(Read More about Franklin). Beyond tourism and music, the economic base encompasses government, banking, finance, and insurance. More recently, it has become a center for the modern automotive industry. In the early 1990âs, General Motors located Saturn in Spring Hill, about 30 miles to the southwest.
Purpose of MRI Brain Scan. I have recently seen a Neurologist due to intermittent attacks of severe nausea and sickness, nerve pain, parasthesias and dysesthesias.
Page Content. A brain SPECT, or Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, scan is used to detect altered blood flow in the brain. A SPECT scan is a nuclear medicine exam that uses a radioactive compound to diagnose some diseases of the brain. It is a form of radiology because radiation is used to capture pictures of the human body. Procedural Details You will be given a small dose of radioactive material through an intravenous (IV) line. This compound, called a tracer, collects in the brain and gives off gamma rays.