Imaging Dementia-Mayo Clinic

[YourPersonalNum1Fan]

What about Cadasil??????

[ToxicWorldExile]

Why do doctors, only, have a CT scan performed on patients and not an MRI when the symptoms indicate dementia in an elderly patient?

[ToniSkit]

@ToxicWorldExile Ct is original preformed for quicky imaging the encefalo, its cheeper, faster and less problematic if patients move around...in fact its generally preformed before mri for example in an emergency case( especially trauma since hemorage is seen better on ct)...as far as follow up or detailed tissue imaging mri is prefered. however in the end MRI vs CT scan depends on what needs to be visualized and the reason behind the exam