Characterization of White Matter Injury in a Hypoxic-Ischemic Neonatal Rat Model by Diffusion Tensor MRI
Author(s) -
Silun Wang,
EX Wu,
Chung Nga Tam,
Ho-Fai Lau,
Pikto Cheung,
PekLan Khong
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.509927
Subject(s) - medicine , white matter , diffusion mri , ligation , pathology , fractional anisotropy , internal capsule , hypoxia (environmental) , cardiology , endocrinology , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , physics , oxygen , quantum mechanics
We evaluate white matter (WM) injury after hypoxic-ischemic (HI) insult in a neonatal rat model using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to determine whether lambda(parallel) and lambda(perpendicular) are able to characterize type and severity of brain damage.
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