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Newest in this topic

  1. The spatial extent of tauopathy on [18F]MK-6240 tau PET shows stronger association with cognitive performances than the standard uptake value ratio in Alzheimer's disease 2024-01-17
  2. Test-retest characteristic of [18F]MK-6240 quantitative outcomes in cognitively normal adults and subjects with Alzheimer's disease 2019-11-11

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Date range

2019 to 2024

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  • European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 1
  • Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 1

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  1. The spatial extent of tauopathy on [18F]MK-6240 tau PET shows stronger association with cognitive performances than the standard uptake value ratio in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging 2024-01-17 Brain scans and imaging

    Quantifying [ 18 F]MK-6240 tau PET in terms of EOT rather than SUVr significantly increases the correlation with cognitive performances.

  2. Test-retest characteristic of [18F]MK-6240 quantitative outcomes in cognitively normal adults and subjects with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2019-11-11 Brain scans and imaging

    [ 18 F]MK-6240 is a selective, high-affinity PET radiotracer for imaging neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

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