Assessment of degradation of the selected projectile, commissural and association brain fibers in patients with Alzheimer's disease on diffusion tensor MR imaging

Polish Journal of Radiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 7-14

  Szewczyk, Paweł ^a   Zimny, Anna ^a   Trypka, Elzbieta ^a   Wojtyńska, Renata ^a   Leszek, Jerzy ^a   Sasiadek, Marek ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77954651991     PISSN: 1733134X     EISSN: 18990967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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