Comparison of diffusion tensor image study in association fiber tracts among normal, amnestic mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer′s patients

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-173

  Zhang, Yu Zhen ^a   Chang, Cheng ^a   Wei, Xiao Er ^a   Fu, Jian Liang ^a   Li, Wen Bin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; amnestic mild cognitive impairment; dementia; diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESTIC MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICLE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 79955457440     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.79129     Document Type: Article

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