Altered structural asymmetries of mild white matter injury in preterm infants with different cognitive outcomes
Miaomiao Wang1, Xianjun Li1, Congcong Liu1, Xiaoyu Wang1, Mengxuan Li1, Cong Tian1, Peiyao Chen1, Chao Jin1, Xiaocheng Wei2, and Jian Yang1
1Department of Diagnostic Radiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi‘an, China, 2MR Research China, GE Healthcare, Beijing, China
Left lateralization of white matter development is obviously
reduced in mild punctate white matter lesions (PWMLs) with cognitive delay, while the white matter asymmetries of PWMLs
with normal cognition score are similar with controls.
Figure 2 The differences of FA values between left and right hemispheres
Figure 3 The comparison of white
matter asymmetry index among control and PWMLs groups.