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Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) of the Brain in Moving Subjects: Application to In-Utero Fetal and Ex-Utero Studies

First paper describing how to systematically achieve diffusion tensor imaging on the foetal brain and other moving subjects. The described method allows anisotropies in the micron scale motion of water molecules within brain tissue to be quantified even when the subject makes arbitrarily large movements. Diffusion imaging is an established methodology for mapping macro-scale brain connections and the NIH has funded large-scale projects to comprehensively map this connectivity in adults. The methods described in this work are now being taken forward by us under a €15m ERC Synergy grant to map emerging brain connectivity in foetuses and neonates.