Validation of a brain MRI relaxometry protocol to measure effects of preterm birth at a flexible postnatal age

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Maitre, Nathalie L ^a,c   Slaughter, James C ^a   Stark, Ann R ^a   Aschner, Judy L ^b   Anderson, Adam W ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MONROE CARELL JR CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Globus pallidus; Maturation; MRI; Neonate; Prematurity; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MRI RELAXOMETRY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURE LABOR; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY; WHITE MATTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADULTHOOD; BIRTH; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD CARE; DEEP NUCLEI; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROIMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RELAXOMETRY;

FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUTAMEN; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84901795004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-84     Document Type: Article

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