Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53803#.VNR0hSzQrzE Author(s) Hongyan Chen 1 , Kai Wang 2 , Jingfan Yao 2 , Jianping Dai 3 , Jun Ma 1 , Shaowu Li 3 , Lin Ai 4 , Qian Chen 4 , Xuzhu Chen 1 , Yumei Zhang 4* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China . 2 Capital Medical University, Beijing, China . 3 Beijing Neurosurgical Insititute, Beijing, China . 4 Department of Neurology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China . ABSTRACT Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder characterized by impairments in multiple cognitive domains and it is hard to diagnose in early stage because it’s not easy to recognize and develop slowly. In this study, we try to evaluate the difference of white matter between AD and health volunteers using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and try to provide some...
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