Early assessment of brain maturation by MR imaging segmentation in and premature infants

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 972-977

  Zacharia, A ^a   Zimine, S ^a   Lovblad, Karl Olof ^a,b,f   Warfield, S ^c   Thoeny, H ^b   Ozdoba, C ^b   Bossi, E ^b   Kreis, R ^d   Boesch, C ^d   Schroth, G ^b   Huppi P S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33750585569     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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