European Journal of Radiology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 129-133 , August 2010

Whole-brain voxel-based morphometry of white matter in mild cognitive impairment

  • Zhiqun Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, 100053, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Xiaojuan Guo

      Affiliations

    • College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China
    • National Key Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Zhigang Qi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, 100053, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Li Yao

      Affiliations

    • College of Information Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China
    • National Key Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, 100875, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Kuncheng Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, 100053, Beijing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 10 83198376; fax: +86 10 83198376.

Received 10 February 2009 ,Accepted 15 April 2009.

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PII: S0720-048X(09)00228-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.04.041

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 129-133 , August 2010

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