Table 3.

Neonatal encephalopathy protocol

Sequence	Coverage	Slice/gap (mm)	Notes
Ax DWI	WB	3 T–2/0, 1.5 T–3/0	b=700
Sag 3-D T1	WB	1.5/0	Reformat Ax/Cor 1.5/1.5 mm
Ax T2 dual echo	WB	4/2	TR=3,000 ms, TE=60/120 ms
Cor 3-D T2	WB		Reformat Ax/Sag 1.5/1.5 mm
Ax 3-D ISI	WB		SWAN (GE), VEN BOLD (Philips), SWI (Siemens) Reformat Ax 2/6 mm
Ax 3-D TOF MRA	COW-C2		b=1,000
Cor MRV INHANCE	WB		Use correct venc
MRS SV BG, short and long TE	BG		TE=35 ms and TE=258 ms Over BG/thalamus
Options
Ax T1	WB	4/1	If gad to be given, acquire pre-gad T1
Gad Ax T1	WB	4/1
Gad Cor T1	WB	4/1

Ax axial, BG basal ganglia, Cor coronal, COW circle of Willis, DWI diffusion-weighted imaging, Gad gadolinium, ISI iron-sensitive imaging, MRA magnetic resonance angiography, MRS magnetic resonance spectroscopy, MRV magnetic resonance venography, Sag sagittal, SV single voxel, SWAN T2-star weighted angiography, SWI susceptibility-weighted imaging, TE echo time, TR repetition time, VEN BOLD venous blood oxygen level dependent, WB whole brain