White matter hyperintensities and changes in white matter integrity in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 373-381

  Wang, Liya ^a   Goldstein, Felicia C ^a   Levey, Allan I ^a   Lah, James J ^a   Meltzer, Carolyn C ^a   Holder, Chad A ^a   Mao, Hui ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter; White matter hyperintensity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTERIOR INTERNAL CAPSULE; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PERIVENTRICULAR WHITE MATTER; POSTERIOR INTERNAL CAPSULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHELTENS RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 79955703330     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0806-2     Document Type: Article

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