Abstract
Hypoxic–ischemic injury to the brain is usually a devastating event and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Neuroimaging plays a pivotal role in diagnosis, treatment, and long-term prognosis determination for these patients. The correct diagnosis is made on the basis of different imaging modalities requires knowledge of the different manifestations of this type of injury. Some of the factors that contribute to the different findings are brain maturity, duration and severity of the insult, underlying cause, and associated disorders. Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques such as diffusion-weighted image (DWI) and proton spectroscopy are useful in making the diagnosis especially in the acute setting where conventional MRI and CT are be less sensitive.
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Chiang, F.J., Abello, A.L. (2016). Hypoxic–Ischemic Injuries. In: Hoffmann Nunes, R., Abello, A., Castillo, M. (eds) Critical Findings in Neuroradiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27987-9_6
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