The apparent diffusion coefficient of water in gray and white matter of the infant brain

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1006-1011

  Toft, Peter B ^a   Leth, Helle ^a   Peitersen, Birgit ^a   Lou, Hans C ^b   Thomsen, Carsten ^c  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b JOHN F KENNEDY INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brain, anatomy; Infants; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAMS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT MAPS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN ANATOMY; FIRST-ORDER MOTION; GRAY MATTER; INFANT; T1-WEIGHTED; T2 WEIGHTED; WHITE MATTER;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WATER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MYELINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029833563     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199611000-00029     Document Type: Article

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