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The gamma tracer doesn't have the potential to cause further damage, does it?

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I've had it done and it didn't cause any ill effects on me.

It is not near as bad as the MRI machine, that's for sure.
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So how many of you have exhibited actual brain atrophy on a scan? Is it less common than simple hypoperfusion, or is that just wishful thinking?
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the radiotracer should be HMPAO not neurolite. neurolite might detect disruptions in perfusion from alzheimer's plaque, toxoplasmosis, shotgun wounds, not lyme.
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