Altered white matter diffusion anisotropy in normal and preterm infants at term‐equivalent age

To investigate white matter (WM) development, voxelwise analyses of diffusion tensor MRI (DTMRI) data, acquired from 12 very preterm and 11 preterm infants with gestational ages (GA) ranging from 25 to 29 and 29 to 32 weeks, respectively, and 10 newborn normal term infants were performed. T(2) relaxation measures were also generated to assess brain water content. Compared with newborn term infants, very preterm infants were found to possess...