Diffusion anisotrophy in subcortical white matter and cortical gray matter: Changes with aging and the role of CSF-suppression

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 216-227

  Bhagat, Yusuf A ^a   Beaulieu, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebrospinal fluid; Diffusion anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEVICE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3242766019     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20102     Document Type: Article

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