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Brain Imaging Techniques in Alzheimer’s Disease (CT, NMR, SPECT and PET)

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The brain imaging techniques described in this chapter allow direct examination of brain structure and function in health and disease states in vivo. The dementias are for the most part age-related conditions and thus the importance of ageing effects on brain structure and function must be taken into account in the interpretation of changes in patients with dementing conditions. In addition to this, the ultimate classification of dementia must rely on postmortem corroboration of macroscopic and microscopic changes in order to be definitive, and ultimately pathological criteria should be used to confirm the clinical and imaging findings.

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Besson, J.A.O. et al. (1989). Brain Imaging Techniques in Alzheimer’s Disease (CT, NMR, SPECT and PET). In: Crawford, J.R., Parker, D.M. (eds) Developments in Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9996-5_1

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