Alzheimer's

PETCT brain imaging in dementia

Dementia is a clinical syndrome characterised by neurodegeneration that leads to progressive deterioration in several intellectual domains, including memory, language and executive brain function. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the commonest cause of neurodegenerative dementia that accounts for more than 60% of all cases, followed by vascular dementia, mixed dementia, Lewy body dementia (DLB), frontotemporal dementia […]

Dr Haroon Motara, Dr Chirag Patel, Dr Fahmid Chowdhury

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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Amyloid brain PET imaging

Brain positron emission tomography (PET) has also been used over many years to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases, and has advantages over MRI due to its higher sensitivity to detect pathologies at a molecular level. While 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PETCT is an established imaging technique for assisting in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other forms […]

Nick Gulliver, Dr Nicola Mulholland, Dr Gill Vivian

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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