Testing the sensitivity of Tract-Based Spatial Statistics to simulated treatment effects in preterm neonates.

Early neuroimaging may provide a surrogate marker for brain development and outcome after preterm birth. Tract-Based Spatial Statistics (TBSS) is an advanced Diffusion Tensor Image (DTI) analysis technique that is sensitive to the effects of prematurity and may provide a quantitative marker for neur...

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Main Authors: Gareth Ball, James P Boardman, Tomoki Arichi, Nazakat Merchant, Daniel Rueckert, A David Edwards, Serena J Counsell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3701004?pdf=render