White Matter Hyperintensities on Brain MRI are Related to Brain Atrophy and Accelerated Brain Age
AAIC 2025 Abstract
Abstract
Background: Brain age – an estimate of chronological age‐ derived from structural brain MR neuroimaging may reveal underlying factors driving brain aging. White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are areas of abnormally high signal on FLAIR that frequently reflect chronic small vessel ischemic changes and potentially increased aging.
