Brain parenchymal density measurements by CT in demented subjects and normal controls

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983 · Radiology; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.147.3.6844607· OSTI ID:5351874

Gado, M ^[1]; Danziger, W L; Chi, D; Hughes, C P; Coben, L A

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1. Mallinckrodt Inst. of Radiology, St. Louis, MO

Parachymal density measurements of 14 regions of gray and white matter from each cerebral hemisphere were made from CT scans of 25 subjects who had varying degrees of dementia as measured by a global Clinical Dementia Rating, and also from CT scans of 33 normal control subjects. There were few significant differences between the two groups in the mean density value for each of the regions examined, although several individual psychometric tests did correlate with density changes. Moreover, for six regions in the cerebral cortex, and for one region in the thalamus of each hemisphere, we found no significant correlation between the gray-white matter density difference and dementia. There was, however, a loss of the discriminability between the gray and white matter with an increase in the size of the ventricles. These findings may be attributed to the loss of white matter volume.

• OSTI ID: 5351874
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Vol. 147:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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