Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Propylamines/therapeutic use, Ruptured Aneurysm/complications, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage/etiology, Subtraction Technique, Time Factors