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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 23-31 |
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Hybrid imaging in dementia: A semi-quantitative (18F)-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging approach in clinical practice
Ana Marija Franceschi1, Kiyon Naser-Tavakolian2, Michael Clifton2, Osama Ahmed2, Katarina Stoffers2, Lev Bangiyev2, Giuseppe Cruciata2, Sean Clouston3, Dinko Franceschi2
1 Department of Radiology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, Manhasset, NY, USA
2 Department of Radiology, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, USA
3 Department of Family, Population and Preventative Medicine, SUNY Stony Brook, NY, USA
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Ana Marija Franceschi
Department of Radiology, Northwell Health, Manhasset NY 11030
USA
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DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_27_20 
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Neurodegenerative disorders may demonstrate typical lobar and regional patterns of volume loss with corresponding decreased glucose metabolism. In this retrospective study, we correlated semi-quantitative volumetric changes utilizing NeuroQuant morphometric analysis with decreased fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake age-matched calculated z-scores utilizing18F-FDG positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI). Eighty-nine patients (mean age 71.4) with clinical findings suggestive of various subtypes of dementia underwent PET/MR brain imaging. Cases were categorized as follows: Alzheimer's dementia (AD), frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and corticobasal degeneration (CBD). NeuroQuant software provided semi-quantitative assessment of lobar-specific patterns of volume loss compared to age-matched controls. MIMneuro software provided semi-quantitative FDG uptake data, with metabolic z-scores generated in comparison to age-matched controls. Volumetric and metabolic data were then correlated for statistical significance. In 29 AD cases, Pearson correlation coefficient between z-score and lobar volume was 0.3 (P = 0.120) and 0.38 (P < 0.05), for parietal and temporal lobes, respectively. In 34 FTLD cases, it was 0.35 (P = 0.051) and 0.02 (P = 0.916), for frontal and temporal lobes, respectively. In 14 DLB cases, it was 0.42 (P = 0.130), 0.5 (P = 0.067), and 0.22 (P = 0.447) for the occipital lobes, middle occipital gyrus, and parietal lobes, respectively. In 12 CBD cases, it was 0.58 (P < 0.05) for the superior parietal lobule. Semi-quantitative (F18)-FDG PET/MRI analysis demonstrated a positive relationship between volumetric loss and hypometabolism within certain lobar-specific regions, depending on neurodegenerative disorder subtype. Our findings may add diagnostic confidence in the accurate imaging diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease. |
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