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Abstract #2948

A Quantitative Analysis of the Very Preterm Brain at 30 and 40 Weeks Gestational Age; Correlation of Multi-Component T2 Relaxation and Diffusion Tensor Anisotropy.

Andrew Melbourne1, Giles Kendall2, Alan Bainbridge3, Manuel Jorge Cardoso1, Nicola Robertson2, Neil Marlow2, Sebastien Ourselin1

1Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, United Kingdom; 2Institute for Womens Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom; 3University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

This work investigates correlations between multi-component T2 imaging and diffusion imaging in the neonatal brain at 30 and 40 weeks equivalent gestational age.

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