Diffusion tensor imaging in moderate-to-severe pediatric traumatic brain injury: Changes within an 18 month post-injury interval

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 404-416

  Wilde, Elisabeth A ^a,b   Ayoub, Kareem W ^a,c   Bigler, Erin D ^d,e   Chu, Zili D ^b,f   Hunter, Jill V ^b,f   Wu, Trevor C ^a,d   McCauley, Stephen R ^a,b   Levin, Harvey S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diffusion tensor imaging; Longitudinal; Tract based spatial statistics; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865983534     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9150-y     Document Type: Article

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