Diffusion kurtosis and diffusion-tensor MR imaging in Parkinson disease

Radiology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 645-646

  Giannelli, Marco ^a   Toschi, Nicola ^b   Passamonti, Luca ^c   Mascalchi, Mario ^d   Diciotti, Stefano ^d   Tessa, Carlo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^e Versilia Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROIMAGING; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84867917518     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12121036     Document Type: Letter

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