Point of care magnetic resonance neonatal neuroimaging applications and early imaging in infants under active therapeutic hypothermia: a perspective.
Sriya RoychaudhuriYasemin ErsenMohamed El-DibTerrie InderPublished in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2024)
As care of the most vulnerable infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) evolves, improved and real-time understanding of brain health becomes key. The availability of an in-NICU magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner provides unique options to bedside care providers and researchers. We present our perspective on the 1-Tesla MRI unit in our NICU and its utilities and applications both in the clinical and research fields. We also discuss our experience with early and serial MRI in a cohort of infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy while undergoing therapeutic hypothermia, using a compatible cooling blanket and monitoring apparatus with special insight into the planning and organization between providers, and parental perspectives around early, detailed imaging.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance
- preterm infants
- healthcare
- diffusion weighted imaging
- high resolution
- cardiac arrest
- palliative care
- computed tomography
- public health
- brain injury
- quality improvement
- pain management
- multiple sclerosis
- mass spectrometry
- chronic pain
- health information
- fluorescence imaging
- social media