Diffusion tensor imaging in alzheimer's disease

Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-33

  Kantarci, Kejal ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI); Fractional anisotropy; Mean diffusivity; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79955675299     PISSN: 15734056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340511794653432     Document Type: Article

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