Diffusion tensor imaging assessment of brain white matter maturation during the first postnatal year

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 476-486

  Provenzale, James M ^a   Liang, Luxia ^a,b   DeLong, David ^a   White, Leonard E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Beaconbioscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion weighted imaging; Infants; Maturation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34547601419     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.2132     Document Type: Article

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