Optimal timing of cerebral MRI in preterm infants to predict long-term neurodevelopmental outcome: A systematic review

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 841-847

  Plaisier, Annemarie ^a   Govaert, P ^a,b   Lequin, M H ^a   Dudink, J ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Paola Childrens Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMBASE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TERM BIRTH; VOLUMETRY;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84901070006     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3513     Document Type: Review

References (107)

1. Saigal S, Doyle LW. An overview of mortality and sequelae of preterm birth from infancy to adulthood. Lancet 2008;371:261-69
2. Bhutta AT, Cleves MA, Casey PH, et al. Cognitive and behavioral outcomes of school-aged childrenwhowere born preterm: a meta-analysis. JAMA 2002;288:728-37 (Pubitemid 34848226)
3. Larroque B, Ancel PY, Marret S, et al. Neurodevelopmental disabilities and special care of 5-year-old children born before 33 weeks of gestation (the EPIPAGE study): a longitudinal cohort study. Lancet 2008;371:813-20 (Pubitemid 351330166)
4. Marlow N, Wolke D, Bracewell MA, et al. Neurologic and developmental disability at six years of age after extremely preterm birth. N Engl J Med 2005;352:9-19 (Pubitemid 40075676)
5. Williams J, Lee KJ, Anderson PJ. Prevalence of motor-skill impairment in preterm children who do not develop cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Dev Med Child Neurol 2010;52:232-37
6. Rutherford MA, Supramaniam V, Ederies A, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of white matter diseases of prematurity. Neuroradiology 2010;52:505-21
7. Inder TE, Wells SJ, Mogridge NB, et al. Defining the nature of the cerebral abnormalities in the premature infant: a qualitative magnetic resonance imaging study. J Pediatr 2003;143:171-79 (Pubitemid 37082947)
8. Dyet LE, Kennea N, Counsell SJ, et al. Natural history of brain lesions in extremely preterm infants studied with serial magnetic resonance imaging from birth and neurodevelopmental assessment. Pediatrics 2006;118:536-48 (Pubitemid 46085408)
9. Spittle AJ, Brown NC, Doyle LW, et al. Quality of general movements is related to white matter pathology in very preterm infants. Pediatrics 2008;121:e1184-89
10. Jeon TY, Kim JH, Yoo SY, et al. Neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants: comparison of infants with and without diffuse excessive high signal intensity on MR images at near-term-equivalent age. Radiology 2012;263:518-26
11. Volpe JJ. Brain injury in premature infants: a complex amalgam of destructive and developmental disturbances. Lancet Neurol 2009;8:110-24
12. Khwaja O, Volpe JJ. Pathogenesis of cerebral white matter injury of prematurity. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2008;93:F153-61 (Pubitemid 352038509)
13. Hüppi PS, Murphy B, Maier SE, et al. Microstructural brain development after perinatal cerebral white matter injury assessed by diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging. Pediatrics 2001;107:455-60 (Pubitemid 32183176)
14. Inder TE, Anderson NJ, Spencer C, et al. White matter injury in the premature infant: a comparison between serial cranial sonographic and MR findings at term. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2003;24:805-09 (Pubitemid 36617405)
15. Woodward LJ, Anderson PJ, Austin NC, et al. Neonatal MRI to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm infants. N Engl J Med 2006;355:685-94
16. Mirmiran M, Barnes PD, Keller K, et al. Neonatal brain magnetic resonance imaging before discharge is better than serial cranial ultrasound in predicting cerebral palsy in very low birth weight preterm infants. Pediatrics 2004;114:992-98 (Pubitemid 41529764)
17. Valkama AM, Paakko EL, Vainionpaa LK, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging at term and neuromotor outcome in preterm infants. Acta Paediatr 2000;89:348-55 (Pubitemid 30625362)
18. Ment LR, Hirtz D, Huppi PS. Imaging biomarkers of outcome in the developing preterm brain. Lancet Neurol 2009;8:1042-55
19. Counsell SJ, Rutherford MA, Cowan FM, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of preterm brain injury. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2003;88:F269-74 (Pubitemid 36791623)
20. Hüppi PS, Dubois J. Diffusion tensor imaging of brain development. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2006;11:489-97 (Pubitemid 44666595)
21. Jones DK. Studying connections in the living human brain with diffusion MRI. Cortex 2008;44:936-52
22. Dudink J, Lequin M, van Pul C, et al. Fractional anisotropy in white matter tracts of very-low-birth-weight infants. Pediatr Radiol 2007;37:1216-23 (Pubitemid 350160045)
23. Miller SP, Vigneron DB, Henry RG, et al. Serial quantitative diffusion tensor MRI of the premature brain: development in newborns with and without injury. J Magn Reson Imaging 2002;16:621-32 (Pubitemid 35375560)
24. Counsell SJ, Allsop JM, Harrison MC, et al. Diffusion-weighted imaging of the brain in preterm infants with focal and diffuse white matter abnormality. Pediatrics 2003;112:1-7 (Pubitemid 36792921)
25. Counsell SJ, Shen Y, Boardman JP, et al. Axial and radial diffusivity in preterm infants who have diffuse white matter changes on magnetic resonance imaging at term-equivalent age. Pediatrics 2006;117:376-86 (Pubitemid 46071599)
26. Inder TE, Huppi PS, Warfield S, et al. Periventricular white matter injury in the premature infant is followed by reduced cerebral cortical gray matter volume at term. Ann Neurol 1999;46:755-60 (Pubitemid 29518137)
27. Thompson DK, Warfield SK, Carlin JB, et al. Perinatal risk factors altering regional brain structure in the preterm infant. Brain 2007;130:667-77 (Pubitemid 46410727)
28. Inder TE, Warfield SK, Wang H, et al. Abnormal cerebral structure is present at term in premature infants. Pediatrics 2005;115:286-94 (Pubitemid 43193809)
29. Keunen K, Kersbergen KJ, Groenendaal F, et al. Brain tissue volumes in preterm infants: prematurity, perinatal risk factors and neurodevelopmental outcome - a systematic review. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2012;25(suppl 1):89-100
30. Mathur A, Inder T. Magnetic resonance imaging: insights into brain injury and outcomes in premature infants. J Commun Disord 2009;42:248-55
31. Dubois J, Benders M, Cachia A, et al. Mapping the early cortical folding process in the preterm newborn brain. Cereb Cortex 2008;18:1444-54 (Pubitemid 351769801)
32. Dubois J, Benders M, Lazeyras F, et al. Structural asymmetries of perisylvian regions in the preterm newborn. Neuroimage 2010;52:32-42
33. Dubois J, Hertz-Pannier L, Cachia A, et al. Structural asymmetries in the infant language and sensori-motor networks. Cereb Cortex 2009;19:414-23
34. Ajayi-Obe M, Saeed N, Cowan FM, et al. Reduced development of cerebral cortex in extremely preterm infants. Lancet 2000;356:1162-63
35. Hüppi PS, Schuknecht B, Boesch C, et al. Structural and neurobehavioral delay in postnatal brain development of preterm infants. Pediatr Res 1996;39:895-901 (Pubitemid 26130034)
36. Hüppi PS, Lazeyras F. Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) in neonatal brain injury. Pediatr Res 2001;49:317-20
37. Plaisier A, Raets MM, van der Starre C, et al. Safety of routine early MRI in preterm infants. Pediatr Radiol 2012;42:1205-11
38. Hillenbrand CM, Reykowski A. MR imaging of the newborn: a technical perspective. Magn Reson Imaging Clin N Am 2012; 20:63-79
39. Miller SP, Ferriero DM, Leonard C, et al. Early brain injury in premature newborns detected with magnetic resonance imaging is associated with adverse early neurodevelopmental outcome. J Pediatr 2005;147:609-16 (Pubitemid 41598332)
40. Tam EW, Rosenbluth G, Rogers EE, et al. Cerebellar hemorrhage on magnetic resonance imaging in preterm newborns associated with abnormal neurologic outcome. J Pediatr 2011;158:245-50
41. Cornette LG, Tanner SF, Ramenghi LA, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of the infant brain: anatomical characteristics and clinical significance of punctate lesions. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2002;86:F171-77 (Pubitemid 34478247)
42. Skiöld B, Vollmer B, Bohm B, et al. Neonatal magnetic resonance imaging and outcome at age 30 months in extremely preterm infants. J Pediatr 2012;160:559 -566.e1
43. Hnatyszyn G, Cyrylowski L, Czeszynska MB, et al. The role of magnetic resonance imaging in early prediction of cerebral palsy. Turk J Pediatr 2010;52:278-84
44. Spittle AJ, Boyd RN, Inder TE, et al. Predicting motor development in very preterm infants at 12 months' corrected age: the role of qualitative magnetic resonance imaging and general movements assessments. Pediatrics 2009;123:512-17
45. Spittle AJ, Cheong J, Doyle LW, et al. Neonatal white matter abnormality predicts childhood motor impairment in very preterm children. Dev Med Child Neurol 2011;53:1000-06
46. Nanba Y, Matsui K, Aida N, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging regional T1 abnormalities at term accurately predict motor outcome in preterm infants. Pediatrics 2007;120:e10-e19 (Pubitemid 47036211)
47. Brown NC, Inder TE, Bear MJ, et al. Neurobehavior at term and white and gray matter abnormalities in very preterm infants. J Pediatr 2009;155:32-8, 38.e1
48. Aida N, Nishimura G, Hachiya Y, et al. MR imaging of perinatal brain damage: comparison of clinical outcome with initial and follow-up MR findings. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1998;19:1909-21 (Pubitemid 30409574)
49. van Wezel-Meijler G, Van Der Knaap MS, Oosting J, et al. Predictive value of neonatal MRI as compared to ultrasound in premature infants with mild periventricular white matter changes. Neuropediatrics 1999;30:231-38
50. Bayley N. Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, 3rd ed. San Antonio, Texas: Harcourt Assessment; 2006
51. Hart A, Whitby E, Wilkinson S, et al. Neuro-developmental outcome at 18 months in premature infants with diffuse excessive high signal intensity on MR imaging of the brain. Pediatr Radiol 2011;41:1284-92
52. Sie LT, Hart AA, van Hof J, et al. Predictive value of neonatal MRI with respect to late MRI findings and clinical outcome: a study in infants with periventricular densities on neonatal ultrasound. Neuropediatrics 2005;36:78-89 (Pubitemid 41117125)
53. Munck P, Haataja L, Maunu J, et al. Cognitive outcome at 2 years of age in Finnish infants with very low birth weight born between 2001 and 2006. Acta Paediatr 2010;99:359-66
54. Woodward LJ, Edgin JO, Thompson D, et al. Object working memory deficits predicted by early brain injury and development in the preterm infant. Brain 2005;128:2578-87 (Pubitemid 41552943)
55. Spittle AJ, Treyvaud K, Doyle LW, et al. Early emergence of behavior and social-emotional problems in very preterm infants. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2009;48:909-18
56. Edgin JO, Inder TE, Anderson PJ, et al. Executive functioning in preschool children born very preterm: relationship with early white matter pathology. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2008;14:90-101
57. Woodward LJ, Clark CA, Pritchard VE, et al. Neonatal white matter abnormalities predict global executive function impairment in children born very preterm. Dev Neuropsychol 2011;36:22-41
58. Clark CA, Woodward LJ. Neonatal cerebral abnormalities and later verbal and visuospatial working memory abilities of children born very preterm. Dev Neuropsychol 2010;35:622-42
59. Iwata S, Nakamura T, Hizume E, et al. Qualitative brain MRI at term and cognitive outcomes at 9 years after very preterm birth. Pediatrics 2012;129:e1138-47
60. Reidy N, Morgan A, Thompson DK, et al. Impaired language abilities and white matter abnormalities in children born very preterm and/or very low birth weight. J Pediatr 2013;162:719-24
61. Iwata S, Iwata O, Bainbridge A, et al. Abnormal white matter appearance on term FLAIR predicts neuro-developmental outcome at 6 years old following preterm birth. Int J Dev Neurosci 2007;25:523-30 (Pubitemid 350184244)
62. de Bruïne FT, Van Den Berg-Huysmans AA, Leijser LM, et al. Clinical implications of MR imaging findings in the white matter in very preterm infants: a 2-year follow-up study. Radiology 2011;261:899-906
63. Kidokoro H, Anderson PJ, Doyle LW, et al. High signal intensity on T2-weighted MR imaging at term-equivalent age in preterm infants does not predict 2-year neurodevelopmental outcomes. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2011;32:2005-10
64. Hagmann CF, De Vita E, Bainbridge A, et al. T2 at MR imaging is an objective quantitative measure of cerebral white matter signal intensity abnormality in preterm infants at term-equivalent age. Radiology 2009;252:209-17
65. Papile LA, Burstein J, Burstein R, et al. Incidence and evolution of subependymal and intraventricular hemorrhage: a study of infants with birth weights less than 1,500 gm. J Pediatr 1978;92:529-34 (Pubitemid 8293290)
66. Jary S, De Carli A, Ramenghi LA, et al. Impaired brain growth and neurodevelopment in preterm infants with posthaemorrhagic ventricular dilatation. Acta Paediatr 2012;101:743-48
67. De Vries LS, Groenendaal F, van Haastert IC, et al. Asymmetrical myelination of the posterior limb of the internal capsule in infants with periventricular haemorrhagic infarction: an early predictor of hemiplegia. Neuropediatrics 1999;30:314-19 (Pubitemid 30088323)
68. Horsch S, Kutz P, Roll C. Late germinal matrix hemorrhage-like lesions in very preterm infants. J Child Neurol 2010;25:809-14
69. Lind A, Lapinleimu H, Korkman M, et al. Five-year follow-up of prematurely born children with postnatally developing caudothalamic cysts. Acta Paediatr 2010;99:304-07
70. Drobyshevsky A, Bregman J, Storey P, et al. Serial diffusion tensor imaging detects white matter changes that correlate with motor outcome in premature infants. Dev Neurosci 2007;29:289-301 (Pubitemid 47343683)
71. Glass HC, Berman JI, Norcia AM, et al. Quantitative fiber tracking of the optic radiation is correlated with visual-evoked potential amplitude in preterm infants. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2010;31:1424-29
72. van Kooij BJ, De Vries LS, Ball G, et al. Neonatal tract-based spatial statistics findings and outcome in preterm infants. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2012;33:188-94
73. Krishnan ML, Dyet LE, Boardman JP, et al. Relationship between white matter apparent diffusion coefficients in preterm infants at term-equivalent age and developmental outcome at 2 years. Pediatrics 2007;120:e604-09 (Pubitemid 47364626)
74. van Kooij BJ, Van Pul C, Benders MJ, et al. Fiber tracking at term displays gender differences regarding cognitive and motor outcome at 2 years of age in preterm infants. Pediatr Res 2011;70:626-32
75. Rogers CE, Anderson PJ, Thompson DK, et al. Regional cerebral development at term relates to school-age social-emotional development in very preterm children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2012;51:181-91
76. Boardman JP, Craven C, Valappil S, et al. A common neonatal image phenotype predicts adverse neurodevelopmental outcome in children born preterm. Neuroimage 2010;52:409-14
77. Kaukola T, Perhomaa M, Vainionpaa L, et al. Apparent diffusion coefficient on magnetic resonance imaging in pons and in corona radiata and relation with the neurophysiologic measurement and the outcome in very preterm infants. Neonatology 2010;97:15-21
78. Rose J, Butler EE, Lamont LE, et al. Neonatal brain structure on MRI and diffusion tensor imaging, sex, and neurodevelopment in very-low-birthweight preterm children. Dev Med Child Neurol 2009;51:526-35
79. Arzoumanian Y, Mirmiran M, Barnes PD, et al. Diffusion tensor brain imaging findings at term-equivalent age may predict neurologic abnormalities in low birth weight preterm infants. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2003;24:1646-53
80. Bassi L, Ricci D, Volzone A, et al. Probabilistic diffusion tractography of the optic radiations and visual function in preterm infants at term equivalent age. Brain 2008;131:573-82 (Pubitemid 351197622)
81. Dubois J, Benders M, Borradori-Tolsa C, et al. Primary cortical folding in the human newborn: an early marker of later functional development. Brain 2008;131:2028-41
82. Kapellou O, Counsell SJ, Kennea N, et al. Abnormal cortical development after premature birth shown by altered allometric scaling of brain growth. PLoS Med 2006;3:e265
83. Rathbone R, Counsell SJ, Kapellou O, et al. Perinatal cortical growth and childhood neurocognitive abilities. Neurology 2011;77:1510-17
84. Badr LK, Bookheimer S, Purdy I, et al. Predictors of neurodevelopmental outcome for preterm infants with brain injury: MRI, medical and environmental factors. Early Hum Dev 2009;85:279-84
85. Tan M, Abernethy L, Cooke R. Improving head growth in preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial II: MRI and developmental outcomes in the first year. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2008;93:f342-46
86. Lind A, Parkkola R, Lehtonen L, et al. Associations between regional brain volumes at term-equivalent age and development at 2 years of age in preterm children. Pediatr Radiol 2011;41:953-61
87. Lind A, Haataja L, Rautava L, et al. Relations between brain volumes, neuropsychological assessment and parental questionnaire in prematurely born children. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2010;19:407-17
88. Shah DK, Anderson PJ, Carlin JB, et al. Reduction in cerebellar volumes in preterm infants: relationship to white matter injury and neurodevelopment at two years of age. Pediatr Res 2006;60:97-102 (Pubitemid 44297621)
89. van Kooij BJ, Benders MJ, Anbeek P, et al. Cerebellar volume and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy at term, and neurodevelopment at 2 years of age in preterm infants. Dev Med Child Neurol 2012;54:260-66
90. Peterson BS, Anderson AW, Ehrenkranz R, et al. Regional brain volumes and their later neurodevelopmental correlates in term and preterm infants. Pediatrics 2003;111:939-48 (Pubitemid 36542604)
91. Gadin E, Lobo M, Paul DA, et al. Volumetric MRI and MRS and early motor development of infants born preterm. Pediatr Phys Ther 2012;24:38-44
92. Shah DK, Guinane C, August P, et al. Reduced occipital regional volumes at term predict impaired visual function in early childhood in very low birth weight infants. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2006;47:3366-73 (Pubitemid 351639699)
93. Thompson DK, Wood SJ, Doyle LW, et al. Neonate hippocampal volumes: prematurity, perinatal predictors, and 2-year outcome. Ann Neurol 2008;63:642-51
94. Beauchamp MH, Thompson DK, Howard K, et al. Preterm infant hippocampal volumes correlate with later working memory deficits. Brain 2008;131:2986-94
95. Valkama AM, Tolonen EU, Kerttula LI, et al. Brainstem size and function at term age in relation to later neurosensory disability in high-risk, preterm infants. Acta Paediatr 2001;90:909-15 (Pubitemid 32762839)
96. Maunu J, Lehtonen L, Lapinleimu H, et al. Ventricular dilatation in relation to outcome at 2 years of age in very preterm infants: a prospective Finnish cohort study. Dev Med Child Neurol 2011;53:48-54
97. Tich SN, Anderson PJ, Hunt RW, et al. Neurodevelopmental and perinatal correlates of simple brain metrics in very preterm infants. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2011;165:216-22
98. Spittle AJ, Doyle LW, Anderson PJ, et al. Reduced cerebellar diameter in very preterm infants with abnormal general movements. Early Hum Dev 2010;86:1-5
99. Thayyil S, Chandrasekaran M, Taylor A, et al. Cerebral magnetic resonance biomarkers in neonatal encephalopathy: a meta-analysis. Pediatrics 2010;125:e382-95
100. Nossin-Manor R, Chung AD, Whyte HEA, et al. Deep gray matter maturation in very preterm neonates: regional variations and pathology-related age-dependent changes in magnetization transfer ratio. Radiology 2012;263:510-17
101. Smyser CD, Inder TE, Shimony JS, et al. Longitudinal analysis of neural network development in preterm infants. Cereb Cortex 2010;20:2852-62
102. Doyle LW. Antenatal magnesium sulfate and neuroprotection. Curr Opin Pediatr 2012;24:154-59
103. Rees S, Harding R, Walker D. The biological basis of injury and neuroprotection in the fetal and neonatal brain. Int J Dev Neurosci 2011;29:551-63
104. Jones DK, Cercignani M. Twenty-five pitfalls in the analysis of diffusion MRI data. NMR Biomed 2010;23:803-20
105. Pannek K, Guzzetta A, Colditz PB, et al. Diffusion MRI of the neonate brain: acquisition, processing and analysis techniques. Pediatr Radiol 2012 42:1169-82
106. De Vries LS, Van Haastert IL, Rademaker KJ, et al. Ultrasound abnormalities preceding cerebral palsy in high-risk preterm infants. J Pediatr 2004;144:815-20 (Pubitemid 38858102)
107. Horsch S, Skiold B, Hallberg B, et al. Cranial ultrasound and MRI at term age in extremely preterm infants. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2010;95:F310-14