Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery (Apr 2018)

Diagnostic value and research progress of neuroimaging in Parkinson's disease and Parkinson-plus syndromes

  • Hai-lun CUI,
  • Ru-jing REN,
  • Gang WANG

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2018.04.002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 231 – 237

Abstract

Read online

As one of the indispensable means of medical examination, neuroimaging methods play a vital role in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Parkinson-plus syndromes. The review summarized neuroimaging characteristics of PD and Parkinson-plus syndromes, and the application of structural MRI (sMRI), fMRI, PET and SPECT on diagnosis and differential diagnosis of related diseases and syndromes. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2018.04.002

Keywords