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- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- ‘Clinical Topics In … ’
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Editors’ Note
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Comments
- Section 1 Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
- Section 2 Assessment and Investigations
- Chapter 9 The Home Assessment in Old Age Psychiatry
- Chapter 10 Driving in Dementia
- Chapter 11 Mini-Mental State Examination for the Detection and Prediction of Dementia in People with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Chapter 12 Biomarkers and the Diagnosis of Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
- Chapter 13 To Scan or Not to Scan
- Section 3 Approaches to Management
- Section 4 Law, Ethics, and Philosophy
- Index
- References
Chapter 13 - To Scan or Not to Scan
Neuroimaging in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
from Section 2 - Assessment and Investigations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2020
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- ‘Clinical Topics In … ’
- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Editors’ Note
- Abbreviations
- Introductory Comments
- Section 1 Epidemiology and Types of Disorders
- Section 2 Assessment and Investigations
- Chapter 9 The Home Assessment in Old Age Psychiatry
- Chapter 10 Driving in Dementia
- Chapter 11 Mini-Mental State Examination for the Detection and Prediction of Dementia in People with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Chapter 12 Biomarkers and the Diagnosis of Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease
- Chapter 13 To Scan or Not to Scan
- Section 3 Approaches to Management
- Section 4 Law, Ethics, and Philosophy
- Index
- References
Summary
There is currently a huge variation in clinical practice as to whether patients being assessed for dementia undergo neuroimaging. With an ageing population it is likely that there will be greater pressures on psychogeriatric services, so accurate assessment, diagnosis, and prompt treatment will be required. This chapter will examine the evidence for the use of different neuroimaging techniques in the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia.
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- Clinical Topics in Old Age Psychiatry , pp. 173 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020