T2 relaxometry of normal pediatric brain development

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 258-267

  Leppert, Ilana R ^a   Almli, C Robert ^b   McKinstry, Robert C ^c   Mulkern, Robert V ^d   Pierpaoli, Carlo ^e   Rivkin, Michael J ^f   Pike, G Bruce ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Multicenter; Myelination; Pediatric; T2 relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 60549116194     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21646     Document Type: Article

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