Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging of Substantia Nigra Is a Sensitive Method for Early Diagnosis and Disease Evaluation in Parkinson’s Disease

<div>FA and MK in the SN of two groups. Mean FA and MK in bilateral rostral, middle, and caudal SN across patients with Parkinson disease (red) and control subjects (green).</div>

Parkinson’s Disease

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Figure 1: Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging of Substantia Nigra Is a Sensitive Method for Early Diagnosis and Disease Evaluation in Parkinson’s Disease 