Initial Application of Diffusional Kurtosis Imaging in Evaluating Brain Development of Healthy Preterm Infants.

To explore the parametric characteristics of diffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI) in the brain development of healthy preterm infants.Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and DKI were performed in 35 preterm (29 to 36 weeks gestational age [GA]; scanned at 33 to 44 weeks postmenstrual age [PM...

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Main Authors: Jingjing Shi, Liwen Chang, Jian Wang, Shun Zhang, Yihao Yao, Shuixia Zhang, Rifeng Jiang, Linying Guo, Hanxiong Guan, Wenzhen Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4839617?pdf=render