Dementia other imaging findings: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
==Other imaging findings== | ==Other imaging findings== | ||
Recently, the functional neuroimaging modalities of [[SPECT]] and [[PET]] have shown quite similar ability to diagnose dementia as clinical exam (PMID 16785801). SPECT's ability to differentiate vascular type from Alzheimer disease types of dementias appears to be superior to clinical exam | Recently, the functional neuroimaging modalities of [[SPECT]] and [[PET]] have shown quite similar ability to diagnose dementia as clinical exam (PMID 16785801). SPECT's ability to differentiate vascular type from Alzheimer disease types of dementias appears to be superior to clinical exam.<ref name="pmid15545324">{{cite journal |author=Dougall NJ, Bruggink S, Ebmeier KP |title=Systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT in dementia |journal=[[The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry]] |volume=12 |issue=6 |pages=554–70 |year=2004 |pmid=15545324 |doi=10.1176/appi.ajgp.12.6.554 |url= |accessdate=2012-08-30}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:56, 30 August 2012
|
Dementia Microchapters |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Other imaging findings
Recently, the functional neuroimaging modalities of SPECT and PET have shown quite similar ability to diagnose dementia as clinical exam (PMID 16785801). SPECT's ability to differentiate vascular type from Alzheimer disease types of dementias appears to be superior to clinical exam.[1]
References
- ↑ Dougall NJ, Bruggink S, Ebmeier KP (2004). "Systematic review of the diagnostic accuracy of 99mTc-HMPAO-SPECT in dementia". The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 12 (6): 554–70. doi:10.1176/appi.ajgp.12.6.554. PMID 15545324.
|access-date=requires|url=(help)