Diagnostic Value of Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography in Early Stages of Frontotemporal Dementia

Due to suboptimal sensitivity and specificity of structural and molecular neuroimaging tools, the diagnosis of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) remains challenging.Investigation of the sensitivity of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) to detect cerebral alterations in early stages of bvFTD despite inconspicuous conventional MRI.Thirty patients with early stages of bvFTD...