CT and MR in non-neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: Radiological findings with pathophysiological correlations

Neuroradiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 949-976

  Gutierrez, Leonardo Guilhermino ^a   Rovira, Àlex ^c   Portela, Luiz Antonio Pezzi ^a   Da Costa Leite, Claudia ^b   Lucato, Leandro Tavares ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL ALEMÃO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy; Magnetic resonance; MR diffusion weighted imaging; MR spectroscopy; Neuroimaging; Prognostication

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LACTIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PERFUSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650221456     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-010-0728-z     Document Type: Review

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