Assessment of normal myelination with magnetic resonance imaging

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-28

  Welker, Kirk M ^a   Patton, Alice ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

brain; development; infants; magnetic resonance imaging; myelination; white matter

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GADODIAMIDE; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDE; MYELIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN WATER; CEREBELLUM; CONTRAST; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FLUID ATTENUATION INVERSION RECOVERY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MYELINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84858119637     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: 10989021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1306382     Document Type: Article

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