REVIEW THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN OF IMAGING STUDIES IN FETUSES, NE

is important to understand early pathological mechanisms Diffusion imaging 53 Physical basics and post-processing strategies 53 DTI correlates of WM maturation 55 Myelin-related imaging parameters 56 Magnetization transfer ratio 56 associated with T1 relaxation time (R1 = 1/T1); R2, relaxation rate associated with T2 relaxation time (R2 = 1/T2); SNR, signal-to-noise ratio; STT, spino-thalamic tract; TBSS, tract-based spatial statistics; TE, echo time; TI, inversion time; TR, repetition time; T1, longitudinal relaxation time; T1w, T1-weighted; T2, transverse relaxation time; T2w, T2-weighted; UF, uncinate fasciculus; VLBW, very low birth weight; Neuroscience 276 (2014) 48–71Functional correlates of WM myelination 51 Structural MRI techniques and developmental specificities 52 Conventional MR imaging and relaxometry 5