About 7 years ago my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Two doctors agreed after doing some talking to her, and having her perform some basic tests.
They said they would not positively conclude it was Alzheimers until they looked at her white plane brain scan.
They sat me down and showed me on a computer a normal brain and the start of Alzheimer's on another brain, which showed white edges starting to form around the brain, and the brain pulling away from the skull.
When my wife's brain scan came back it was identical to the early onset Alzheimer's brain scan I had been shown.
I would bet right now ,that scan would show white in the back lobe; as her recent memory is gone.
I will give those Doctors credit as they did not offer any false hope of a stoppage or recovery from Alzheimer's.-Tom
I was not aware of the “white plane brain scan”.
It is interesting but I wonder at even testing for a disease for which absolutely no treatment yet exists.