The predictive validity of neonatal MRI for neurodevelopmental outcome in very preterm children

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 147-158

  Anderson, Peter J ^a,b   Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^a,b,c   Thompson, Deanne K ^a,b  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion weight imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurodevelopmental outcome; Very preterm

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACTOGRAPHY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VALIDATION STUDY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84925329489     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: 1558075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2015.01.008     Document Type: Review

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