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Published ahead of print on November 7, 2007
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A0770
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Mineralization of the Deep Gray Matter with Age: A Retrospective Review with Susceptibility-Weighted MR Imaging

S.L. Harder, K.M. Hopp, H. Ward, H. Neglio, J. Gitlin and D. Kido

From the Department of Medical Imaging, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada


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  		Fig 1. Axial SWI image demonstrating a region of interest drawn around the putamen (arrow) and globus pallidus (arrowhead).


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  		Fig 2. A schematic drawing of the putamen (A) and corresponding axial SWI images (B) demonstrating the mSHIP scale (grades 0 to 4).


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  		Fig 3. Axial SWI image through the globus pallidus demonstrates mineralization of the medial (arrow) and lateral (arrowhead) aspects of the nucleus.


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  		Fig 4. Axial SWI images through the right globus pallidus. Images A to E demonstrate increasing numbers of waves with the final image (E), showing conglomerate waves.


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  		Fig 5. Axial SWI image through the level of the midbrain demonstrating the red nucleus (arrowhead), substantia nigra (thick arrow), and fascicula nigrale (thin arrow).


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  		Fig 6. Putaminal intensity per area decreases with age. The line represents Equation 1, with the parameter for the putamen as given in Table 4.


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  		Fig 7. Intensity per area of the globus pallidus decreases with age. The line represents Equation 1, with the parameter for the globus pallidus as given in Table 4.


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  		Fig 8. Putaminal grade is shown to increase with age.


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  		Fig 9. Globus pallidus "waves" increase with age.





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