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Abstract #3160

Age Specific DTI Average Brain Atlases from the NIH MRI Study of Normal Brain Development (PedsDTI)

Carlo Pierpaoli1, Lindsay Walker1, 2, Amritha Nayak1, 2, Lin-Ching Chang3, William Ball4, Kelly Botteron5, James McCracken6, Robert McKinstry5, Mic

1NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States; 2CNRM, USUHS; 3CUA; 4Children's Hospital Cincinnati; 5Washington University St. Louis; 6UCLA; 7Children's Hospital, Boston; 8www.NIH-pediatricMRI.org

We present a first analysis of data from the diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) component of the NIH MRI study of Normal Brain Development (PedsDTI). We analyze age specific brain atlases that will be included in the data repository, available for download by scientists and clinicians.

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