Open AccessMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Parkinson′s Disease
Author(s) -
Paul Tuite,
Silvia Mangia,
Shalom Michaeli
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease and parkinsonism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2161-0460
DOI - 10.4172/2161-0460.s1-001
Subject(s) - diffusion mri , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , disease , parkinson's disease , functional magnetic resonance imaging , nuclear magnetic resonance , neuroscience , radiology , pathology , psychology , physics
Recent developments in brain imaging methods are on the verge of changing the evaluation of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD). This includes an assortment of techniques ranging from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to iron-sensitive methods such as T 2 * , as well as adiabatic methods R 1ρ and R 2ρ , resting-state functional MRI, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Using a multi-modality approach that ascertains different aspects of the pathophysiology or pathology of PD, it may be possible to better characterize disease phenotypes as well as provide a surrogate of disease and a potential means to track disease progression.