title: Use of MRI and CT image indexing to assess cerebral injuries in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study is to explore the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) image indexing in the assessment of cerebral injury of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) neonate.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 100 HIE children, who were admitted to the Department of Radiology, Xuzhou Children's Hospital, Jiangsu, from June 2013 to June 2014, were statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the imaging data of 100 HIE children, the detection rate and false negative rate were 91.4% and 8.6%, respectively. The MRI detection rate was 100%. There was significant correlation between clinical indexing and CT indexing and MRI indexing (coefficient of contingency 0.731 and 0.723, P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MRI and CT image indexing could be used as important diagnostic indications in the assessment of cerebral injury of HIE neonate. MRI had a higher detection rate for abnormality than CT, it could detect the basal ganglia damage earlier, and CT could identify subarachnoid hemorrhage, both methods were valuable in clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Xuzhou Children's Hospital, Xuzhou, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xin
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Xuzhou Children's Hospital, Xuzhou, China - zhenguangli29@163.com.
authors.forename: Zhenguang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Xuzhou Children's Hospital, Xuzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xinxian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002681:China; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed