Abstract
The role of imaging in dementia has extended from the exclusion of non-degenerative conditions, causing cognitive impairment, to being able to assist a clinical diagnosis of dementia subtypes. Newer functional imaging techniques, such as amyloid position emission tomography (PET) and (123I)-FP-CIT SPECT, are increasingly available to clinicians. This article summarises a neuroimaging meeting, including the presentations and discussion from the subsequent interactive forums, which aimed to encourage debate surrounding the use of these techniques. A number of participants from different clinical specialties, imaging departments and healthcare management teams, took part. Overall, it was agreed imaging played an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and management of dementia. To optimise the use of the newer techniques, a multidisciplinary approach to the selection of appropriate patients would be useful, as would integration of these scans into a structured care pathway. Education in imaging to promote better reporting, as well as more detailed clinical information on requests, would also increase the value of imaging.
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