Assessment of brain maturation in the preterm infants using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and enhanced T2 star weighted angiography (ESWAN)

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Ling, Xueying ^a   Tang, Wen ^a   Liu, Guosheng ^a   Huang, Li ^a   Li, Bingxiao ^a   Li, Xiaofei ^a   Liu, Sirun ^a   Xu, Jing ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brain maturation; Diffusion tensor imaging; Enhanced T2 star weighted angiography; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN MATURATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84881134449     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2013.04.003     Document Type: Article

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