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Abstract #3605

Diffusion Tensor and Kurtosis Imaging Analysis of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: By Using Corticospinal Tract

Issei Fukunaga1, 2, Masaaki Hori3, Yoshitaka Masutani4, Nozomi Hamasaki3, Shuuji Sato3, Takaaki Hattori5, Koji Kamagata3, Masakazu Miyajima6, Madoka Nakajima

1Graduate School of Health Promotion Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Nerima ward, Tokyo, Japan; 2Department of Radiology, Juntendo University, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo, Japan; 3Department of Radiology, Juntendo University, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo, Japan; 4Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo, Japan; 5Department of Neurology, Kanto Central Hospital, Setagawa ward, Tokyo, Japan; 6Department of Neurosurgery, Juntendo University, Bunkyo ward, Tokyo, Japan

We studied the diffusion characteristics of the brain in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus and in age-matched controls by using tract-specific analysis.

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