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Medicina
Croatian Medical Association - Rijeka branch
ISSN: 0025-7729
Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 56-63
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Bioline Code: me05007
Full paper language: Croatian
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Medicina, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2005, pp. 56-63
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Clinical guidelines - MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PERINATAL BRAIN DAMAGE
Damir Miletić, Igor Prpić
Abstract
Magnetic resonance (MRI) is the imaging modality of choice in most
disorders that affect the pediatric brain. The abnormal development of
the brain is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality in the
preterm and term newborn. Brain development is characterized by
morphological changes, histogenesis and myelination. Imaging plays
an important role in the timing of in utero insults of the central nervous
system. Intrauterine or postnatal MRI findings on the developing brain
have an impact on defining prognosis and directing therapy to prevent
or reduce irreversible sequelae of fetal or perinatal brain injury. Due to
its sensibility to tissue changes, MRI is the imaging method of choice
to evaluate brain maturation. Multi-planar capabilities, excellent graywhite
matter contrast resolution, and lack of ionizing radiation are
some of the major attributes of MR imaging.
Keywords
brain, magnetic resonance, perinatal injury, malformations, myelination
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