TABLE 1:

Mean T2 values

Region	T2 Values, msec*
	≤30 weeks’ GA (n = 8)	31–36 weeks’ GA (n = 9)	37–41 weeks’ GA† (n = 5)
Thalamus	159.1 ± 13.5	157.4 ± 9.1	143.2 ± 15.1
Lentiform	169.5 ± 9.6	156.8 ± 12.8	143.2 ± 15.5
Frontal white matter	294.9 ± 7.9	274.1 ± 13.2	222.0 ± 18.2
Occipital white matter	296.8 ± 11.9	266.8 ± 20.8	211.4 ± 14.6
Central white matter at the level of the centrum semiovale	331.2 ± 12.8‡	309.4 ± 14.8	202.4 ± 8.7

^*Data are the mean ± SD.

^†Term-equivalent age.

^‡n = 6.