What is single photon emission computed tomography? Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is a form of non-invasive nuclear imaging used in order to determine how organs inside the body ...

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Left: primary/scatter window SPECT reconstructions, plus synthetic and CT-based attenuation maps. Right: SPECT reconstructed images corrected using CT-based attenuation maps, synthetic attenuation ...

The authors of a recent study claim that it's possible to do exactly that, using existing SPECT technology (a type of brain scan that uses a radioactive tracer and measures blood flow throughout the ...