Grey and white matter abnormalities in minimal hepatic encephalopathy: A study combining voxel-based morphometry and tract-based spatial statistics

European Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3370-3378

  Qi, Rongfen ^a   Zhang, Long Jiang ^a   Zhong, Jianhui ^b   Zhu, Tong ^c   Zhang, Zhiqiang ^a   Xu, Chuanjian ^a   Zheng, Gang ^a   Lu, Guang Ming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Minimal hepatic encephalopathy; Tract based spatial statistics; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84890570600     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-013-2963-2     Document Type: Article

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