Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 46-56 , February 2010

Noninvasive Cerebral Perfusion Imaging in High-Risk Neonates

  • Donna A. Goff, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Erin M. Buckley, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Turgut Durduran, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Jiongjong Wang, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
    • ,
  • Daniel J. Licht, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Daniel J. Licht, MD, Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th and Civic Centre Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104

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 Dr. Goff is supported by an NHLBI grant number T32 HL-07915.

 Dr. Durduran and Ms. Buckley are supported in part by the Thrasher Foundation, grant number NR 0016.

 Dr. Wang is supported in part by MH080892, RR02305, and by the Thrasher Foundation.

 Dr. Licht is supported in part by NINDS K-23 NS-052380, by the Steve and June Wolfson Fund for Neurological Research, and by the DANA Foundation.

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doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.10.005

Seminars in Perinatology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 46-56 , February 2010

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