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Abstract #0884

Assessing the Impact of Excluding a Subset of the Diffusion Acquisition on the Resultant Fractional Anisotropy Values in the Preterm Brain

Antonios Makropoulos1, Gareth Ball2, Joseph V. Hajnal2, A. David Edwards2, Daniel Rueckert3, Serena J. Counsell2

1Centre for the Developing Brain, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; 2Centre for the Developing Brain, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; 3Biomedical Image Analysis Group, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) allows the assessment of white matter development and injury in the developing brain.

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