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Assessment of neonatal brain development by diffusion tensor imaging
HOU Xin  YANG Jian  YU Bo-lang 

DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2012.01.017.


[Abstract] Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a novel, sensitive, and quantified technique to detect the diffusion feature of water molecule. In this paper, we reviewed the basic principle and parameters of DTI, the processing methods of DTI data, and the different changes of parameters of DTI with the neonatal brain white matter and gray matter. It showed that parameters of DTI changed regularly with development of premature and neonatal brain white matter, and DTI is helpful to evaluate the development of brain white matter quantitatively.
[Keywords] Brain development；Diffusion tensor imaging；Neonate

HOU Xin Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi' an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China

YANG Jian * Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi' an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China

YU Bo-lang Department of Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi' an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China

*Correspondence to: Yang J, E-mail: cjr.yangjian@vip.163.com

Conflicts of interest   None.

Received  2011-12-07
Accepted  2012-01-06
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2012.01.017
DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8034.2012.01.017.

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