Clinical/methodical issue: Evaluation of the normal and pathological fetal brain.
Standard radiological methods: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Methodical innovations: Advanced MRI of the fetal brain.
Performance: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is used in clinical practice, all other methods are used at a research level.
Achievements: Serving as standard methods in the future.
Practical recommendations: Combined structural and functional data for all gestational ages will allow more specific insight into the developmental processes of the fetal brain. This gain of information will help provide a common understanding of complex spatial and temporal procedures of early morphological features and their impact on cognitive and sensory abilities.