PET Images of Brain Tissue (IMAGE)

Duke University Medical Center

PET Images of Brain Tissue

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PET images using florbetapir dye to highlight beta-amyloid plaques show (A), a cognitively normal subject; (B) an amyloid-positive patient with Alzheimer’s disease; (C) a patient with mild cognitive impairment; and (D) a patient with mild cognitive impairment who progressed to dementia during the study.

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Slide courtesy of the journal <i>Neurology.</i>

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