Semi-quantitative analysis of perfusion of Brodmann areas in the differential diagnosis of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease, fronto-temporal dementia and mild cognitive impairment

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Tranfaglia, Cristina ^a   Palumbo, Barbara ^a   Siepi, Donatella ^a   Sinzinger, Helmut ^b   Parnetti, Lucilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

99mTc HMPAO; Brain SPET; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PERFUSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PERFUSION IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 69249174464     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: 17905427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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