Applications of PET to Neurological Imaging

1. Yamamoto Y L, Thompson C J, Meyer E, Little J and Feindel W: "Positron emission tomography: A new method for examination of the circulation and metabolism of the brain in man." Adv Neurosurg 7: 3-8 (1979)

2. Roland P E, Meyer E, Yamamoto Y L and Thompson C J: "Dynamic positron emission tomography as a tool in neuroscience: functional brain-mapping in normal human volunteers." J Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 1: Supple. 1, 5463-5464 (1981)

3. Yamamoto Y L, Shibasaki T, Matsunaga M, Thompson C J and Meyer E: "Methodology of cerebral blood flow measurement of positron emission tomography." Neurol Surg: Japan 9 (1): 7-21 (1981)

4. Yamamoto Y L, Thompson C J, Diksic M, Meyer E and Feindel W: "Positron emission tomography." Radiat Phys Chem 24:(3/4): 385-403 (1984)

5. Meyer E, Tyler J L, Thompson C J, Redies C, Diksic M, and Hakim A M: "Estimation of cerebral oxygen utilization rate by single bolus 15-O2 inhalation and dynamic positron emission tomography". Jour. Cereb. Blood Flow and Metab. 7 403-414 (1987)

6. Redies C, Diksic M, Collier B, Gjedde A, Thompson C J, Gauthier S, Feindel WH: "Influx of a Choline analog to the dog brain by PET" Synapse 2: 406-411 (1988)

7. Evans A C, Beil S, Marrett S, Thompson C J, and Hakim A M: "Anatomical functional correlation using an adjustable MRI based region of interest atlas with positron emission tomography" Jour. Cereb. Blood Flow and Metab. 8 513-530 (1988)

8. Ohta S, Meyer E, Thompson C J, and Gjedde A: "Oxygen Consumption of the Living Brain Measured After a Single Inhalation of Positron Emitting Oxygen" J. Cereb. Blood Flow and Metab. 12:3 179-192 (1992)

9. Paus T, Jech R, Thompson C J, Comeau R, Peters T M, Evans A C: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation During Positron Emission tomography: A New Method for Studying Connectivity of the Human Cerebral Cortex." J. Neuroscience 17:9 pp 3178-3184 (1997).

10. Thompson C J, Paus T, Clancy R: "Magnetic Shielding Requirements for PET Detectors During Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation" IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 45:3 1303-1307 (1998).

11. Paus T, Jech R, Thompson C J, Comeau R, Peters T, Evans A C: "Dose-Dependent Reduction of Cerebral Blood Flow During Rapid-Rate Transcranial magnetic Stimulation of the Human Sensorimotor Cortex." J. Neurophysiol. 79:2 pp 1102-1107 (1998)

12. Wang B, Thompson C J, Reutens D, Jolly D: "Measurement of the Evoked Vascular Response (EVR) to Cerebral Activation due to Vibro-tactile Stimulation Using Gated ¹¹C-CO PET Acquisitions" IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 45:3 1111-1115 (1998).

13. Moreno-Cantú J, Thompson C J, Zatorre R J, Klein D, Meyer E, Petrides M, Milner B: "Testing the Usage of Signal-Enhancing Switched Protocol for the Study of Higher-Order Cognitive tasks by Positron Emission Tomography" J Nucl. Med. 39:2 pp 350-356 (1998)

14. Moreno-Cantú J J, Thompson C J, Meyer E, Fiset P, Zatorre R J, Klein D, Reutens D: "Enhancement of the Signal-to-Noise Ratio in H₂O¹⁵ Bolus PET Activation Images: A Combined Cold Bolus, Switched Protocol" J. Nucl. Med. 41:5 pp 926-933 (2000).