Published in:
01-08-2011 | Review
Technical aspects of amyloid imaging for Alzheimer's disease
Authors:
Paul Edison, Rainer Hinz, David J Brooks
Published in:
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy
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Issue 4/2011
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Abstract
[11C]Pittsburgh Compound B positron emission tomography has now been extensively used to evaluate the amyloid load in different types of dementia and has become a powerful research tool in the field of neurodegenerative diseases. In the present short review we discuss the properties of amyloid imaging agent [11C]Pittsburgh Compound B, the different modalities of molecular imaging, image processing and data analysis, and newer amyloid imaging agents.