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Abstract #3228

Corpus Collosum Shape Analysis on Premature Neonates - A Surface MTBM Study

Yalin Wang1, Ashok Panigrahy2, 3, Jie Shi1, Rafael Ceschin2, Zhi Nie1, Marvin D. Nelson3, Natasha Lepore3

1Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States; 2Radiology, Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; 3Radiology, University of Southern California and Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Using brain structural magnetic resonance images, we have designed a pipeline for group comparisons of the anatomy of subcortical structures in neonates. Our analysis is applied here to statistically compare the corpus callosum in premature neonates vs. term born controls.

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