Opinion|Videos|January 17, 2025

A Closer Look at the New Appropriate Use Criteria for Brain PET: An Interview with Phillip Kuo, MD, Part 2

Author(s)Jeff Hall

In the second part of a two-part interview on the recently published appropriate use criteria for brain positron emission tomography (PET) for patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Phillip Kuo, M.D. discusses clinical cases involving the use of amyloid and tau PET imaging.

“I like to say that amyloid (PET) is necessary for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease but not sufficient,” noted Phillip Kuo, M.D., during a recent interview to discuss the recently released appropriate use criteria for amyloid and tau positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).