Characterization of multifocal T2*-weighted MRI hypointensities in the basal ganglia of elderly, community-dwelling subjects

NeuroImage

Volumn 82, Issue , 2013, Pages 470-480

  Glatz, Andreas ^a,b   Valdés Hernández, Maria C ^a,b   Kiker, Alexander J ^a   Bastin, Mark E ^a,b   Deary, Ian J ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Basal ganglia; Lenticulostriate arterioles; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Mineralization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STRIATE CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; BASAL GANGLIA; LENTICULOSTRIATE ARTERIOLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MINERALIZATION;

AGED; AGING; BASAL GANGLIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 84880007485     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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