Imaging Dementia-Mayo Clinic

Memory loss, personality changes, a shrinking ability to do daily tasks. It's not easy to watch a loved one suffer from dementia. It's also not easy at times for doctors to know exactly what kind of dementia a person may have. That's because there's not been a test that can differentiate between, say, Alzheimer's disease and Lewy Body Dementia. Now, researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed a way to look at the living brain and more accurately tell what type of dementia a person has. And this may help get patients on the right treatment.

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Science & Technology

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• Mayo Clinic
• Medical Edge
• Dementia
• Alzheimer's disease
• Lew Body Dementia

[YourPersonalNum1Fan]

What about Cadasil??????

[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

[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?