Prediction of Outcome in New-Born Infants with Arterial Ischaemic Stroke Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Abstract

Compared to MRI, DW-MRI and ADC maps provided additional, quantitative data of acute corticospinal tract injury at an early time point after the insult, especially at the level of the cerebral peduncles. The presence of increased SI on DW-MRI at the level of the PLIC and the cerebral peduncles in new-born infants with arterial ischaemic stroke is followed by Wallerian degeneration and subsequent development of hemiplegia.