Plaisier A, Govaert P, Lequin M H, Dudink J
From the Division of Neonatology (A.P., P.G., J.D.)Department of Pediatrics, and Division of Pediatric Radiology (A.P., M.H.L., J.D.), Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
From the Division of Neonatology (A.P., P.G., J.D.)Department of Pediatrics (P.G.), Koningin Paola Children's Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2014 May;35(5):841-7. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A3513. Epub 2013 May 2.
Advances in neonatal neuroimaging have improved detection of preterm brain injury responsible for abnormal neuromotor and cognitive development. Increasingly sophisticated MR imaging setups allow scanning during early preterm life. In this review, we investigated how brain MR imaging in preterm infants should be timed to best predict long-term outcome. Given the strong evidence that structural brain abnormalities are related to long-term neurodevelopment, MR imaging should preferably be performed at term-equivalent age. Early MR imaging is promising because it can guide early intervention studies and is indispensable in research on preterm brain injury.
新生儿神经影像学的进展提高了对导致异常神经运动和认知发育的早产脑损伤的检测能力。日益复杂的磁共振成像（MR）设备允许在极早早产期进行扫描。在本综述中，我们研究了早产婴儿的脑部MR成像应如何安排时间，以最好地预测长期预后。鉴于有强有力的证据表明脑结构异常与长期神经发育相关，MR成像最好在足月等效年龄时进行。早期MR成像很有前景，因为它可以指导早期干预研究，并且在早产脑损伤的研究中不可或缺。
