A spatio-temporal delay in maturation and reorganization of transient fetal compartements, such as subplate zone, Von Monakow segments of white matter, crossroad areas and migrating cell bands, seems to be linked to abnormal brain growth and radial vulnerability(Kostovic et al. 2014) in preterm born infants (PT). The aim of our study was to test the MRI visibility of these transient fetal structures and eventually to compare their appearance patterns in two group of infants: term borns and PT at term equivalent age. Read More

Meeting name: IPR 2016 Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition , 2016

Authors: Vasung Lana, Borradori Tolsa Cristina, Hanquinet Sylviane, Huppi Petra, Merlini Laura

Keywords: Transient fetal zones, Subplate zone, Scoring, Prematurity, Fetal white matter

The diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy is mainly detected by neuropsychological tests. These tests, however, do not always apply depending on the status of the child (age, social and cultural environment) and are therfore not reliable for subtle changes. We propose to detect minimal hepatic encephalopathy (minHE) in children with chronic liver disease and/or porto-systemic shunting, using MRI with Diffusion-weighted (ADC) and ¹H- spectroscopy in the globus pallidum. Read More

Meeting name: IPR 2016 Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition , 2016

Authors: Hanquinet Sylviane, Morice Claire, Merlini Laura, Cousin Vladimir, Mclin Valérie, Anooshiravani Mehrak

Keywords: hepatic encephalopathy, 1H- spectroscopy, brain MRI, chronic liver disease, porto-systemic shunting