Friday, June 10, 2011

Brain scans to detect Alzheimer's: within a year
(imaging with PET scans )
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A brain scan to detect Alzheimer's disease could be available in hospitals worldwide within the next year and could boost efforts to detect the degenerative and fatal condition, experts said on Monday.

The technique, known as a positron emission tomography (PET) scan, can find and analyze a protein known as beta-amyloid, which is linked to Alzheimer's.

"Amyloid imaging with PET scans is expected to be widely available soon for clinical practice," said Christopher Rowe, a professor of nuclear medicine at Austin Hospital, Victoria, Australia.

"It will be an important new tool in the assessment of cognitive decline."

The results from three studies on advances in PET scans for Alzheimer's were presented at a meeting of the Society for Nuclear Medicine's annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas.

Researchers said that the new methods will be of growing importance as the world population ages, and could provide clues towards treating Alzheimer's. There is no known cure. 
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