AJDRAJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

This Article
Right arrow Abstract Freely available
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Giesel, F.L.
Right arrow Articles by Essig, M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Giesel, F.L.
Right arrow Articles by Essig, M.

Temporal Horn Index and Volume of Medial Temporal Lobe Atrophy Using a New Semiautomated Method for Rapid and Precise Assessment

F.L. Giesela,d, H.K. Hahnb, P.A. Thomannc, E. Widjajad, E. Wignalld, H. von Tengg-Kobligka, J. Pantelc, P.D. Griffithsd, H.O. Peitgenb, J. Schrodere and M. Essiga

a German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
b MeVis–Center for Medical Diagnostic System and Visualization, Bremen, Germany
c Section for Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
d Section of Academic Radiology, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
e Department of Psychiatr, University of Frankfurt, Germany


Figure 1
View larger version (63K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig 1. Posterior limit of temporal horns defined by a cut plane through 3 distinct anatomic landmarks that can be defined reliably and independently of patient positioning or head rotation, respectively.


Figure 2
View larger version (32K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig 2. 3D appearance of the ventricles in a control subject (A), subject with MCI (B), and a patient with AD (C). The temporal horn of the lateral ventricle is larger in the patient with AD compared with the control subject or patient with MCI.


Figure 3
View larger version (20K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig 3. Significant negative correlation between the THV/THI and neuropsychologic test (P < .01). THI = Neuropsychologic test = 7.45 ± 15.75 x tthi R2 = 0.29; THV = Neuropsychologic test = 7.12 32 ± 0.67 x tthv R2 = 0.44.





Copyright © 2008 by the American Society of Neuroradiology. Print ISSN: 0195-6108 Online ISSN: 1936-959X