Imaging of brain amyloid load in early Alzheimer’s disease

Abstract

The content of this chapter deals with the usefulness and indications of amyloid PET for the diagnosis of patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In addition to a description of amyloid PET itself, topics such as early and differential diagnosis of AD are discussed. Measuring amyloid in CSF as an alternative method to amyloid PET and the associations between cerebral amyloid load and the apolipoprotein E genotype are also covered in this section.