Quantitative fiber tracking of the optic radiation is correlated with visual-evoked potential amplitude in preterm infants

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1424-1429

  Glass, H C ^a   Berman, J I ^a   Norcia, A M ^b   Rogers, E E ^a   Henry, R G ^a   Hou, C ^b   Barkovich, A J ^a   Good, W V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956583107     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2110     Document Type: Article

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