Patent ID: 8557222

Claim:
A method for detecting or ruling out multiple neurodegenerative diseased states or pathologic processes in a patient comprising: administering an effective amount of 18 F-AV-45 to a patient, wherein β-amyloid is associated with a first diseased state or pathologic process; acquiring an image to detect the presence or absence of β-amyloid plaque in the cortical regions of the brain of the patient; administering an effective amount of 18 F-AV-133, wherein dopaminergic degeneration of nigrostriatal neurons is associated with a second diseased state or pathologic process; acquiring an image to detect dopaminergic degeneration of nigrostriatal neurons in the striatal regions of the brain of the patient; detecting the presence or absence of the first diseased state or pathologic process; and detecting the presence or absence of the second diseased state or pathologic process.