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ArticleEuropean journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging2007

Quantification of Parkinson's disease-related network expression with ECD SPECT.

Thomas Eckert, Koen Van Laere, Chengke Tang, Daniel E Lewis, Christine Edwards, Patrick Santens, David Eidelberg

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Article in European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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7 authors.

Thomas EckertCenter for Neurosciences, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, North Shore-LIJ Health System, 350 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
Koen Van Laere
Chengke Tang
Daniel E Lewis
Christine Edwards
Patrick Santens
David Eidelberg

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeSpatial covariance analysis has been used with FDG PET to identify a specific metabolic network associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). In the current study, we utilized a new, fully automated voxel-based method to quantify network expression in ECD SPECT images from patients with classical PD, patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA), and healthy control subjects.

methodsWe applied a previously validated voxel-based PD-related covariance pattern (PDRP) to quantify network expression in the ECD SPECT scans of 35 PD patients, 15 age- and disease severity-matched MSA patients, and 35 age-matched healthy control subjects. PDRP scores were compared across groups using analysis of variance. The sensitivity and specificity of the prospectively computed PDRP scores in the differential diagnosis of individual subjects were assessed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.

resultsPDRP scores were significantly increased (p < 0.001) in the PD group relative to the MSA and control groups. ROC analysis indicated that the overall diagnostic accuracy of the PDRP measures was 0.91 (AUC). The optimal cutoff value was consistent with a sensitivity of 0.97 and a specificity of 0.80 and 0.71 for discriminating PD patients from MSA and normal controls, respectively.

conclusionOur findings suggest that fully automated voxel-based network assessment techniques can be used to quantify network expression in the ECD SPECT scans of parkinsonian patients.

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AlgorithmsOrganotechnetium CompoundsBrainCysteineFemaleHumansImage Interpretation, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMaleMiddle AgedMultiple System AtrophyParkinson DiseaseRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificitySignal TransductionCysteineOrganotechnetium CompoundsRadiopharmaceuticalstechnetium Tc 99m bicisate

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