MR Imaging and Outcome of Term Neonates with Perinatal Asphyxia: Value of Diffusion-weighted MR Imaging and H MR Spectroscopy

We demonstrated that MR imaging scores combined with either lactate-Nacetylaspartate ratios at 1H MR spectroscopy or apparent diffusion coefficients in the basal ganglia is associated with outcome when these parameters are obtained during the 1st week of life in term neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy following asphyxia.