This study aims to reveal the alterations of biologically relevant measurements in healthy aging using multi-parametric quantitative MRI. Multi-parametric quantitative MRI scans of the whole brain were performed in 20 healthy elderly and 21 young adults. Whole-brain voxel-wise analysis showed increased quantitative T1 value in the right hippocampus and right insula, and widespread increases in the subcortical and cortical area of R2*, suggesting microstructural alteration associated with healthy aging in these regions. Quantitative multi-parametric measurements might provide sensitive neuroimaging biomarkers for the microstructure changes during normal aging and related neurodegeneration diseases.
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