Potential of PET/CT in assessing dementias with emphasis on cerebrovascular disorders

Austin J Borja^{1

2}, Emily C Hancin^{1

3}, Vincent Zhang¹, Mona-Elisabeth Revheim^{1

4

5}, Abass Alavi⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. abass.alavi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

Editorial

Austin J Borja et al. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;47(11):2493-2498.

doi: 10.1007/s00259-020-04697-y.

Austin J Borja^{1

2}, Emily C Hancin^{1

3}, Vincent Zhang¹, Mona-Elisabeth Revheim^{1

4

5}, Abass Alavi⁶

¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
⁴ Division of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. abass.alavi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

No abstract available

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