Diffusion tensor imaging and aging

EV Sullivan, A Pfefferbaum - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
Magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a non-invasive in vivo method for
characterizing the integrity of anatomical connections and white matter circuitry and provides …

Diffusion tensor imaging of the brain: review of clinical applications

PC Sundgren, Q Dong, D Gomez-Hassan, SK Mukherji… - Neuroradiology, 2004 - Springer
We review the theoretical background to diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and some of its
commoner clinical applications, such as cerebral ischemia, brain maturation and traumatic …

Simulation of anisotropic growth of low‐grade gliomas using diffusion tensor imaging

S Jbabdi, E Mandonnet, H Duffau… - … in Medicine: An …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
A recent computational model of brain tumor growth, developed to better describe how
gliomas invade through the adjacent brain parenchyma, is based on two major elements …

Frontal circuitry degradation marks healthy adult aging: evidence from diffusion tensor imaging

A Pfefferbaum, E Adalsteinsson, EV Sullivan - Neuroimage, 2005 - Elsevier
In vivo study of white matter microstructural integrity through magnetic resonance diffusion
tensor imaging (DTI) permits examination of degradation of axonal circuitry that may …

Problem solving, working memory, and motor correlates of association and commissural fiber bundles in normal aging: a quantitative fiber tracking study

NM Zahr, T Rohlfing, A Pfefferbaum, EV Sullivan - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Normal aging is accompanied by decline in selective cognitive and motor functions. A
concurrent decline in regional white matter integrity, detectable with diffusion tensor imaging …

Fiber density asymmetry of the arcuate fasciculus in relation to functional hemispheric language lateralization in both right-and left-handed healthy subjects: a …

MW Vernooij, M Smits, PA Wielopolski, GC Houston… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Previously reported leftward asymmetry in language-related gray and white matter areas of
the brain has been proposed as a structural correlate of left-sided functional hemispheric …

Diffusion tensor imaging in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease: a review

TC Chua, W Wen, MJ Slavin… - Current opinion in …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Due to the similarities in diffusion tensor imaging findings in both mild cognitive impairment
and Alzheimer's disease, it is likely that diffusion tensor imaging has the potential to emerge …

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging in term perinatal brain injury: a comparison with site of lesion and time from birth

M Rutherford, S Counsell, J Allsop, J Boardman… - …, 2004 - publications.aap.org
Objective. The aim of this study was to establish a more objective method for confirming
tissue injury in term neonates who present with early seizures that are believed to be …

Characterizing non‐Gaussian diffusion by using generalized diffusion tensors

C Liu, R Bammer, B Acar… - Magnetic Resonance in …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is known to have a limited capability of resolving multiple fiber
orientations within one voxel. This is mainly because the probability density function (PDF) …

Diffusion tensor imaging in evaluation of human skeletal muscle injury

T Zaraiskaya, D Kumbhare… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To explore the capability and reliability of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance
imaging (DTI) in the evaluation of human skeletal muscle injury. Materials and Methods DTI …