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Evaluation of Common Structural Brain Changes in Aging and Alzheimer Disease with the Use of an MRI-Based Brain Atrophy and Lesion Index: A Comparison Between T1WI and T2WI at 1.5T and 3T

H. Guo, X. Song, R. Vandorpe, Y. Zhang, W. Chen, N. Zhang, M.H. Schmidt and K. Rockwood for the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2014, 35 (3) 504-512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3709
H. Guo
aFrom the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory, Biomedical Translational Imaging Center (H.G., X.S., W.C., N.Z.), QEII & IWK Health Centre (former National Research Council Canada Institute for Biodiagnostics–Atlantic), Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadabDepartment of Radiology (G.H., Y.Z., W.C., N.Z.), General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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X. Song
aFrom the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory, Biomedical Translational Imaging Center (H.G., X.S., W.C., N.Z.), QEII & IWK Health Centre (former National Research Council Canada Institute for Biodiagnostics–Atlantic), Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadacDepartments of Medicine (X.S., K.R.)fCentre for Health Care of the Elderly (X.S., K.R.)
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R. Vandorpe
dRadiology (R.V., M.H.S.)gDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging (R.V., M.H.S.), QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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Y. Zhang
bDepartment of Radiology (G.H., Y.Z., W.C., N.Z.), General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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W. Chen
aFrom the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory, Biomedical Translational Imaging Center (H.G., X.S., W.C., N.Z.), QEII & IWK Health Centre (former National Research Council Canada Institute for Biodiagnostics–Atlantic), Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadabDepartment of Radiology (G.H., Y.Z., W.C., N.Z.), General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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N. Zhang
aFrom the Neuroimaging Research Laboratory, Biomedical Translational Imaging Center (H.G., X.S., W.C., N.Z.), QEII & IWK Health Centre (former National Research Council Canada Institute for Biodiagnostics–Atlantic), Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadabDepartment of Radiology (G.H., Y.Z., W.C., N.Z.), General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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M.H. Schmidt
dRadiology (R.V., M.H.S.)gDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging (R.V., M.H.S.), QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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K. Rockwood
cDepartments of Medicine (X.S., K.R.)eNeurology (K.R.), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadafCentre for Health Care of the Elderly (X.S., K.R.)
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Evaluation of Common Structural Brain Changes in Aging and Alzheimer Disease with the Use of an MRI-Based Brain Atrophy and Lesion Index: A Comparison Between T1WI and T2WI at 1.5T and 3T
H. Guo, X. Song, R. Vandorpe, Y. Zhang, W. Chen, N. Zhang, M.H. Schmidt, K. Rockwood
American Journal of Neuroradiology Mar 2014, 35 (3) 504-512; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3709
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