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. 2014 Mar;41(1):25-45.
doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2013.10.001. Epub 2013 Dec 12.

Brain development in preterm infants assessed using advanced MRI techniques

Nora Tusor  1 , Tomoki Arichi  2 , Serena J Counsell  1 , A David Edwards  3
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Brain development in preterm infants assessed using advanced MRI techniques

Nora Tusor et al. Clin Perinatol. 2014 Mar.

Abstract

Infants who are born preterm have a high incidence of neurocognitive and neurobehavioral abnormalities, which may be associated with impaired brain development. Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approaches, such as diffusion MRI (d-MRI) and functional MRI (fMRI), provide objective and reproducible measures of brain development. Indices derived from d-MRI can be used to provide quantitative measures of preterm brain injury. Although fMRI of the neonatal brain is currently a research tool, future studies combining d-MRI and fMRI have the potential to assess the structural and functional properties of the developing brain and its response to injury.

Keywords: Brain; Diffusion-MRI; Functional MRI; MRI; Preterm.

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