A decrease in cerebral cortex intensity of T2-wieghted with ageing images of normal subjects

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 76-80

  Imon, Y ^a   Yamaguchi, S ^b   Katayama, S ^b   Oka, M ^b   Murata, Y ^b   Kajima, T ^b   Yamamura, Y ^b   Nakamura, S ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cerebral cortex; Magnetic resonance imaging; Signal intensity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031754798     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050544     Document Type: Article

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