Abstract:Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is an important tool for studying Alzheimer's disease (AD). PET scans can be used as diagnostics tools, and to provide molecular characterization of patients with cognitive disorders. However, multiple tracers are needed to measure glucose metabolism ( 18 F-FDG), synaptic vesicle protein ( 11 C-UCB-J), and β-amyloid ( 11 C-PiB). Administering multiple tracers to patient will lead to high radiation dose and cost. In addition, access to PET scans using new or less-available tra… Show more
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