# @fixelinstitute on Facebook

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- **Posted:** 2025-07-31T19:30:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Grace Huff (@GraceHuff3) — https://gondola.cc/GraceHuff3

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Mayo Clinic researchers — in collaboration with University of Florida experts — have identified a noninvasive imaging biomarker that could help diagnose DLB earlier and more accurately using free-water diffusion MRI.

💬 “We need better, noninvasive biomarker tests that patients can access easily,” said neurologist Dr. Shannon Chiu, who began her research training under UF’s Dr. David Vaillancourt, a pioneer in using free-water imaging in Parkinson’s disease.

This work could pave the way for earlier diagnosis and better clinical trial readiness for one of the most commonly misdiagnosed forms of dementia.

🔗 Click the link to read more about this UF-Mayo breakthrough in Movement Disorders. https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/neurology-neurosurgery/news/study-outlines-possible-tool-for-dlb-diagnosis/mac-20585941

#LewyBodyDementia #Neuroimaging #DLB #UFHealth #MayoClinic #NeuroscienceResearch #Neurodegeneration #ParkinsonsResearch #BrainHealth

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ufhealth, parkinsonsresearch, brainhealth, neurodegeneration, dlb, mayoclinic, neuroimaging, neuroscienceresearch, lewybodydementia

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