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From: freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu 
[freesurfer-boun...@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu] on behalf of Elijah Mak 
[fk...@medschl.cam.ac.uk]
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 7:33 PM
To: Freesurfer support list
Subject: [Freesurfer] FA and MD *positively* correlated within same regions ?

Hi Freesurfer Community,

I recently used mri_segstats to extract FA and MD as suggested here: 
http://freesurfer.net/fswiki/FsTutorial/Diffusion

Using the aparc+aseg and wmparc (resampled to diffusion space), I looked at 
some of the correlations between FA and MD in the same regions, and came across 
a few interesting ones.

wm_lh_entorhinal FA & wm_lh_entorhinal MD: r = 0.6, p <0.001
ctx_lh_entorhinal FA & ctx_lh_entorhinal MD: r = -0.3, p < 0.020

wm_lh_precuneus FA & wm_lh_precuneus MD: r = -0.6, p <0.001

As I understand, a clear-cut interpretation especially with regards to FA 
changes is not so easy!  But could someone discuss / speculate as to why FA and 
MD could be positively correlated within the entorhinal WM region? That was 
found separately within a group of a elderly healthy controls and a group of 
dementia subjects.

Thank you for your time!

Best Wishes,
Elijah

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