I combine the science of nuclear imaging with the advances of 21st century medicine to help you understand your emotions and behaviors. The emotions of depression and behaviors of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder display themselves differently using this approach. BRAIN SPECT IMAGING is the tool I use www.Brain-Spect.com

SPECT TECHNOLOGY

The use of a brain SPECT scan is based on the principal of blood flow.  Areas of increased blood flow take up more Radioactive tracer than areas of less blood flow. Blood flow in the brain is directly related to brain activity. Areas or regions of interest in the brain are related in their demand for blood flow which can be imaged with this specific nuclear test.

The basis of the brain image comes from the temporary uptake of radioactive particles; from the blood into the brain tissue. The radioactive particles are “ tagged" to a drug that flows into the brain.  These particles come from the radioactive decay of the element Technetium; TC99. The SPECT Gamma camera system collects these particles and passes them complex system which reconstructs a working image of the brain.  This snapshot view of the imagination is referred to as a functional image.  SPECT is an abbreviation of this process described above:

  Single Photon Emission Computerized Tomography.

Advances in the field of nuclear medicine over the past 30 years have improved the image quality with these cameras through the modifications of both the camera design and the radiopharmaceuticals developed. The triple headed camera designed by Picker-Marconi is the one that Dr. Kohn uses. Images are acquired in  less than thirty minutes with excellent visualization of the cortex and sub-cortical regions of interest.