SPECT scans: can they be used to diagnose ME/CFS?

NelliePledge said:
Seems to be quite an issue generally on social media and people with ME are no exception it does my head in when folks “follow” one particular doctor or theory like it’s some kind of religion, or think because they consider X has helped them and a few other people it’s a panacea for everyone with ME
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Yes and if you don't agree with X's theory of ME (or even just state the fact that it hasn't been proved) then you are an enemy of all real ME sufferers!
 
weyland said:
Doctors don’t typically read scans, radiologist do, and provide a report that the doctor can read and interpret. If you could provide an example of where Hyde said it’s easy to do we can take a look at that.
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That part is true, but I haven't seen any evidence that SPECT is currently considered reliable.

Milo said:
Something to the effect that there are better tools to achieve their goals.

As an analogy, trying to get convinced that a phone attached to the wall would be better than a cellular phone.
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This I think is a lot of why. We now have better techniques.


weyland said:
SPECT resolution is poor, as compared to something like PET.

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For the life of me I can’t figure out why nobody has looked at the evidence base of the SPECT research, said huh, that’s interesting, and squirted some FDG in some ME patients and thrown them in a PET scanner. I suppose as usual it comes down to lack of funds.
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I don't know if they've used that particular marker, but here's an abstract of an overview mentioning a different marker that is being used with PET.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30687207

Here's another abstract of a PET study from a different group:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416112
 
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