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Image-processing technique tracks tau tangles as Alzheimer’s disease develops – Physics World – Medical Physics Web

Novel automated image-sampling method could guide the development of improved therapies for the most common form of dementia

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Left panels: tau PET for a cognitively normal person. Red indicates a high abundance of tau protein and blue indicates low abundance. Top right: 3D rendering of the brain cortical surface with tau PET shown by the colour wash. Bottom right: flat map showing the brain-surface topography, with colour showing tau PET results. The white outline identifies the rhinal cortex, the region in which this study found cortical tau pathology to originate. (Courtesy: Justin Sanchez and Keith Johnson, Massachusetts…

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