Abstract
Dementia, whether secondary to Alzheimer disease or another process, is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although dementia remains a clinical diagnosis, for many years imaging has served as a key component in the assessment of patients with cognitive impairment. There have been tremendous advancements in the neuroimaging of dementia over the past decade, moving the field past the rule-out dogma toward ruling in specific pathophysiologic processes. This article is written for the practicing clinician, to provide a review of neuroimaging findings associated with selected degenerative and nondegenerative forms of dementia.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-93 |
Number of pages | 35 |
Journal | Neurologic Clinics |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 2014 |
Keywords
- Alzheimer disease (AD)
- Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)
- Lewy body dementia (LBD)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Positron emission tomography (PET)
- Prion disease
- Vascular cognitive impairment
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology