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'''Single-photon emission computed tomography''', abbreviated '''SPECT''' or '''SPET''', is a nuclear medicine imaging test.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK232492/ | title = Mathematics and Physics of Emerging Biomedical Imaging | last = National Research Council (US) and Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on the Mathematics and Physics of Emerging Dynamic Biomedical | first = | date = |publisher=National Academies Press (US)|language=en|year=1996|isbn=|editor-link=|location=|pages=|chapter=Chapter 5 - Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography|quote=|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref> It is used to obtain 3-D images of many body systems, however, the one used specifically for ME/CFS is a brain scan.<ref name=":0" /> [[File:SPECT-brain.jpg|right|thumb|SPECT brain scans of a patient with Parkinsonism and Depression caused by herbal remedies.''Source: Rijntjes M and Meyer PT (2019) Front. Neurol. 10:634. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00634'']]At present time, the use of SPECT brain scans for [[ME/CFS]] is mostly in research studies of the pathophysiology of ME/CFS. It is not needed for diagnosis nor is it used as a treatment.<ref name="ICP2011primer">{{citation | last1 = Carruthers | first1 = BM | authorlink1 = Bruce Carruthers | last2 = van de Sande | first2 = MI | authorlink2 = Marjorie van de Sande | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = KL | authorlink3 = Kenny de Meirleir | last4 = Klimas | first4 = NG | authorlink4 = Nancy Klimas | last5 = Broderick | first5 = G | authorlink5 = Gordon Broderick | last6 = Mitchell | first6 = T | authorlink6 = Terry Mitchell | last7 = Staines | first7 = D | authorlink7 = Donald Staines | last8 = Powles | first8 = ACP | authorlink8 = A C Peter Powles | last9 = Speight | first9 = N | authorlink9 = Nigel Speight | last10 = Vallings | first10 = R | authorlink10 = Rosamund Vallings | last11 = Bateman | first11 = L | authorlink11 = Lucinda Bateman | last12 = Bell | first12 = DS | authorlink12 = David Bell | last13 = Carlo-Stella | first13 = N | authorlink13 = Nicoletta Carlo-Stella | last14 = Chia | first14 = J | authorlink14 = John Chia | last15 = Darragh | first15 = A | authorlink15 = Austin Darragh | last16 = Gerken | first16 = A | authorlink16 = Anne Gerken | last17 = Jo | first17 = D | authorlink17 = Daehyun Jo | last18 = Lewis | first18 = DP | authorlink18 = Donald Lewis | last19 = Light | first19 = AR | authorlink19 = Alan Light | last20 = Light | first20 = KC | authorlink20 = Kathleen Light | last21 = Marshall-Gradisnik | first21 = S | authorlink21 = Sonya Marshall-Gradisnik | last22 = McLaren-Howard | first22 = J | authorlink22 = John McLaren-Howard | last23 = Mena | first23 = I | authorlink23 = Ismael Mena | last24 = Miwa | first24 = K | authorlink24 = Kunihisa Miwa | last25 = Murovska | first25 = M | authorlink25= Modra Murovska | last26 = Stevens | first26 = SR | authorlink26 = Staci Stevens | title = Myalgic encephalomyelitis: Adult & Paediatric: International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners | date = 2012 | isbn = 978-0-9739335-3-6 | url = http://www.investinme.org/Documents/Guidelines/Myalgic%20Encephalomyelitis%20International%20Consensus%20Primer%20-2012-11-26.pdf }}</ref><ref name="canadianconsensus">{{Citation | last1 = Carruthers | first1 = Bruce M. | authorlink1 = Bruce Carruthers | last2 = Jain | first2 = Anil Kumar | authorlink2 = Anil Kumar Jain | last3 = De Meirleir | first3 = Kenny L. | authorlink3 = Kenny De Meirleir | last4 = Peterson | first4 = Daniel L. | authorlink4 = Daniel Peterson | last5 = Klimas | first5 = Nancy G. | authorlink5 = Nancy Klimas | last6 = Lerner | first6 = A. Martin | authorlink6 = Martin Lerner | last7 = Bested | first7 = Alison C. | authorlink7 = Alison Bested | last8 = Flor-Henry | first8 = Pierre | authorlink8 = Pierre Flor-Henry | last9 = Joshi | first9 = Pradip | authorlink9 = Pradip Joshi | last10 = Powles | first10 = AC Peter | authorlink10 = A C Peter Powles | last11 = Sherkey | first11 = Jeffrey A. | authorlink11 = Jeffrey Sherkey | last12 = van de Sande | first12 = Marjorie I. | authorlink12 = Marjorie van de Sande | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Working Case Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Protocols | journal = Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | volume = 11 | issue = 2 | pages = 7-115 | date = 2003 | pmid = | doi = 10.1300/J092v11n01_02 | url = http://www.investinme.org/Documents/PDFdocuments/CanadianDefinitionME-CFS.pdf }}</ref> ==SPECT studies related to ME/CFS== * ''1992'': A study at the Department of Radiology (Division of Nuclear Medicine), University of Toronto, Canada stated: "Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was assessed in 60 clinically defined CFS patients and 14 normal control (NC) subjects using 99Tcm-hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime (99Tcm-HMPAO) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Compared with the NC group, the CFS group showed significantly lower cortical/cerebellar rCBF ratios, throughout multiple brain regions (P < 0.05). Forty-eight CFS subjects (80%) showed at least one or more rCBF ratios significantly less than normal values. The major cerebral regions involved were frontal (38 cases, 63%), temporal (21 cases, 35%), parietal (32 cases, 53%) and occipital lobes (23 cases, 38%). The rCBF ratios of basal ganglia (24 cases, 40%) were also reduced. 99Tcm-HMPAO brain SPECT provided objective evidence for functional impairment of the brain in the majority of the CFS subjects." Nuclear Medicine Communication. 1992 Oct;13(10):767-72<ref name="Chung1992">{{Cite journal | last = Ichise | first = M. | last2 = Salit | first2 = I.E. | last3 = Abbey | first3 = S.E. | last4 = Chung | first4 = D.G. | last5 = Gray | first5 = B. | last6 = Kirsh | first6 = J.C. | last7 = Freedman | first7 = M. | date = Oct 1992 | title = Assessment of regional cerebral perfusion by 99Tcm-HMPAO SPECT in chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1491843|journal=Nuclear Medicine Communications|volume=13|issue=10 | pages = 767β772|issn=0143-3636|pmid=1491843|doi=|pmc=|quote=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1491843 (Abstract)] * ''1994'', A study at the Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, showed that "Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome had significantly more defects throughout the cerebral cortex on SPECT scans than did normal subjects (7.31 vs 0.43 defects per subject, p < .001). SPECT abnormalities were present in 13 (81%) of 16 patients, vs three (21%) of 14 control subjects (p < .01). SPECT scans showed significantly more abnormalities than did MR scans in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (p < .025)." American Journal of Roentgenology. 1994 Apr;162(4):935-41.<ref name="Schwartz1994">{{Cite journal | last = Schwartz | first = R. B. | last2 = Garada | first2 = B.M. | last3 = Komaroff | first3 = A.L. | last4 = Tice | first4 = H.M. | last5 = Gleit | first5 = M. | last6 = Jolesz | first6 = F.A. | last7 = Holman | first7 = B. L. | date = Apr 1994 | title = Detection of intracranial abnormalities in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: comparison of MR imaging and SPECT|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8141020|journal=AJR. American journal of roentgenology|volume=162|issue=4 | pages = 935β941|doi=10.2214/ajr.162.4.8141020|issn=0361-803X|pmid=8141020|pmc=|quote=|access-date= | authorlink3 = Anthony Komaroff | authorlink4 = | authorlink5 = |via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8141020 (Abstract)] * ''1994, A study done at the Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN concluded: "Serum TGF-beta and cerebral blood flow abnormalities, detected by single-photon emission-computed tomographic scanning, were accentuated postexercise in the CFS group. Although these findings were not significantly different from those in the control group, the effect of exercise on serum TGF-beta and cerebral blood flow appeared magnified in the CFS patients."'' Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 1994 Mar;1(2):222-6.<ref name="Paterson1994">{{Cite journal | last = Peterson | first=P. K. | last2 = Sirr | first2 = S.A. | last3 = Grammith | first3 = F.C. | last4 = Schenck | first4 = C.H. | last5 = Pheley | first5 = A.M. | last6 = Hu | first6 = S. | last7 = Chao | first7 = C. C. | date = Mar 1994 | title = Effects of mild exercise on cytokines and cerebral blood flow in chronic fatigue syndrome patients|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7496949|journal=Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology|volume=1|issue=2|pages=222β226|issn=1071-412X|pmid=7496949|doi=|pmc=|quote=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7496949 (Abstract)] * ''1995'', A study done at the Department of Psychiatry, UCL Medical School, London using SPET concluded: "An initial pilot study revealed widespread reduction of regional brain perfusion in 24 ME/CFS patients, compared with 24 normal volunteers." A second test was done on 67 patients with ME/CFS and that study showed: "Brain-stem hypoperfusion was confirmed in all ME/CFS patients....Patients with ME/CFS have a generalized reduction of brain perfusion, with a particular pattern of hypoperfusion of the brainstem." Quarterly Journal of Medicine. 1995 Nov;88(11):767-73.<ref name="Costa1995">{{Cite journal | last = Costa | first= D.C. | last2 = Tannock | first2 = C. | last3 = Brostoff | first3 = J. | date = Nov 1995 | title = Brainstem perfusion is impaired in chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8542261|journal=QJM: monthly journal of the Association of Physicians|volume=88|issue=11 | pages = 767β773|issn=1460-2725|pmid=8542261|doi=|pmc=|quote=|access-date=|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8542261 (Abstract)] * ''1998'': A study done at the Department of Radiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, NY used eighteen patients (14 females, 4 males), who fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of the Centers for Disease Control for chronic fatigue syndrome. They concluded that: "Thirteen patients had abnormal SPET brain perfusion scans and five had normal scans." Nuclear Medicine Communications. 1998 Nov;19(11):1065-71.<ref name="Abu1998">{{Cite journal | last = Abu-Judeh | first = H. H. | last2 = Levine | first2 = S. | last3 = Kumar | first3 = M. | last4 = el-Zeftawy | first4 = H. | last5 = Naddaf | first5 = S. | last6 = Lou | first6 = J. Q. | last7 = Abdel-Dayem | first7 = H.M. | date = Nov 1998 | title = Comparison of SPET brain perfusion and 18F-FDG brain metabolism in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9861623|journal=Nuclear Medicine Communications|volume=19|issue=11|pages=1065β1071|issn=0143-3636|pmid=9861623|doi=|pmc=|quote=|access-date=|via=}} </ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9861623 (Abstract)] * ''2003'', A study at the College of Health Sciences, University of Texas, El Paso, Texas on 15 subjects with CFS and 15 healthy persons was done twice, at rest and when performing the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT). Results showed: "No group differences were found for performance on the PASAT despite CFS subjects' perceptions of exerting more mental effort to perform the task than healthy subjects. Inspection of the aggregate scans by group and task suggested a pattern of diffuse regional cerebral blood flow among subjects with CFS in comparison with the more focal pattern of regional cerebral blood flow seen among healthy subjects. Between-group region-of-interest analysis revealed that although CFS subjects showed less perfusion in the anterior cingulate region, the change in CFS subjects' activation of the left anterior cingulate region during the PASAT was greater than that observed for healthy subjects. The differences were not attributable to lesser effort by the subjects with CFS, confounding effects of mood perturbation, or to poorer performance on the experimental task." Psychosomatic Medicine. 2003 Jan-Feb;65(1):129-36.<ref name="Schmaling2003">{{Cite journal | last = Schmaling | first = Karen B. | last2 = Lewis | first2 = David H. | last3 = Fiedelak | first3 = Jessica I. | last4 = Mahurin | first4 = Roderick| last5 = Buchwald | first5 = Dedra S. | date = Jan 2003 | title = Single-photon emission computerized tomography and neurocognitive function in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12554824|journal=Psychosomatic Medicine|volume=65|issue=1|pages=129β136|issn=1534-7796|pmid=12554824|doi=|pmc=|quote=|access-date= | authorlink3 = | authorlink4 = | authorlink5 = Dedra Buchwald|via=}}</ref> [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12554824 (Abstract)] * ''2006'', A study at the Department of Neurosciences, Fatigue Research Center, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark stated: "Xenon-computed tomography blood flow studies were done on 25 CFS patients and seven healthy controls. Analyses were done after stratifying the CFS patients based on the presence or absence of a current psychiatric disorder. Flow was diminished in both groups as follows: patients with no current psychiatric disorders had reduced cortical blood flow in the distribution of both right and left middle cerebral arteries (P<0.05 for both) while those with current psychiatric disorders had reduced blood flow only in the left middle cerebral artery territory (P<0.05). These data indicate that patients with CFS have reduced absolute cortical blood flow in rather broad areas when compared with data from healthy controls and that those devoid of psychopathology had the most reductions in cortical flow. These data support, in part, our earlier findings that patients devoid of psychopathology are the group most at risk of having some of the symptoms of CFS due to brain dysfunction." Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging. 2006 Mar;26(2):83-6.<ref name="Yoshiuchi2006">{{Cite journal | last = Yoshiuchi | first = Kazuhiro | last2 = Farkas | first2 = Jeffrey | last3 = Natelson | first3 = Benjamin H. | date = Mar 2006 | title = Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome have reduced absolute cortical blood flow | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494597|journal=Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging|volume=26|issue=2 | pages = 83β86|doi=10.1111/j.1475-097X.2006.00649.x|issn=1475-0961|pmid=16494597|pmc=|quote=|access-date= | authorlink3 = Benjamin Natelson | author-link4 = | authorlink5 = |via=}}</ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16494597 (Abstract)] ==See also == *[[Cerebral hypoperfusion]] *[[Brain]] ==Learn more == *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-photon_emission_computed_tomography Wikipedia] ==References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Medical tests]] [[Category:Neurology]]
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