Changes of axial and radial diffusivities in cerebral white matter led by normal aging

Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-52

  Zhong, W J ^a   Guo, D J ^a   Zhao, J N ^a   Xie, W B ^a   Chen, W J ^a   Wu, W ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial diffusivity; Cerebral white matter; Diffusion tensor imaging; Directional diffusion; Normal aging; Radial diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863790029     PISSN: 22115684     EISSN: 22115684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diii.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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