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Imaging Biomarker for Early-Stage Alzheimer Disease: Utility of Hippocampal Histogram Analysis of Diffusion Metrics

Hiroto Takahashi, Yoichi Takami, Shuko Takeda, Naoki Hayakawa, Tsuneo Nakajima, Yasushi Takeya, Chisato Matsuo-Hagiyama, Atsuko Arisawa, Hiromi Rakugi and Noriyuki Tomiyama
American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2024, 45 (3) 320-327; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8106
Hiroto Takahashi
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (H.T., C.M.-H., A.A., N.T.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Yoichi Takami
bDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine (Y. Takami, N.H., T.N., Y. Takeya, H.R.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Shuko Takeda
cDepartment of Clinical Gene Therapy, Graduate School of Medicine (S.T.), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
dOsaka Psychiatric Research Center (S.T.), Osaka Psychiatric Medical Center, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
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Naoki Hayakawa
bDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine (Y. Takami, N.H., T.N., Y. Takeya, H.R.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Tsuneo Nakajima
bDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine (Y. Takami, N.H., T.N., Y. Takeya, H.R.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Yasushi Takeya
bDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine (Y. Takami, N.H., T.N., Y. Takeya, H.R.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Chisato Matsuo-Hagiyama
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (H.T., C.M.-H., A.A., N.T.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Atsuko Arisawa
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (H.T., C.M.-H., A.A., N.T.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Hiromi Rakugi
bDepartment of Geriatric and General Medicine (Y. Takami, N.H., T.N., Y. Takeya, H.R.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Noriyuki Tomiyama
aFrom the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (H.T., C.M.-H., A.A., N.T.), Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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