Non-accidental brain trauma in infants: diffusion imaging, contributions to understanding the injury process

R A Zimmerman1, L T Bilaniuk, L Farina

  • 1Department of Radiology, Wood Room 2115, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. zimmerman@email.chop.edu

Analysis of MRI diffusion images from 33 infants suffering from non-accidental trauma reveals five patterns of injury. These are diffuse supratentorial hypoxic ischemic, watershed hypoxic ischemic, venous infarction, diffuse axonal injury and contusion.