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2. US removes coverage curb on PET scans for Alzheimer's ... - AOL

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   “Amyloid PET scans are a proven tool and can be an important part of Alzheimer’s diagnosis and treatment,” Maria Carrillo, chief science officer of the Alzheimer’s Association, said in a ...

3. Brain positron emission tomography - Wikipedia

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   PET imaging with 18F-FDG takes advantage of the fact that the brain is normally a rapid user of glucose. Standard 18F-FDG PET of the brain measures regional glucose use and can be used in neuropathological diagnosis. Example: Brain pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease greatly decrease brain metabolism of both glucose and oxygen in tandem ...

4. Positron emission tomography - Wikipedia

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   PET imaging with FDG takes advantage of the fact that the brain is normally a rapid user of glucose. Standard FDG PET of the brain measures regional glucose use and can be used in neuropathological diagnosis. Brain pathologies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) greatly decrease brain metabolism of both glucose and oxygen in tandem. Therefore FDG ...

5. Pittsburgh compound B - Wikipedia

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   PET scans showed that the compound was retained in areas of the cerebral cortex known to contain significant amyloid deposits from post-mortem examinations. The initial human study of PiB was expanded to include 16 Alzheimer's disease subjects and 9 cognitively normal controls, the report of which was published in 2004 in the Annals of ...

6. Does Medicare pay for dementia care? Here’s what ... - AOL

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   Alzheimer’s, which affects memory and thinking skills, occurs when amyloids, naturally occurring proteins in the body, clump together to create amyloid plaques in the brain. Other types of ...

7. Flortaucipir (18F) - Wikipedia

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   Flortaucipir (18 F) is a radioactive diagnostic agent for adults with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer's disease. [1]It is indicated for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of the brain to estimate the density and distribution of aggregated tau neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), a primary marker of Alzheimer's disease.