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Amen Clinics is a group of mental and physical health clinics that work on the treatment of mood and behavior disorders. It was founded in 1989 by Daniel G. Amen, a self-help author and psychiatrist. [1] [2] The clinics perform clinical evaluations and brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging to diagnose and treat their ...
Amen's clinics claim to have the world's largest database of functional brain scans for neuropsychiatry. [18] As of 2009, Amen said he had scanned 50,000 people at an estimated cost of $170 million. [21] The effectiveness of SPECT scans in treating psychiatric conditions has been the subject of scientific debate. [22]
SPECT scan using Isoflupane labeled with I-123 (also called DaT scan) is useful in differentiating Parkinson's disease from other causes of tremor. [19] SPECT scan is also used in evaluation of drug resistant epilepsy. This uses Tc 99 labeled hexamethyl-propylene amine oxime (Tc 99 HMPAO) or ethyl cysteinate dimer ( Tc 99 ECD) as the tracers ...
3 More need to be said about the treatments Dr. Amen & his clinics prescribe.
All nuclear medicine scans give information to the referrering clinician on the function of the system they are imaging. Specific techniques used are generally either of the following: Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), which creates 3-dimensional images of the target organ or organ system. Scintigraphy, creating 2-dimensional ...
DaT Scan (DaT scan or Dopamine Transporter Scan) commonly refers to a diagnostic method, based on SPECT imaging, to investigate if there is a loss of dopaminergic neurons in striatum. The term may also refer to a brand name of Ioflupane (123I) tracer used for the study.
A free clinic or walk in clinic is a health care facility in the United States offering services to economically disadvantaged individuals for free or at a nominal cost. The need for such a clinic arises in societies where there is no universal healthcare, and therefore a social safety net has arisen in its place. [ 1 ]
Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT, or less commonly, SPET) is a nuclear medicine tomographic imaging technique using gamma rays. [1] It is very similar to conventional nuclear medicine planar imaging using a gamma camera (that is, scintigraphy ), [ 2 ] but is able to provide true 3D information.