Article: SNM Brain Imaging Council

The SNM Brain Imaging Council (BIC) has been active in the initial part of its 2005-2006 term. One of the goals for the council has been to draft procedure guidelines for ^sup 18^F-FDG PET brain imaging for SNM. Alan Waxman, MD, is heading a task force charged with drafting the guidelines. Work is ongoing at this point.

The BIC Board of Directors (BOD) will meet at the 2006 SNM Mid-Winter Meeting in Tempe, AZ, on February 11. At this meeting we will continue to pursue guideline development and also address the status of normal database compilation for ^sup 18^F-FDG PET brain images. Just as the normal database of ^sup 99m^Tc brain perfusion radiopharmaceutical SPECT was compiled and made ...

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