Structural magnetic resonance imaging in diagnosis and research of Alzheimer's disease;Strukturelle Magnetresonanztomographie in der Diagnose und Erforschung der Demenz vom Alzheimer-Typ

Nervenarzt

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 365-378

  Hampel, H ^a,c,d   Teipel, S J ^a,c   Kotter H U ^a   Horwitz, B ^c   Pfluger, Th ^a   Mager, T ^a   Moller H J ^a   Muller Spahn F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; magnetic resonance imaging; MR volumetry; signalhyperintensity

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030949293     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050138     Document Type: Review

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