Usefulness of visual evaluation of the anterior thalamic radiation by diffusion tensor tractography for differentiating between Alzheimer's disease and elderly major depressive disorder patients

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 189-200

  Niida, Akira ^a   Niida, Richi ^b   Kuniyoshi, Kazumasa ^a   Motomura, Makoto ^c   Uechi, Akihiko ^d  

^a Nanbu Hospital   (Japan)

^b Nanto Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d KANSAI GAIDAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anterior thalamic radiation; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tensor tractography; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; LEFT INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; LEFT SUPERIOR FASCICULUS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDODEMENTIA; SYMPTOM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84876106512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S42953     Document Type: Article

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