Alice M. Wyrwicz,Palamadai N. Venkatasubramanian,Jason C. Pych
申请号：
US12761397
公开号：
US08452373B2
申请日:
2010.04.16
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A system and method is provided in which a diffusion tensor image of the gray matter of a subjects brain is recorded. The diffusion tensor image is used to determine the Fractional Anisotropy of that area of the subjects brain. It has been determined that a decrease in Fractional Anisotropy is related to a decrease in dendritic quality and/or quantity in the subjects brain, which is typically caused by the presence of Alzheimers Disease. Consequently, the Fractional Anisotropy determination is used to diagnosis the presence of Alzheimers Disease.
