Evaluation of normal age-related changes in anisotropy during infancy and childhood as shown by diffusion tensor imaging

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1515-1522

  McGraw, Peter ^a   Liang, Luxia ^a   Provenzale, James M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0036892476     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.179.6.1791515     Document Type: Article

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