DR. ADOLF PFEFFERBAUM, M.D.
Medical Practice at Dezahara Way, Los Altos, CA
License number
California A23445
Category
Medical Practice
Type
Specialist
Address
Address
26911 Dezahara Way, Los Altos, CA 94022
Phone
(650) 948-3332
Professional information
Dr. Adolf Pfefferbaum, Los Altos Hills CA - MD (Doctor of Medicine)
Specialties:
Neuropsychiatry (Psychiatry)
Address:
26911 Dezahara Way, Los Altos Hills 94022
(650) 948-3332 (Phone)
(650) 948-3332 (Phone)
Certifications:
Psychiatry, 1976
Awards:
Healthgrades Honor Roll
Languages:
English
Education:
Medical School
University of California At San Francisco
Graduated: 1968
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Stanford University
University of California At San Francisco
Graduated: 1968
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Stanford University
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging Method To Monitor Progression And Treatment Of Neurodegenerative Conditions
US Patent:
2002017, Nov 21, 2002
Filed:
Mar 22, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/105028
Inventors:
Adolf Pfefferbaum - Los Altos Hills CA, US
Elfar Adalsteinsson - Palo Alto CA, US
Daniel Spielman - Menlo Park CA, US
Edith Sullivan - Palo Alto CA, US
Elfar Adalsteinsson - Palo Alto CA, US
Daniel Spielman - Menlo Park CA, US
Edith Sullivan - Palo Alto CA, US
International Classification:
A61B005/05
US Classification:
600/407000
Abstract:
A non-invasive longitudinal method that is sensitive and objective for quantifying progressive loss of neurons in normal aging brains and brains that suffer from a neurodegenerative disease is provided. The method also provides clinicians, patients and drug companies with a method for evaluating the efficacy of various treatments and interventions by assessing a change in brain integrity. The method determines and localizes a change in brain integrity in a compartment of a brain from at least structural images and metabolite brain images, which are acquired for at least two time instances. The time period between two time instances is dependent on the disease pathology and disease progression and could, for instance, be at least 3 months between time instances as well as at least 6 or 12 months between time instances.