Saturday, February 11, 2012

Types of Brain Scans and Assessments for Alzheimer's and Dementia

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...
7/26/08 1:41pm

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.

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