Quantitative MRI in the very preterm brain: Assessing tissue organization and myelination using magnetization transfer, diffusion tensor and T1 imaging

NeuroImage

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 505-516

  Nossin Manor, Revital ^a,b   Card, Dallas ^a   Morris, Drew ^a   Noormohamed, Salma ^a   Shroff, Manohar M ^a,d   Whyte, Hilary E ^a,b,c   Taylor, Margot J ^a,b,c,d   Sled, John G ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain maturation; DTI; MTR; Preterm neonates; Quantitative MRI; T1 relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR PERIVENTRICULAR WHITE MATTER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REPRODUCIBILITY; T1 RELAXOMETRY; THALAMUS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VENTOLATERAL THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

AGING; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY PREMATURE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84867449241     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.086     Document Type: Article

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