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Abstract #2158

Free-water Investigation In Parkinsonian Disorders Using Diffusion-weighted Imaging

Apurva Shah1, Jitender Saini2, Madhura Ingalhalikar1, Shweta Prasasd3, and Pramod Pal3
1Symbiosis Centre for Medical Image Analysis, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, India, 2Department of Radiology, National Institutes of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Bengaluru, India, 3Department of Neurology, National Institutes of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Bengaluru, India

Synopsis

Keywords: Neuroinflammation, Parkinson's Disease, Parkinsonism, Free waterParkinson's disease(PD), multiple system atrophy(MSA), and progressive supranuclear palsy(PSP) are neurodegenerative disorders with parkinsonism as a central feature. Although MSA and PSP are atypical parkinsonian disorders, they may be difficult to differentiate from PD particularly in the early stages. Multiple studies have demonstrated that patients with Parkinsonian disorders have higher freewater(FW) in the substantia-nigra-pars-compacta(SNc) and basal ganglia(BG), and FW was shown to reliably distinguish between these patients, making it a potential biomarker. Our investigation into the alterations of FW in PD and atypical parkinsonian disorders, we attempt to evaluate the alterations of freewater in the SNc and basal ganglia structures.

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