Diffusion-tensor imaging at 3 T: Detection of white matter alterations in neurological patients on the basis of normal values

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 338-345

  Deppe, Michael ^a,b   Duning, Thomas ^a   Mohammadi, Siawoosh ^a   Schwindt, Wolfram ^a   Kugel, Harald ^a   Knecht, Stefan ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer; Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Internal capsule; Microangiopathy; MRI; Myelin; Neuropathy; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 34249007766     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000261935.41188.39     Document Type: Article

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