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- Title
Joint Assessment of Structural, Perfusion, and Diffusion MRI in Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia.
- Authors
Yu Zhang; Schuff, Norbert; Ching, Christopher; Duygu Tosun; Wang Zhan; Nezamzadeh, Marzieh; Rosen, Howard J.; Kramer, Joel H.; Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa; Miller, Bruce L.; Weiner, MichaelW.
- Abstract
Most MRI studies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have assessed structural, perfusion and diffusion abnormalities separately while ignoring the relationships across imaging modalities. This paper aimed to assess brain gray (GM) and white matter (WM) abnormalities jointly to elucidate differences in abnormal MRI patterns between the diseases. Twenty AD, 20 FTD patients, and 21 healthy control subjects were imaged using a 4 Tesla MRI. GM loss and GM hypoperfusion were measured using high-resolution T1 and arterial spin labeling MRI (ASL-MRI).WM degradation was measured with diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Using a new analytical approach, the study found greater WM degenerations in FTD than AD at mild abnormality levels. Furthermore, the GM loss and WM degeneration exceeded the reduced perfusion in FTD whereas, in AD, structural and functional damages were similar. Joint assessments of multimodal MRI have potential value to provide new imaging markers for improved differential diagnoses between FTD and AD.
- Publication
International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2011, Vol 2011, p1
- ISSN
2090-0252
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.4061/2011/546871