Article
Neuroimaging for diagnosis of dementia.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry - 1 Jan 1998
Small G W, Leiter F
Abstract excerpt
Although many clinicians consider neuroimaging studies as optional for the differential diagnosis of dementia, clinical experience suggests that they can improve diagnostic accuracy. Data are limited, however, on sensitivity, specificity, and cost-effectiveness of various neuroimaging techniques....
Topics
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoproteins E
- Brain
- Dementia
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Electroencephalography
- Genotype
- Health Care Costs
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Risk Factors
- Tomography, Emission-Computed
- Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed