Diffusion MRI of the neonate brain: acquisition, processing and analysis techniques

K Pannek, A Guzzetta, PB Colditz, SE Rose - Pediatric radiology, 2012 - Springer
Diffusion MRI (dMRI) is a popular noninvasive imaging modality for the investigation of the
neonate brain. It enables the assessment of white matter integrity, and is particularly suited …

Diffusion tensor imaging with tract-based spatial statistics reveals local white matter abnormalities in preterm infants

M Anjari, L Srinivasan, JM Allsop, JV Hajnal… - Neuroimage, 2007 - Elsevier
Infants born preterm have a high incidence of neurodevelopmental impairment in later
childhood, often associated with poorly defined cerebral white matter abnormalities …

Three-dimensional high-resolution diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of the developing rabbit brain

H D'Arceuil, C Liu, P Levitt, B Thompson… - Developmental …, 2008 - karger.com
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is sensitive to structural ordering in brain tissue particularly in
the white matter tracts. Diffusion anisotropy changes with disease and also with neural …

Asymmetry of white matter pathways in developing human brains

JW Song, PD Mitchell, J Kolasinski… - Cerebral …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Little is known about the emergence of structural asymmetry of white matter tracts during
early brain development. We examined whether and when asymmetry in diffusion …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advancements in diffusion MRI for investigating cortical development after preterm birth—potential and pitfalls

J Dudink, K Pieterman, A Leemans… - Frontiers in human …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Preterm infants are born during a critical period of brain maturation, in which even subtle
events can result in substantial behavioral, motor and cognitive deficits, as well as …

[HTML][HTML] Development of the corticospinal and callosal tracts from extremely premature birth up to 2 years of age

RM Braga, E Roze, G Ball, N Merchant, N Tusor… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
White matter tracts mature asymmetrically during development, and this development can be
studied using diffusion magnetic resonance imaging. The aims of this study were i. to …

Tractography‐based quantitation of diffusion tensor imaging parameters in white matter tracts of preterm newborns

SC Partridge, P Mukherjee, JI Berman… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To evaluate the feasibility of performing diffusion tensor tractography (DTT) to map
and quantify the pyramidal white matter tracts of premature newborns. Materials and …

Spatiotemporal changes in diffusivity and anisotropy in fetal brain tractography

F Machado‐Rivas, O Afacan, S Khan… - Human Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Population averaged diffusion atlases can be utilized to characterize complex
microstructural changes with less bias than data from individual subjects. In this study, a fetal …

Diffusion tensor imaging and tractography of human brain development

P Mukherjee, RC McKinstry - Neuroimaging Clinics, 2006 - neuroimaging.theclinics.com
19 macromolecules, such as myelin [1, 2]. In particular, T1 and T2 relaxation times become
shorter as myelination progresses, allowing visualization of white matter maturation in …

Structural network analysis of brain development in young preterm neonates

CJ Brown, SP Miller, BG Booth, S Andrews, V Chau… - Neuroimage, 2014 - Elsevier
Preterm infants develop differently than those born at term and are at higher risk of brain
pathology. Thus, an understanding of their development is of particular importance. Diffusion …