title: Positron emission tomography with the deoxyglucose technique and the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Riege and Metter provide a useful review of the application of PET in the evaluation of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We share their enthusiasm for continued support and development of tools to image metabolic processes. Our commentary focuses on neuroimaging and the diagnosis of AD and introduces some new data that directly impacts on the interpretation of PET-2-deoxyglucose (2DG) data.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, NYU Medical Center, NY 10016.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: de Leon
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism; D001519:Behavior; D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D003847:Deoxyglucose; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed
chemical_list: D003837:Deoxy Sugars; D003847:Deoxyglucose