High b-value diffusion tensor imaging of the neonatal brain at 3T

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1966-1972

  Dudink, J ^a,b,c   Larkman, D J ^a,c   Kapellou, O ^a,c   Boardman, J P ^a,c   Allsop, J M ^a,c   Cowan, F M ^a,c   Hajnal, J V ^a,c   Edwards, A D ^a,c   Rutherford, M A ^a,c   Counsell, Serena J ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Hammersmith/St Mary's Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 56849091569     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1241     Document Type: Article

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