title: PET/dementia: an update.
abstract: Positron Emission Tomography (PET) has held considerable promise as an investigative tool in the field of dementia but has yet to fulfill this promise. Review of pertinent problems in PET/dementia studies provides encouraging directions for future research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1769.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Benson
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed / Q000592:standards