Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We propose a diagnostic approach for dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and its related neurodegenerative diseases using MR imaging and SPECT. First, conventional MR imaging and neuromelanin sensitive MR imaging should be applied to the patients with movement disorders and/or dementia. Second, MIBG myocardial scintigraphy should be selected according to these MR imaging findings. Moreover, a combination of these neuroimaging methods including SPECT with 123I-FP-CIT is a useful and practical approach for the differential diagnosis and confirmation of DLB and its related neurodegenerative diseases.
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