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Choice of Diffusion Tensor Estimation Approach Affects Fiber Tractography of the Fornix in Preterm Brain

A. Plaisier, K. Pieterman, M.H. Lequin, P. Govaert, A.M. Heemskerk, I.K.M. Reiss, G.P. Krestin, A. Leemans and J. Dudink
American Journal of Neuroradiology June 2014, 35 (6) 1219-1225; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3830
A. Plaisier
aFrom the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics (A.P., K.P., P.G., A.M.H., J.D.), Erasmus Medical Center–Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
bDepartments of Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., A.M.H., G.P.K., J.D.)
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K. Pieterman
aFrom the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics (A.P., K.P., P.G., A.M.H., J.D.), Erasmus Medical Center–Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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M.H. Lequin
bDepartments of Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., A.M.H., G.P.K., J.D.)
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P. Govaert
aFrom the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics (A.P., K.P., P.G., A.M.H., J.D.), Erasmus Medical Center–Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
dDepartment of Pediatrics (P.G.), Koningin Paola Children's Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
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A.M. Heemskerk
aFrom the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics (A.P., K.P., P.G., A.M.H., J.D.), Erasmus Medical Center–Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
bDepartments of Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., A.M.H., G.P.K., J.D.)
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I.K.M. Reiss
cNeonatology (I.K.M.R.), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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G.P. Krestin
bDepartments of Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., A.M.H., G.P.K., J.D.)
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A. Leemans
eImage Sciences Institute (A.L.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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J. Dudink
aFrom the Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics (A.P., K.P., P.G., A.M.H., J.D.), Erasmus Medical Center–Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
bDepartments of Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., A.M.H., G.P.K., J.D.)
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Jun 2014, 35 (6) 1219-1225; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3830
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