The role of diffusion tensor imaging in detecting microstructural changes in prodromal Alzheimer's disease

CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-9

  Zhang, Bing ^a,b   Xu, Yun ^a   Zhu, Bin ^a   Kantarci, Kejal ^b  

^a THE AFFILIATED DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (China)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging; Microstructural changes; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTIFACT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARAMETERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRODROMAL ALZHEIMER DISEASE; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84890524631     PISSN: 17555930     EISSN: 17555949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cns.12166     Document Type: Review

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