Pictures of the brain: what are they and what do they tell
us?
CT, CTA, MRI, MRA, fMRI, PET are an alphabet soup of brain
tests that might be used in evaluation of a person suspected of possibly having
Alzheimer’s disease. I would like to
define and describe each of these tes...



Thanks Doctor for this information. I imagine it can be very confusing and certainly frustrating to try and keep all the letters straight! Now we have this infomraiton at our fingertips. Great addition to our Alzheimer's material.
All the best, sue (moderator)
Here is additional information on the diagnosis of Alzheimer's.