弥散张量成像在早产儿脑白质损伤神经发育评价中的应用

脑白质损伤是早产儿最常见的脑损伤形式,是造成神经和智力损伤以及后期脑性瘫痪的主要原因.影像学检查在脑白质损伤的早期诊断及后期随访中发挥着重要的作用.其中核磁共振因为其安全准确的特点已成为目前应用最普遍的影像学检查.有别于传统的核磁共振技术,弥散张量成像可以在活体内观察和定量分析脑白质纤维束,现已成为评价脑白质损伤的有力工具.该文对弥散张量成像在早产儿脑白质损伤神经发育评价中的应用进行综述.

Application of diffusion tensor imaging in the neurodevelopmental evaluation of premature cerebral white matter damage

Cerebral white matter damage is the most common form of brain injury in premature infants,which is the main cause of neurological and mental injury and cerebral palsy.Imaging examination plays an important role in the diagnosis and follow-up of white matter damage.Because of the safe and accurate characteristics,nuclear magnetic resonance has become the most common imagine form.Different from the traditional nuclear magnetic resonance technique,diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can get quantitative analysis of cerebral white matter fiber bundle in vivo.This technology has become a powerful tool for the evaluation of white matter damage.The article summarizes the application of DTI in the neurodevelopmental evaluation of cerebral white matter damage in premature infants.