A novel approach of groupwise fMRI-guided Tractography allowing to characterize the clinical evolution of Alzheimer's disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Preti, Maria Giulia ^a,b   Makris, Nikos ^c,d,e   Papadimitriou, George ^c   Lagana, Maria Marcella ^a   Griffanti, Ludovica ^a,b   Clerici, Mario ^a,f   Nemni, Raffaello ^a,f   Westin, Carl Fredrik ^d   Baselli, Giuseppe ^b   Baglio, Francesca ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c Center for Morphometric Analysis   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OXYGENATION; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84898612129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092026     Document Type: Article

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