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Brain perfusion SPECT analysis Sánchez Catasùs, Carlos Alfredo
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Sánchez Catasùs, C. A. (2018). Brain perfusion SPECT analysis: New insights in mild cognitive impairment and neuromyelitis optica. University of Groningen.
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PROPOSITIONS
Belonging to the Ph.D. thesis “Brain Perfusion SPECT Analysis
New Insights in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Neuromyelitis Optica”
Carlos Alfredo Sánchez-Catasús
1. FDG-PET performs better than perfusion SPECT to predict AD dementia in MCI
individuals; however, the latter is a valid alternative when the former is not available –
this thesis, Chapter 2.
2. Changes in the topology of cerebrovascular reactivity in MCI may precede topographical
changes – this thesis, Chapter 3.
3. Graph theoretical analysis of brain perfusion SPECT has the potential to become a connectivity-based biomarker for MCI – this thesis, Chapter 4.
4. The integration of data from perfusion SPECT and structural MRI offers a more
comprehensive picture of NMO than either modality separately – this thesis, Chapter 5.
5. The number of optic neuritis attacks per patient is a potential confounder when
comparing NMO patients with controls, for both tissue volumes and perfusion by voxel-based statistical analysis – this thesis, Chapter 6.
6. “Make it simple” – Dr. Antoon Willemsen during supervision.
7. It is usually said that it is better to see the glass as half full rather than as half empty. In science, maybe it's better to see an almost empty glass.
8. Science and chess are similar in several aspects, but more than a war game, science is a growing puzzle that has to be assembled and disassembled over and over again.
9. In the Netherlands, a bike is "all you need". Then, "you can learn how to play the game"
– Paraphrasing the Beatles song “All you need is love".
10. “Happiness exists on earth and is obtained through the exercise of reason and serenity,
knowledge of full harmony of the universe and frequent practice of generosity” – José
