Examination of Infant Brain Maturation Using Ultra Low Field MRI |
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| Authors: | HANNA SUHONEN-POLVI HELI MÄÄTTÄNEN ANU ALANEN KALEVI KATEVUO ARJA TENOVUO PENTTI KERO MARTTI KORMANO |
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| Institution: | Department of Pediatrics, University Central Hospital of Turku, Finland;Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Central Hospital of Turku, Finland;Department of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland |
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| Abstract: | ABSTRACT. The brains of 42 newborn infants were examined with MRI at 0.02 T field, and regional variations of T1 relaxation time were measured from the images. There were three groups: 1. full term infants (9), 2. preterm infants (10) and 3. SGA (= small for gestational age) infants (20). Relaxation times showed a correlation to myelination of the brain. The brain of SGA infants showed a large variation in their T1 values. |
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| Keywords: | newborn infants MR studies brain maturation |
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