Abstract #3672

MR Imaging of Parkinson Disease: Review of Conventional and Advanced Techniques

Koji Kamagata¹, Masaaki Hori¹, Keigo Shimoji¹, Michimasa Suzuki¹, Atsushi Nakanishi¹, Hiroyuki Tomiyama², Yumiko Motoi², Issei Fukunaga³, Humitaka Kumagai¹, Nobutaka Hattori², Shigeki Aoki¹

¹Department of Radiology, Juntendo university, Tokyo, Japan; ²Department of Neurology, Juntendo university, Tokyo, Japan; ³Department of Radiology, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Conventional MR imaging of Parkinson disease (PD) is frequently normal or nonspecific. However, advanced MR techniques, such as diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI), and arterial spin labeling (ASL) allow us to evaluate changes related to the pathophysiology of PD. The purpose of this exhibit is to review the conventional and advanced MR imaging of PD and to present some new data from ASL and DKI studies of PD.