This part of the body is called the pelvic area. Structures inside and near the pelvis include the bladder, prostate and other male reproductive organs, female reproductive organs, lymph nodes, and pelvic bones. An MRI does not use radiation. Single MRI images are called slices.
The type of dementia caused by small strokes, vascular dementia, is also sometimes referred to as âsmall vessel diseaseâ or multi-infarct dementia because it is caused by small strokes (infarcts) caused by blood clots in the small blood vessels of the brain.
Disorders that can cause dementia include the following: 1  Parkinson disease (a common cause) 2  Brain damage due to a head injury or certain tumors. 3  Huntington disease.  Prion diseases, such as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (which causes a rapidly progressive 1  dementia) Progressive supranuclear palsy.  Neurosyphilis.