The value of diffusion tensor imaging in the differential diagnosis of subcortical ischemic vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease in patients with only mild white matter alterations on T2-weighted images

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 312-317

  Fu, Jian Liang ^a   Zhang, Ting ^a   Chang, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Yu Zhen ^a   Li, Wen Bin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Dementia; Fractional anisotropy; Magnetic resonance imaging; White Matter

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA PATIENTS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI); FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBES; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; MICROSTRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; MULTIPLE REGIONS; NORMAL CONTROLS; OBJECTIVE METHODS; REGIONS OF INTEREST; T2-WEIGHTED IMAGING; TEMPORAL LOBES; VASCULAR DEMENTIA; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

TENSORS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84860109802     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ar.2011.110272     Document Type: Article

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