Udvalget for Humanmedicinske Lægemidler (CHMP) fandt, at fordelene ved DaTSCAN opvejer risiciene som et diagnostisk hjælpemiddel, der gør det lettere at skelne essentiel tremor fra Parkinson - syndromer beslægtet med idiopatisk Parkinsons sygdom, multipel systematrofi og progressiv supranukleær lammelse, og at skelne formodet Lewy body demens fra Alzheimers demens.
The Committee for Medicinal products for Human Use (CHMP) decided that DaTSCAN’ s benefits are greater than its risks as a diagnostic agent to help differentiate Essential Tremor from Parkinsonian Syndromes related to idiopathic Parkinson’ s Disease, Multiple System Atrophy and Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, and to help differentiate probable dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer ’ s dementia.