MR assessment of normal brain development in neonates and infants: Comparative study of T1- and diffusion-weighted images

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-7

  Takeda, Kan ^a   Nomura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sakuma, Hajime ^a   Tagami, Tomoyasu ^a   Okuda, Yasuyuki ^a   Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain, development; Infants; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelination

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; COMPARATIVES STUDIES; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGES; HUMAN BRAIN; INFANT; INTENSITY CHANGE; MYELINATION; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; T1-WEIGHTED;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AGE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0031030285     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-199701000-00001     Document Type: Article

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