Imaging Education and Resources

All brain imaging procedures that ALZ-NET participants undergo should be conducted per local practice, applicable procedure standards, appropriate use guidelines, and applicable FDA labels of Alzheimer’s disease therapies. This page provides guidance and recommendations for the brain imaging services that should be provided to ALZ-NET participants. Resources include recommend training, acquisition protocols, scanner information, required sequences, and reporting guidelines and templates for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Note: Instructions on how to transfer imaging data to the ALZ-NET operations center, The American College of Radiology, can be found on the Image Submission Page of the ALZ-NET website. 

General Alzheimer’s Imaging

• ALZ imaging – An educational platform on current and future paradigms of neuroimaging in the management of Alzheimer's disease.
• American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Alzheimer’s Webinar Series

Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

General PET Resources

• List of Recommended PET Scanners
• PET Imaging of the Brain for Technologists
• Working with Patients Being Evaluated (video)
• Patient Positioning for PET (video)

Amyloid PET Resources

• Appropriate Use Criteria for Amyloid PET (article) – Journal of Nuclear Medicine, March 2013
• AUC Infographic
• Optimal Patient Prep – Amyloid Brain Pet (video)
• Dose Uptake Time Scan for Amyloid Brain Pet (video)
• Amyloid Tracer Reader Training Guidance
• SNMMI Amyloid PET Portal
• SNMMI Acquisition Protocol
• QIBA Acquisition Protocol
• FDA labels for beta-amyloid PET radiotracers:
  • Amyvid
  • Neuraceq
  • Vizamyl

Tau PET Resources

• Tau PET Imaging in Neurodegenerative Disorders (article) - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, June 2022

FDA labels for Tau PET radiotracers:

• Tauvid

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Amyloid Related Imaging Abnormalities (ARIA) Management

• ASNR’s Recommended Reporting Templates
  • Template 1: MRI Brain Dementia
  • Template 2: MRI Brain ARIA
• Alzheimer’s Association’s ARIA Training
• Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities with Emerging Alzheimer Disease Therapeutics: Detection and Reporting Recommendations for Clinical Practice (article) - American Journal of Neuroradiology, September 2022
• Alzheimer's Disease and Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities Webinar
  • To access the webinar, log into acr.org and add the free course to your cart and begin viewing.
• 1-hour educational webinar: Understanding Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities: a Case-Based Conversation
  • Developed by Eisai Inc, this webinar offers a review of what amyloid-related imaging abnormalities (ARIA) are, how they arise, ways to detect them and how best to monitor and manage them
• Detection and Management of ARIA (CascADe Video)
  • ADVANCE^TM – Biogen Alzheimer’s Education