title: Contributions of diffusion-weighted imaging to fetal and neonatal imaging.
abstract: Diffusion-weighted imaging has contributed to our understanding of fetal and neonatal brain development. This article will review the role of diffusion-weighted imaging and diffusion tensor imaging in fetuses and neonates, focusing primarily on normal brain developmental processes and then on pathologic processes that can be characterized using diffusion tensor imaging.
authors.affiliation: Neuroradiology Section, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. orit.glenn@ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Orit
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Glenn
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D054220:Malformations of Cortical Development / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000639:trends*