Assessment of brain core temperature using MR DWI-thermometry in Alzheimer disease patients compared to healthy subjects

• Published in: Japanese journal of radiology Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 168 - 171
• Main Authors: Sparacia, Gianvincenzo, Sakai, Koji, Yamada, Kei, Giordano, Giovanna, Coppola, Rosalia, Midiri, Massimo, Grimaldi, Luigi Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.04.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - diagnostic imaging; Alzheimer Disease - metabolism; Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology; Body Temperature; Brain - diagnostic imaging; Brain - metabolism; Brain - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Female; Humans; Imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Nuclear Medicine; Original Article; Radiology; Radiotherapy; Retrospective Studies; Thermometry - methods; Diffusion-weighted imaging; Brain; Diffusion-weighted imaging temperature; MRI; Alzheimer disease

Purpose To assess the brain core temperature of Alzheimer disease (AD) patients in comparison with healthy volunteers using diffusion-weighted thermometry. Materials and methods Fourteen AD patients (3 men, 11 women; age range 60–81 years, mean age 73.8 ± 6.1 years) and 14 healthy volunteers, age an...