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ArticleLa Radiologia medica2022

Radiological assessment of dementia: the Italian inter-society consensus for a practical and clinically oriented guide to image acquisition, evaluation, and reporting.

Francesca B Pizzini, Enrico Conti, Angelo Bianchetti, Alessandra Splendiani, Domenico Fusco, Ferdinando Caranci, Alessandro Bozzao, Francesco Landi, Nicoletta Gandolfo, Lisa Farina and 4 more

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Francesca B PizziniRadiology, Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 10, 37100, Verona, Italy. francescabenedetta.pizzini@univr.it.
Enrico ContiDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Angelo BianchettiDepartment of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Clinical Institute S. Anna-Gruppo San Donato, Brescia, Italy.
Alessandra SplendianiDepartment of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
Domenico FuscoFoundation Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Ferdinando CaranciDepartment of Medicine of Precision, School of Medicine, "Luigi Vanvitelli" University of Campania, 80147, Naples, Italy.
Alessandro BozzaoNESMOS, Department of Neuroradiology, S. Andrea Hospital, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Francesco LandiFoundation Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Nicoletta GandolfoDiagnostic Imaging Department, Villa Scassi Hospital-ASL 3, Corso Scassi 1, Genoa, Italy.
Lisa FarinaNeuroradiology Department, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Vittorio MieleDipartimento Di Radiodiagnostica Emergenza-Urgenza, Azienda Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy.
Marco TrabucchiItalian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (SIGG), Florence, Italy.
Giovanni B FrisoniCentre de La Mémoire, Geneva University and University Hospitals, 1205, Geneva, Switzerland.
Stefano BastianelloNeuroradiology Department, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

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Abstract

backgroundRadiological evaluation of dementia is expected to increase more and more in routine practice due to both the primary role of neuroimaging in the diagnostic pathway and the increasing incidence of the disease. Despite this, radiologists often do not follow a disease-oriented approach to image interpretation, for several reasons, leading to reports of limited value to clinicians. In our work, through an intersocietal consensus on the main mandatory knowledge about dementia, we proposed a disease-oriented protocol to optimize and standardize the acquisition/evaluation/interpretation and reporting of radiological images. Our main purpose is to provide a practical guideline for the radiologist to help increase the effectiveness of interdisciplinary dialogue and diagnostic accuracy in daily practice.

resultsWe defined key clinical and imaging features of the dementias (A), recommended MRI protocol (B), proposed a disease-oriented imaging evaluation and interpretation (C) and report (D) with a glimpse to future avenues (E). The proposed radiological practice is to systematically evaluate and score atrophy, white matter changes, microbleeds, small vessel disease, consider the use of quantitative measures using commercial software tools critically, and adopt a structured disease-oriented report. In the expanding field of cognitive disorders, the only effective assessment approach is the standardized disease-oriented one, which includes a multidisciplinary integration of the clinical picture, MRI, CSF and blood biomarkers and nuclear medicine.

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DementiaNeuroimagingBiomarkersHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingBiomarkersAssessmentConsensusDementiaMRINeuroimaging

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