Applications of cerebral MRI in neonatology

Magnetic resonance tomography (MRT) has become the most important method in the workup of infantile cerebral complications after primary sonography. C erebral MR examination and image interpretation during the infantile period require extensive knowledge of morphological manifestations, their pathoph ysiological background, and frequency. The choice of imaging parameters and image interpretation is demonstrated in infarctions and hemorrhages of the mature and immature brain. A review of the main differential diagnoses is also given. The relevance of MR spectroscopy and fetal MRI is discussed.