Altered white matter diffusion anisotropy in normal and preterm infants at term-equivalent age

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 761-767

  Rose, Stephen E ^a   Hatzigeorgiou, Xanthy ^a   Strudwick, Mark W ^a   Durbridge, Gail ^a   Davies, Peter S W ^a   Colditz, Paul B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Infants; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TENSORS;

DIFFUSION ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR MRI; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; INFANTS; PRETERM INFANTS; VOXEL-WISE ANALYSIS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS; WHITE MATTER;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ANISOTROPY; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN WATER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN TENSION; PREMATURITY; RELAXATION TIME; TERM BIRTH; WATER CONTENT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 53549101032     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21689     Document Type: Article

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