Advanced

AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

This Article Abstract Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Taki, M. Articles by Mori, E. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Taki, M. Articles by Mori, E.

Evaluation of Cortical Atrophy between Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration by Hemispheric Surface Display of MR Images

Masato Taki^a, Kazunari Ishii^a, Tetsuya Fukuda^a, Yoshio Kojima^a and Etsuro Mori^b

^a Departments of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Himeji, Japan
^b Clinical Neurosciences, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Himeji, Japan

View larger version (102K): [in a new window]   FIG 1. 3D volume-rendered images reconstructed from thin-section coronal 3D SPGR MR images (TR/TE, 14/3; field of view, 220 mm; matrix, 256 x 256; 124 x 1.5-mm contiguous sections; flip angle, 20°) show mild diffuse atrophy of cerebral cortex and moderate atrophy of brainstem in a 67-year-old woman with PSP (MMSE score of 21).

View larger version (101K): [in a new window]   FIG 2. 3D volume-rendered images reconstructed from thin-section coronal 3D SPGR MR images (TR/TE, 14/3; field of view, 220 mm; matrix, 256 x 256; 124 x 1.5-mm contiguous section; flip angle, 20°) show severe frontoparietal atrophy in a 63-year-old woman with CBD (MMSE score of 19).

View larger version (25K): [in a new window]   FIG 3. Light gray and dark gray areas are regions where atrophy was rated significantly more severe in the CBD and PSP groups, respectively.