EpistemisPET · Neuro / Head · open case 011
Radiology · Neuro / Head
![(A) Resting brain metabolism as measured by [18F]-FDG-PET superimposed on the patient's CT images in representative horizontal, coronal, and sagittal planes. Preservation of the anterior forebrain and bilateral thalami (yellow and red colors) and striatum (not visible on this image) with loss of posterior brain areas is evident. . Anterior; P, posterior; OFC, orbitofrontal; vmPFC, dlPFC, ventromedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortices; PMC, premotor cortex; SM1, primary sensorimotor cortex; aCGc, mCGc, pCGc, anterior, medial and posterior cingulate cortices; sPPC, iPPC, superior and inferior posterior parietal cortices; precun, precuneus; V1, primary visual cortex.](/assets/atlas/rx-rx-mcscale-0040470.webp)
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- Category
- Neuro / Head
- Difficulty
- advanced
- Type
- Radiological image
- Mode
- PET
Origin: MultiCaRe · figure from open-access article PMC4899438 · License CC BY
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