Abstract
The purpose of our study was to retrospectively investigate the feasibility of using fiber tracking to detect disturbances in white matter development in newborns suffering from hypoxic-ischemia, at birth and at the age of 3 months. Diffusion Tensor Images were obtained from full-term newborns, 7 with normal MRI and 10 with pathology related to perinatal hypoxic-ischemia. All parents gave informed consent. Visualization of white matter tracts was investigated using a volume tracing and quantification technique. Fiber tracking was useful to study the neonatal brain. Pathology resulted in different fiber patterns, compared to normal. Frequently affected were the corona radiata fibers.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 203-214 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Radiology |
| Volume | 240 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 |