History

• 68-year old female.
• Suspicion of dementia with mild clinical symptoms.
• Patient is referred for PET scan to examine for Alzheimer's Disease by Memory Clinic, Königsfelden, Switzerland.

Visual Inspection

• The FDG PET images indicates a bilateral parietal hypometabolism.

FDG images. Click on the image for viewing more transaxial slices.

PALZ Findings

• PALZ analysis reveals additional hypometabolism within the posterior cingulate gyrus and temporal cortex.
• Criterion within AD regions is abnormal with high error probabilitiy (t-Sum=31443.63; p<0.0001).

Cluster images of significant hypometabolism. Click on the image for viewing more transaxial images.

3D Visualization

Diagnosis

• According to the PALZ result and in accordance with the clinical symptoms Alzheimer's Disease is diagnosed.