Potential role of diffusion tensor MRI in the differential diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1369-1374

  Parente, Daniella B ^a,b,c   Gasparetto, Emerson L ^a,b,c   Da Cruz Jr , Luiz Celso Hygino ^a,b,c   Domingues, Roberto Cortes ^a,b   Baptista, Ana Célia ^c   Carvalho, Antônio Carlos Pires ^c   Domingues, Romeu Cortes ^a,b,c  

^a Clinica de Diagnostico Por Imagem CDPI   (Brazil)

^b Clinica Multi Imagem   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Mild cognitive impairment; MRI; Posterior cingulate gyrus; Splenium; Superior longitudinal fascicles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43649092740     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2617     Document Type: Article

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