T2 at MR imaging is an objective quantitative measure of cerebral white matter signal intensity abnormality in preterm infants at term-equivalent age

Radiology

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 209-217

  Hagmann, Cornelia F ^a,c   De Vita, Enrico ^a   Bainbridge, Alan ^a,c   Gunny, Roxanna ^d   Kapetanakis, Andrew B ^a   Chong, Wui K ^d   Cady, Ernest B ^a,c   Gadian, David G ^b   Robertson, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^d GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENTAL CONSENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RELAXOMETRY; SEMIOVAL CENTER; SIGNAL INTENSITY; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 67650033377     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2522080589     Document Type: Article

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