Widespread effects of hyperintense lesions on cerebral white matter structure

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1695-1704

  Taylor, Warren D ^a   Jae, Nam Bae ^a,b   MacFall, James R ^a   Payne, Martha E ^a   Provenzale, James M ^a   Steffens, David C ^a   Krishnan, K Ranga R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Geriatrics; MRI; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 34249883051     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1163     Document Type: Article

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