Diagnostic imaging of dementia with Lewy bodies by susceptibility-weighted imaging of nigrosomes versus striatal dopamine transporter single-photon emission computed tomography: a retrospective observational study.
Koji KamagataTomoya NakatsukaRyuji SakakibaraYohei TsuyusakiTomohiro TakamuraKanako SatoMichimasa SuzukiMasaaki HoriKanako K KumamaruTsutomu InaokaShigeki AokiHitoshi TeradaPublished in: Neuroradiology (2016)
SWI nigrosome-1 evaluation was useful in differentiating DLB from AD/a-MCI, with high accuracy. This less invasive and less expensive method is a potential alternative to DaT-SPECT for the diagnosis of DLB.