Reliability and repeatability of quantitative tractography methods for mapping structural white matter connectivity in preterm and term infants at term-equivalent age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kaur, Supreet ^a   Powell, Samuel ^a   He, Lili ^a   Pierson, Christopher R ^a,b   Parikh, Nehal A ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL TRACT; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; OPTIC RADIATION; PREMATURITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84899833579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085807     Document Type: Article

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