Potential of diffusion tensor MRI in the assessment of periventricular leukomalacia

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 358-364

  Fan, G G ^a   Yu, B ^a   Quan, S M ^a   Sun, B H ^a   Guo, Q Y ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DENSITY GRADIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOMALACIA, PERIVENTRICULAR; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33644955596     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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