Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers for Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Table 2

Cost and time implications of neuroimaging and neurophysiological techniques and laboratory tests.

Neuroimaging technique	Cost (£)	Time (minutes)
CT	80–100	10
MRI	200	30
SPECT	250	15–60
DaTSCAN-SPECT	750	180–360
MIBG myocardial scintigraphy	500	180
EEG	250	30–45
Blood	2.71	5
Urine	2.12	5
CSF	10	35–40

Abbreviations: CT: computerised tomography; MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; SPECT: single-photon emission computed tomography; DaTSCAN-SPECT: [123I]ioflupane single-photon emission computed tomography; MIBG: ¹²³I-metaiodobenzylguanidine; EEG: electroencephalogram; CSF: cerebrospinal fluid.
Please note that all costs and times are estimates based on UK NHS data and do not include professional interpretation of results.