NIH funded MRI study of normal brain development (PI: Evans)

The goal of this project was to create a normative database of anatomical and behavioral data from young children from 0 to 18 years of age. In this project, the BIC played the role of the data coordinating center. Six Pediatric Study Centers in the United States were responsible to acquiring data. We were in charge of data reception, quality control, databasing and image processing.

The IPL group was responsible for quality control and the development of image processing tools that can be applied to pediatric MRI data. Within our lab, Berengere Aubert-Broche, Vladimir Fonov, Larry Baer and Matthew Kitching have worked on the project.

The project is described in more detail at http://pediatricmri.nih.gov/nihpd/info/index.html

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[3] Faridi N, Karama S, Burgaleta M, White MT, Evans AC, Fonov V, Collins DL, Waber DP. Neuroanatomical Correlates of Behavioral Rating Versus Performance Measures of Working Memory in Typically Developing Children and Adolescents. Neuropsychology. 2015 Jan; 29(1):82–91.