Complete Evaluation of Dementia: PET and MRI Correlation and Diagnosis for the Neuroradiologist
Jorge D. Oldan, Valerie Jewells, B. Pieper, T.Z. Wong
Abstract
This article will familiarize neuroradiologists with the pathophysiology, clinical findings, and standard MR imaging and PET imaging features of multiple forms of dementia as well as new emerging techniques. Cases were compiled from multiple institutions with the goal of improved diagnostic accuracy and improved patient care as well as information about biomarkers on the horizon. Dementia topics addressed include the following: Alzheimer disease, frontotemporal dementia, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, Lewy body dementia, Parkinson disease and Parkinson disease variants, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multisystem atrophy, Huntington disease vascular dementia, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineDementiaNeuroradiologistFrontotemporal dementiaAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisLewy bodyDiseaseAtrophyCerebral amyloid angiopathyDementia with Lewy bodiesPathologyMagnetic resonance imagingRadiologyCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusPrion Diseases and Protein MisfoldingNeurological and metabolic disorders