Automated tractography of the cingulate bundle in Alzheimer's disease: A multicenter DTI study

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-91

  Fischer, Florian U ^a   Scheurich, Armin ^a   Wegrzyn, Martin ^b,c   Schermuly, Ingrid ^a   Bokde, Arun L W ^d   Klöppel, Stefan ^e   Pouwels, Petra J W ^f   Teipel, Stefan ^b,c   Yakushev, Igor ^a   Fellgiebel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dementia; diffusion tensor imaging; diffusivity; fiber tracking; intercenter; structural integrity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE BUNDLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACTOGRAPHY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862743944     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23621     Document Type: Article

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