MTA index: a simple 2D-method for assessing atrophy of the medial temporal lobe using clinically available neuroimaging

Background and purpose: Despite a strong correlation to severity of AD pathology, the measurement of medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) is not being widely used in daily clinical practice as a criterion in the diagnosis of prodromal and probable AD. This is mainly because the methods available to da...

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Main Authors: Menéndez-González, Manuel, López-Muñiz, Alfonso, Vega, José A., Salas-Pacheco, José M., Arias-Carrión, Oscar
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970022/