The normal neonatal brain: MR imaging, diffusion tensor imaging, and 3D MR spectroscopy in healthy term neonates

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1015-1021

  Bartha, A I ^a   Yap, K R L ^a   Miller, S P ^a   Jeremy, R J ^a   Nishimoto, M ^a   Vigneron, D B ^a   Barkovich, A James ^a   Ferriero, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250895494     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0521     Document Type: Article

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