Pitfalls in 123I-Ioflupane SPECT
| Pitfall type | Description |
|---|---|
| Biologic | Dopamine transporter density |
| Age | |
| Sex | |
| Body habitus | |
| Ethnicity | |
| Allelic variants | |
| Medications competing with dopamine transporter | |
| Striatal infarct | |
| Brain tumors | |
| Trauma | |
| Surgery | |
| Technical | Patient motion |
| Patient position | |
| Patient orientation | |
| Equipment resolution | |
| Collimator | |
| Dose extravasation | |
| Time after injection | |
| Photopeak | |
| Oversmoothing on filtration | |
| Attenuation correction | |
| Size and placement of regions of interest |
Adapted from Morbelli et al. (13).