In vivo assessment of age-related brain iron differences by magnetic field correlation imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-331

  Adisetiyo, Vitria ^a   Jensen, Jens H ^b   Ramani, Anita ^a   Tabesh, Ali ^b   Di Martino, Adriana ^c   Fieremans, Els ^a   Castellanos, Francisco X ^c,d   Helpern, Joseph A ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

age related; brain iron; magnetic field correlation; R2; transverse relaxation rate

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; IRON BRAIN LEVEL; MAGNETIC FIELD CORRELATION IMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864190981     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23631     Document Type: Article

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