Axial diffusivity is increased in the degenerating superior cerebellar peduncles of Friedreich's ataxia

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 367-372

  Della Nave, Riccardo ^a   Ginestroni, Andrea ^b   Diciotti, Stefano ^b   Salvatore, Elena ^c   Soricelli, Andrea ^d   Mascalchi, Mario ^b  

^a SAN GIUSEPPE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial diffusivity; Diffusion tensor imaging; WM degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION;

EID: 79955684665     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0807-1     Document Type: Article

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