Magnetization transfer imaging for in vivo detection of microstructural tissue changes in aging and dementia: A short literature review

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages S229-S237

  Seiler, Stephan ^a   Ropele, Stefan ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; dementia; magnetic resonance imaging; magnetization transfer contrast imaging; mild cognitive impairment; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

PROTON; WATER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER RATIO; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHITE MATTER; AGING; BRAIN; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY;

AGING; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84920598818     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-132750     Document Type: Conference Paper

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