Visualization of maturation of the corpus callosum during childhood and adolescence using T2 relaxometry |
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Authors: | Eung Y. Kim Dong-Hyun Kim Eunhye Yoo Hae-Jeong Park Xavier Golay Seung-Koo Lee Dong J. Kim Jinna Kim Dong I. Kim |
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Affiliation: | Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiological Sciences, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-Gu, Seoul, South Korea. eungykim@yuhs.ac |
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Abstract: | Previous studies have shown that maturation of the white matter in terms of its relative signal intensity changes on MRI is almost complete at 2-3 years of age. We hypothesized that quantitative analysis may show maturation of the white matter during childhood and adolescence. In the present study we performed multi-echo T2 relaxometry in 33 healthy subjects (girls, 15; boys, 18) aged 3-15 years. T2 relaxation times of the genu and splenium were measured. In healthy subjects, the T2 relaxation times were significantly correlated with age in both girls (r=0.611, p=.016) and boys (r=0.721, p=.001) in the splenium, but not in the genu (p>.05). To further confirm genu-to-splenium signal intensity ratio changes, a total of 389 brain MRIs were retrospectively selected from the patients who had normal results (189 girls/women, 200 boys/men; age range, 3-20 years). The genu-to-splenium signal intensity ratio was obtained from the T2-weighted images. In patients with normal MRI, the genu-to-splenium signal intensity ratio was significantly decreased with age (p<.001) by 16 years. The T2 relaxation times gradually increase in the splenium during childhood and adolescence, suggestive of maturation. |
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Keywords: | Human development Corpus callosum Magnetic resonance imaging |
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