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Brain Images Converting MCI to AD

Caption: These are baseline and follow-up brain scans of a patient who converted to Alzheimer's disease after two years (images to right of white line) that shows high medial temporal binding at baseline (lower left) and follow-up (lower right), but also demonstrates more baseline binding in frontal (upper images) and lateral temporal regions. Warmer colors (yellows, reds indicate higher binding levels. A second patient did not convert to Alzheimer's after two years (images to left of white line) showing medial temporal (lower scans), but very mild frontal (upper scans) binding at baseline and follow-up.

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