Background Cross-sectional imaging in dementing disorders is used to rule out so-called
treatable causes of dementia and to identify conditions that may be associated with …

Dementia is a contemporary global health issue with far reaching consequences, not only
for affected individuals and their families, but for national and global socio-economic …

Dementia is an acquired syndrome in which a person suffers from progressive impairment in
one of the following six cognitive domains: complex attention, executive function, learning …

Dementia refers to a clinical syndrome rather than a disease. Dementia is usually defined as
an acquired condition involving multiple cognitive impairments that are sufficient to interfere …

Structural neuroimaging in dementia has traditionally served the sole purpose of ruling out
(treatable) disease as an alternative explanation for cognitive deterioration, for example a …

This chapter reviews clinical applications and imaging findings useful in medical practice
relating to neurodegenerative cognitive/dementing disorders. The preponderance of …

Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia. The prevailing theory of the
underlying pathology assumes amyloid accumulation followed by tau protein aggregation …

Dementia is a common and growing problem, affecting 5% of the over 65s and 20% of the
over 80s. The recent availability of new treatments for dementia, as well as the importance of …

An accurate etiologic diagnosis in patients presenting with symptoms of cognitive loss is
increasingly important as our knowledge of dementia expands and new approaches to …

Dementia is a global health issue, the burden of which will worsen with an increasingly
aging population. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common dementia, with 50 to 60% of …