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Molecular imaging is key in dementia, especially for early diagnosis, but also for identifying reversible forms of dementia. The objective of this presentation is to give the clinical perspective of molecular imaging for improving the early diagnosis of dementia and to explain how it may help to improve the diagnosis of reversible dementia. We will use the recent development of a new clinical predementia syndrome called the Motoric Cognitive Risk syndrome (MCR) to demonstrate how molecular imaging may help to better understand the pathophysiology of MCR. Then, we will focus on the leading cause of reversible dementia – normal pressure hydrocephalus – and show how molecular imaging may help to identify normal pressure hydrocephalus from its mimics.
