Use of Diffusion tensor imaging for evaluating changes in the microstructural integrity of white matter over 3 years in patients with amnesic-type mild cognitive impairment converting to Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 343-348

  Fu, Jian Liang ^a   Liu, Yu ^b   Li, Yu Mei ^a   Chang, Cheng ^a   Li, Wen Bin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHANGHAI EIGHTH PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE FASCICULUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; WHITE MATTER; AMNESIA; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84904398736     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon.12061     Document Type: Article

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