Application of diffusion tensor imaging in the neonatal brain development and injury
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2016.23.021
- VernacularTitle:弥散张量成像在新生儿脑发育及脑损伤中的应用
- Author:
Xinrui WANG
;
Jin SHEN
;
Zhihua LI
- Keywords:
Diffusion tensor imaging;
Infant,newborn;
Brain development;
Brain injury
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2016;31(23):1838-1840
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)can reflect the brain structure and development more quantitatively and intuitively than conventional magnetic resonance sequence by obtaining the diffusion properties of water molecules. In neonatal brain developmental research,DTI could be used to study the developmental regularities of white matter tracts and cerebral structure deformity.It can also help to explore the relationship between white matter microstructure and neurodevelopmental outcome.In the study of brain injury,including premature white matter injury,hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy,neonatal stroke,and so on,DTI can diagnose the brain microstructure injury precisely,evaluate the ef-fectiveness of interventions and predict the long -term neurodevelopmental outcome.DTI may have good prospect in re-search and clinical application on neonatal brain development and injury.
