Abstract
Nuclear medicine has an extensive use in the field of neurology. It is characterized by imaging dynamic processes which is useful in diagnosing many different disorders, like epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease. Nuclear medicine is also helpful in neurooncology, not only as a diagnostic tool but as a therapeutic method as well. The aim of this study was to discuss different neuroimaging methods employed by nuclear medicine for diagnosing various neurological disorders and compare them to the other diagnostic methods. The literature review consists of articles found in GoogleScholar and PubMed databases, textbooks and scientific journals. Presented diagnostic methods show that nuclear medicine is not only a helpful addition to the more classic radiological neuroimaging, but a crucial and necessary step in diagnosing various neurological disorders, with sensitivity and specificity surpassing those of other methods. Use of nuclear medicine therapy presents a new and promising way of tackling an already troubling problem of fighting against very deadly primary brain tumors.