Diffusion imaging in neonates

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2002 Feb;12(1):55-70. doi: 10.1016/s1052-5149(03)00070-4.

Abstract

Diffusion imaging is a useful technique for the evaluation of many normal and pathologic processes occurring in the neonate and often provides complementary information for conventional MR and other imaging techniques.

MeSH terms

  • Blood-Brain Barrier / physiology*
  • Brain / pathology
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / congenital*
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Brain Neoplasms / congenital
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / congenital*
  • Cerebral Infarction / diagnosis
  • Diffusion
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia, Brain / congenital*
  • Hypoxia, Brain / diagnosis
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / pathology
  • Prognosis
  • Sensitivity and Specificity