title: [Evaluation of the anisotropy in the patients with Alzheimer's disease].
abstract: Diffusion-weighted MR imaging was performed in 5 control subjects and 8 patients with Alzheimer's disease(AD). The mean values of fractional anisotropy(FA) were calculated in the genu and splenium of the corpus callosum, and anterior and posterior cerebral white matter. The FA value of the posterior white matter in patients with AD was significantly lower than that of controls. Fractional anisotropy may be useful in the diagnosis of AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University.
authors.forename: Shuji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sugihara
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matsusue
authors.forename: Toshibumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Toshihide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016880:Anisotropy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male