Isolated mild white matter signal changes in preterm infants: A regional approach for comparison of cranial ultrasound and MRI findings

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 476-482

  Weinstein, M ^a,b   Ben Bashat, D ^a,c   Gross Tsur, V ^d   Leitner, Y ^c,e   Berger, I ^c,f   Marom, R ^c,f   Geva, R ^b   Uliel, S ^e   Ben Sira, L ^c,e  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TASMC   (Israel)

^f LIS MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

cranial ultrasound; DEHSI; DTI; echogenicity; MRI; prematurity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE EXCESSIVE HIGH SIGNAL INTENSITY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSIVITY; ECHOGENICITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RAPID NEONATAL NEUROBEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE; SIGNAL DETECTION; WHITE MATTER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84901787094     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2014.33     Document Type: Article

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