Regional and global changes in cerebral diffusion with normal aging

AO Nusbaum, CY Tang… - American Journal …, 2001 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We used quantitative diffusion MR imaging to investigate
the microstructural changes that occur in white matter during normal aging in order to …

Diffusion changes in the aging human brain

T Chun, CG Filippi, RD Zimmerman… - American Journal of …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Quantifying changes in the human brain that occur as part
of normal aging may help in the diagnosis of diseases that affect the elderly and that cause …

Increased brain white matter diffusivity in normal adult aging: relationship to anisotropy and partial voluming

A Pfefferbaum, EV Sullivan - … in Medicine: An Official Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was used to examine 1) age‐related changes in genu,
splenium, and centrum semiovale white matter diffusivity in 64 healthy men and women (age …

The effect of aging on the apparent diffusion coefficient of normal-appearing white matter

ST Engelter, JM Provenzale… - American Journal of …, 2000 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to test the hypothesis that the apparent diffusion
coefficient (ADC) of normal-appearing white matter increases with advancing age …

Region-specific changes of cerebral white matter during normal aging: a diffusion-tensor analysis

B Yoon, YS Shim, KS Lee, YM Shon… - Archives of gerontology …, 2008 - Elsevier
With aging, the human brain tissue undergoes degeneration and a decline in cognitive
function. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a sensitive method for detecting microstructural …

Normal aging in the central nervous system: quantitative MR diffusion-tensor analysis

O Abe, S Aoki, N Hayashi, H Yamada, A Kunimatsu… - Neurobiology of …, 2002 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to elucidate changes in mean diffusivity (ADC) and fractional
anisotropy (FA) using MR diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in the central nervous system during …

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer's disease

TA Sandson, O Felician, RR Edelman… - Dementia and geriatric …, 1999 - karger.com
Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is a powerful new magnetic resonance imaging technique
for evaluating tissue pathophysiology in vivo. We performed DWI in three orthogonal spatial …

Diffusion tensor imaging: the normal evolution of ADC, RA, FA, and eigenvalues studied in multiple anatomical regions of the brain

U Löbel, J Sedlacik, D Güllmar, WA Kaiser… - Neuroradiology, 2009 - Springer
Introduction The aim of our work was to investigate the process of myelination in healthy
patients using the diffusion parameters apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC), relative …

Age-related differences in white matter microstructure: region-specific patterns of diffusivity

AZ Burzynska, C Preuschhof, L Bäckman, L Nyberg… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
We collected MRI diffusion tensor imaging data from 80 younger (20–32 years) and 63 older
(60–71 years) healthy adults. Tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analysis revealed that …

Exploratory voxel-based analysis of diffusion indices and hemispheric asymmetry in normal aging

S Ardekani, A Kumar, G Bartzokis, U Sinha - Magnetic resonance imaging, 2007 - Elsevier
Age-related microstructural changes in brain white matter can be studied by utilizing indices
derived from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI): apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) and …