Correlation of apparent diffusion coefficient and fractional anisotropy values in the developing infant brain

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Provenzale, James M ^a,b   Isaacson, Jared ^c   Chen, Steven ^a   Stinnett, Sandra ^a   Liu, Chunlei ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Brain; Development; Diffusion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Infant; White matter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 78649720285     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.4886     Document Type: Article

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