Could iron accumulation be an etiology of the white matter change in Alzheimer's disease: Using phase imaging to detect white matter iron deposition based on diffusion tensor imaging

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-308

  Ling, Hua Wei ^a   Ding, Bei ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Zhang, Huan ^a   Chen, Ke Min ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging; Iron accumulation; Phase imaging

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 79954613962     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327167     Document Type: Article

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