In someone with cognitive complaints, Dr. Niotis says the most common brain scans performed are Amyloid PET scans and FDG-PET scans. "Amyloid PET scans tell us if someone has accumulated the toxic ...
Caption PET scan brain images show four distribution patterns (T1-T4) of the FDDNP signals that reflect different levels of abnormal brain proteins (tau and amyloid). According to researchers, the ...
To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the results of CSF tests compared to the gold standard PET imaging, the Munich researchers evaluated the data of over 400 patients with suspected Alzheimer's ...
Image: PET scans of a glioblastoma patient's brain, 72 hours after injection with the radiotracer. Credit: Dr Gabriela Kramer-Marek, The Institute of Cancer Research, London. A new imaging technique ...