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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Jul 28;58(8):1453–1458. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02975.x

Table 3.

Clinical Diagnosis versus Radiologic Interpretation*

Clinical diagnosis Radiologic interpretation
Normal
for age
Single pattern Complex pattern

AD
pattern
FTD
pattern
DLB
pattern
CVD
alone
Mixed
ND
Mixed
CVD/N
D
Abnormal, not
diagnostic
CIND
MCI (n=15) 1 6 1 2 1 4
Cognitive disorder NOS (n=25) 2 2 3 1 17

Dementia, single etiology
AD (n=43) 23 1 3 2 8 6
VaD (n=5) 2 2 1
Other (n=9) 6 2 1

Dementia, complex etiologyb
Mixed vascular/degenerative (n=42) 1 6 1 9 20 5
Multiple degenerative (n=21) 2 6 1 1 1 4 6
Dementia NOS (n=33) 7 4 6 1 5 10

Totals (n=193) 4
(2%)
46
(24%)
19
(10%)
3
(2%)
26
(13%)
4
(2%)
41
(21%)
50
(26%)
*

SPECT and MRI images were read in tandem by expert neuroradiologists. Numbers represent actual cases with (%) provided for column totals.

Abbreviations: see Tables 1 & 2; ND = neurodegenerative disease.

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