Diagnostic value and research progress of neuroimaging in Parkinson's disease and Parkinson-plus syndromes.

As one of the indispensable means of medical examination, neuroimaging methods play a vital role in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) and Parkinson - plus syndromes. The review summarized neuroimaging characteristics of PD and Parkinson - plus syndromes, and the application of structural MRI (sMRI), fMRI, PET and SPECT on diagnosis and differential diagnosis of related diseases and syndromes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]