Deep gray matter maturation in very preterm neonates: Regional variations and pathology-related age-dependent changes in magnetization transfer ratio

Radiology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 510-517

  Nossin Manor, Revital ^a,b   Chung, Andrew D ^a   Whyte, Hilary E A ^a,b   Shroff, Manohar M ^a   Taylor, Margot J ^a,b   Sled, John G ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PONS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THALAMUS;

EID: 84862495187     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12110367     Document Type: Article

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