Diffusion tensor imaging metrics in neonates - A comparison of manual region-of-interest analysis vs. tract-based spatial statistics

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-79

  Seo, Youngseob ^a,b   Wang, Zhiyue J ^a,c   Ball, Gareth ^d   Rollins, Nancy K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison of diffusion tensor metrics; Diffusion tensor imaging; Manual ROI analysis; Tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; CALLOSAL GENU; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM SPLENIUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REGION OF INTEREST ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRACT BASED SPATIAL STATISTIC;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872684013     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2527-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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