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Abstract #0979

White Matter Involvement in Mild Cognitive Impairment & Mild Alzheimers Disease Using Whole-Brain Probabilistic Tractography Normalization

Oranan Tritanon1, Jiraporn Laothamatas1, Chewarat Wirojtananugoon1, Witaya Sungkarat1, Chakrit Sukying2, Sirintorn Chansirikarnjana3

1Advanced Diagnostic Imaging and Image-Guided Minimal Invasive Therapy Center and Radiology Dept., Ramathibodi Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Rajataewe, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Department of Psychiatry, Ramathibodi Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Rajataewe, Bangkok, Thailand; 3Department of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Mahidol University, Rajataewe, Bangkok, Thailand

Voxel-wise group analyses of DTI in AD, MCI, and age-matched control group based on a new whole-brain probabilistic tractography normalization process revealed very statistical significant changes among the groups.

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