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Superiority of Functional over Structural Neuroimaging in the Diagnosis of Primary Progressive Aphasia
Author(s) -
Gulati Anil,
Hier Daniel B.,
Trepashko Donald W.,
Hughes John R.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of neuroimaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1552-6569
pISSN - 1051-2284
DOI - 10.1111/jon199332141
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroimaging , primary progressive aphasia , aphasia , magnetic resonance imaging , abnormality , temporal lobe , computed tomography , functional imaging , radiology , emission computed tomography , neuroscience , positron emission tomography , pathology , epilepsy , dementia , psychiatry , psychology , disease , frontotemporal dementia
For a 68‐year‐old man with the syndrome of primary progressive aphasia, functional brain imaging techniques (single‐photon emission computed tomography and topographic electroencephalographic mapping) proved superior to anatomical imaging techniques (magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography) in delineating the left temporal lobe abnormality.