Typically, when a patient is being evaluated for a brain disease, a clinician carefully reviews the person's PET scan, looking for characteristic patterns that correlate with different types of dementia. These brain scans play a critical role in determining the cause and stage of a patient's condition, which directly informs the treatment plan. ... More @Wikipedia
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