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2032. Quantitative Fiber Tracking in the Premature at Term Age Shows a Correlation with MRI Findings,
Gestational Age and Head Circumference
Carola van Pul 1,2 , Britt van Kooij 3 , Gijs Hoskam 4 , Linda de Vries 3 , Manon Benders 3 , Anna Vilanova 4 ,
Floris Groenendaal 3
1 Clinical Physics, Maxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands; 2 School of Medical Physics and Engineering,
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands; 3 Neonatology, Wilhemina Children's Hospital,
Utrecht, Netherlands; 4 Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
We studied 92 prematurely born neonates ( 0.96). A multiple regression analysis did not show any gender effect for any DT indices. A significant age dependence
was found for FA (p < 0.001) and RD (p < 0.04). These findings suggest an age-related effect from 7 to 18 years well after the OR is myelin mature, which
suggests that maturational and/or developmental changes occur in the OR long after myelination.