In patients with Lewy body diseases, it was observed that ... Overall, the advancements in synaptic density imaging using PET technology are paving the way for better understanding and potentially ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet and Mayo Clinic has revealed important insights into brain degeneration in dementia with Lewy bodies ... use an imaging technique called FDG-PET to assess ...

The revised criteria offer guidance for clinicians to determine when amyloid and tau PET are recommended ... individuals with prodromal Lewy body disease or dementia with Lewy bodies; patients ...

In a new study, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has been associated ... used to differentiate between PDD and DLB and that 11 C-PIB PET can help to target novel anti-amyloid agents to patients ...

It is easier and cheaper to train in providing cognitive assessments than administering imaging or invasive biomarker ... for both Alzheimer's and Lewy body diseases. Having validated clinical ...

Researchers in Japan scored a world first by imaging how a substance ... and two suffering from Lewy body dementia. Images of the subjects’ brains captured with PET showed patients had a ...

Doctors use an imaging technique called FDG-PET ... More information: Daniel Ferreira et al, Longitudinal FDG-PET Metabolic Change Along the Lewy Body Continuum, JAMA Neurology (2025).