Brain Development in Preterm Infants Assessed Using Advanced MRI Techniques

• Autores: Nora Tusor, Tomoki Arichi, S.J. Counsell, A. David Edwards
• Localización: Clinics in Perinatology, ISSN 0095-5108, Vol. 41, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 25-45
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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.