title: Comparison of preterm and term equivalent age MRI for the evaluation of preterm brain injury.
abstract: To compare information obtained from preterm magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; 31-34 weeks) brain scan to that done at term equivalent age.
  
  
  
  Prospective observational study of premature infants with evidence or suspicion of parenchymal brain injury on cranial ultrasound. Brain injury on two scans scored using a scoring system and analyzed.
  
  
  
  Fourteen infants with a median (range) gestation at birth of 28 (25-29) weeks and birth weight of 1254 (680-1557) grams were studied. There was a strong correlation between the brain injury scores for the two scans (Spearman ρ=0.87, P=0.001) with excellent agreement between two radiologists (interclass correlation coefficient 0.9-0.94). There was also a high level of agreement between the preterm and term MRI two scores (Intraclass correlation coefficient, 0.79 (0.53-0.94)).
  
  
  
  Preterm MRI is a feasible option for the assessment of preterm brain injury and analysis of data obtained from scan at preterm age is comparable to that obtained at term equivalent age.
authors.affiliation: Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.affiliation: The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fahey
authors.affiliation: The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davies-Tuck
authors.affiliation: Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Monash Newborn, Monash Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carse
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Whiteley
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ditchfield
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004453:Echoencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D047929:Term Birth