Prognostic Utility of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy

Abstract

Brain injury on T1- and T2-weighted MRI is reduced in hypothermia-treated newborns. Abnormal MRI findings are prognostic of long-term outcome in moderate to severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy regardless of treatment with hypothermia.