PET and SPECT in Neurology

Der Freiburger Musiker und Arzt Andreas Otte studierte und promovierte im Fach Humanmedizin an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg und spezialisierte sich 1999 zum Facharzt für Nuklearmedizin. Er ist gleichzeitig Gitarrist und Gewinner zahlreicher Musikwettbewerbe. Nach der Facharztweiterbildung war Otte über viele Jahre hinweg in leitenden Positionen der klinischen Forschung tätig; darüber hinaus war er 2002 - 2009 Visiting Professor an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität Gent in Belgien. Seit 2010 ist Andreas Otte Professor für Biomedizinische Systemtechnik im Studiengang Medizintechnik an der Hochschule Offenburg. Von Andreas Otte sind zahlreiche medizinisch-wissenschaftliche Bücher und Aufsätze - darunter auch musikermedizinische - veröffentlicht sowie einige seiner neoromantischen Kompositionen für Gitarre solo.

BASICS: Nuclear Medicine Imaging Tracers for Neurology.- ¹⁸F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography Procedures.- Tracer-Kinetic Modeling.- Quantification in Brain SPECT.- MRI/PET Brain Imaging.- An Investigation of Statistical Power of [¹⁵O]-H₂O PET Perfusion Imaging.- Molecular Imaging Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Neurology.- The Default Network of the Brain.- DEMENTIA: Dementia Due to Neurodegenerative Disease - Molecular Imaging Findings.- Abeta Imaging in Aging, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Conditions.- PET Imaging of the Alpha4Beta2*-Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Alzheimer's.- Neuroimaging Findings in Mild Cognitive Impairment.- Impact of the IWG/Dubois Criteria for Alzheimer's Disease in Imaging Studies.- Perfusion SPECT.- Nuclear Imaging in Frontotemporal.- Parkinson Dementia: PET Findings.- SPECT/PET Findings in Lewy Body Dementia.- Vascular.- Value of MIBG in the Differential Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Disorders.- Linking Molecular Biology to Therapeutic Approaches for Alzheimer Disease with PET.- CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS: PET and SPECT Studies of Ageing and Cardiovascular Risk Factors for Alzheimer's Disease.- Carotid Plaque Imaging with SPECT-CT and PET-CT.- ET in Brain Arteriovenous Malformations and Cerebral Proliferative Angiopathy.- Transient Ischemic Attack.- PET Reveals Pathophysiology in Ischemic Stroke.- MOVEMENT DISORDERS: Parkinson Disease.- SPECT Imaging for Idiopathic M.Parkinson and Parkinsonian Syndromes.- PET and SPECT Imaging in Parkinsonian Syndromes.- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.- PET in Huntington's Disease.- PET and SPECT Imaging in Dystonia.- PET and SPECT Imaging in Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders.- Clinical Applications of [¹²³I]FP-CIT SPECT Imaging.- INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS: PET Imaging of Microglia Activation in Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Potential Infectious Origin.- PET Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis.- PET and SPECT Imaging of Neurotoxicity.- PET and SPECT in Hepatic and Uremic Encephalopathy.- EPILEPSY: PET in Epilepsy.- Subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI (SISCOM).- Nuclear Medicine Neuroimaging and Electromagnetic Source Localization in Nonlesional Drug-Resistant Focal.- TUMORS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: PET Imaging of Gliomas.- Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography [Neuro-SPECT] Imaging of Brain Tumors.- The Value of ¹¹C-Methionine PET in the Differential Diagnosis between Brain Tumor Recurrence and Radionecrosis.- Imaging Brain Metastases of Neuroendocrine Tumors.- OTHER SUBJECTS: Traumatic Brain Injury.- Whiplash: real or not real? A review and new concept.- Positron Emission Tomography Imaging in Altered States of Consciousness.- Anaesthesia and PET of the Brain.- Modulation of Brain Functioning by Deep Brain Stimulation.- Radionuclide Imaging Studies in Pediatric Neurology.

"Essential reading for all those who are interested to the role of nuclear medicine in neurology, and more generally in neuroimaging. ... this voluminous and up to date publication can be regarded as an encyclopaedia that could have a prominent position in the libraries of all departments involved in neurosciences generally, not only in neuroimaging. ... Clearly residents and professionals in nuclear medicine, as well as those involved in neuroimaging, will find this book of interest." (Christian Marsiglia and Luigi Mansi, European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Vol. 43, 2016)