Neonatal MR imaging

Abstract

Recently, MR imaging has become the technique of choice in evaluating neonatal central nervous system diseases. It is the only imaging technique that can discriminate myelinated from neonatal unmyelinated white matter; it offers the highest sensitivity in detecting acute anoxic injury of the neonatal brain; and with proper coils and sequences, it can exquisitely depict neonatal brain anatomy and locate pathology, offering a robust and reliable tool in the prognostic assessment of neonatal central nervous system disease.