Prospective estimation of mean axon diameter and extra-axonal space of the posterior limb of the internal capsule in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus before and after a lumboperitoneal shunt by using q-space diffusion MRI.

Objectives: To prospectively estimate the mean axon diameter (MAD) and extracellular space of the posterior limb of the internal capsule (PLIC) in patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH) before and after a lumboperitoneal (LP) shunting operation using q-space diffusion MRI anal...

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Published in:European Radiology Vol. 26; no. 9; pp. 2992 - 2999
Main Authors: Hori, Masaaki, Kamiya, Kouhei, Nakanishi, Atsushi, Fukunaga, Issei, Miyajima, Masakazu, Nakajima, Madoka, Suzuki, Michimasa, Suzuki, Yuriko, Irie, Ryusuke, Kamagata, Koji, Arai, Hajime, Aoki, Shigeki
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Sep2016
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