Sökning: "Positron emission tomography PET"
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21. PET applications in schizophrenia : Functional and pharmacological dopamine studies
Sammanfattning : Schizophrenia is a group of disorders with a worldwide lifetime prevalence of 0.85%. Thefunctional outcome of the disorder seem stable from the first systematic outcome studies to thepresent day, and vary only with changes in diagnostic criteria. LÄS MER
22. Positron emission tomography in serotonergic drug development
Sammanfattning : The serotonin neurotransmission system has a central role in drug treatment of depression and anxiety and is also discussed in relation to treatment of schizophrenia. The benefits of presently available drugs are however limited by partial of poor response and side effects. LÄS MER
23. Geometric distortions in MRI based radiotherapy and PET/MRI
Sammanfattning : Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers high soft-tissue contrast compared to computed tomography (CT). This contrast is helpful in many cases, not least for delineating tumours for radiotherapy treatment, and has led to increasing use in radiotherapy treatment planning (RTP). LÄS MER
24. Translational PET imaging of inflammation
Sammanfattning : Inflammation is our body’s sophisticated defense mechanism against invading pathogens, traumas, and tumors. Repeatable and non-invasive monitoring of inflammation process would open opportunities to improve our knowledge of several diseases and enable assessment of personalized treatments. LÄS MER
25. Visualising neurodegeneration in the living brain : Preclinical evaluation of PET radioligands
Sammanfattning : With an ageing population, the number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD) escalates yearly. Pathological hallmarks of AD and PD include aggregated proteins and synaptic dysfunction. LÄS MER