Diffusion-tensor MR imaging of gray and white matter development during normal human brain maturation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1445-1456

  Mukherjee, Pratik ^a   Miller, Jeffrey H ^a   Shimony, Joshua S ^a   Philip, Joseph V ^a   Nehra, Deepika ^a   Snyder, Abraham Z ^a   Conturo, Thomas E ^a   Neil, Jeffrey J ^a   McKinstry, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN WATER; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FETUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

BASAL GANGLIA; BODY WATER; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNAL CAPSULE; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036795140     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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