Healthy brain ageing assessed with 18F-FDG PET and age-dependent recovery factors after partial volume effect correction.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Bonte, Stijn; Vandemaele, Pieter; Verleden, Stijn; Audenaert, Kurt; Deblaere, Karel; Goethals, Ingeborg; Holen, Roel
- Source
- European Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging. May2017, Vol. 44 Issue 5, p838-849. 12p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts, 5 Graphs.
- Subject
- *BRAIN research
*AGING
*BRAIN
*AGE factors in brain function localization
*OLDER people
*OLD age
- Language
- ISSN
- 1619-7070
The article presents a study that assesses the health of brain aging using partial volume effects (PVE) correction techniques. It offers details of the materials and methods of the study that observes 93 volunteers who were recruited in response to a local advertisement in a hospital. It outlines the findings which indicates the large region of the brain with a decreased metabolism due to ageing, particularly in frontal and temporal lobes.