Table 2

Neonatal subject demographics and scan results

IDGestational age (weeks, days)+sexClinical diagnosisSOC imagingAge at scan (days)Weight during scan (kg)SOC key findingsPortable MRI key findings
127, 2 FAchondroplasiaCT772.590Mild decrease in white matter volume
Hypoplastic pons and cerebellum
Mild decrease in white matter volume
C-MRI1053.440Mild decrease in white matter volume
Hypoplastic pons and cerebellum
Prior small cerebellar haemorrhages
Mild decrease in white matter volume
238, 4 MHIEC-MRI53.790Multifocal restricted diffusion: cortex, periventricular white matter and deep grey structuresRestricted diffusion: corpus callosum and periventricular white matter
339, 2 FCongenital heart defectUS13.14NormalNormal
424, 0 FIntraventricular haemorrhageUS932.98Stable prior right grade 3 and left grade 4 IVHPrior left greater than right IVH likely left grade 4 and right grade 3
No new bleed
US993.030Stable prior right grade 3 and left grade 4 IVHStable ventriculomegaly from prior IVH
No new bleed
C-MRI1083.350Not Applicable
Scan aborted due to motion
538, 2 MSeizures and intracranial haemorrhageC-MRI53.928Right temporal lobe and subpial haemorrhageRight temporal lobe and subpial haemorrhage
640, 0 MCongenital heart defectC-MRI42.990NormalNormal
728, 1 FIntraventricular haemorrhageUS882.735Evolving bilateral intraventricular haemorrhage
Stable ventriculomegaly
Prior left greater than right IVH likely left and right grade 3
No new bleed
Right shunt in place
US952.94Evolving bilateral intraventricular haemorrhage
Stable ventriculomegaly
Similar hydrocephalus
Right shunt in place
837, 0 MMyelomeningoceleUS62.880Mild prominence of the lateral and third ventricles and Chiari II
Subsequent MRI demonstrated no Chiari*
Mild hydrocephalus
No Chiari
940, 3 MCongenital heart defectC-MRI23.5 Small foci of restricted diffusion: right periventricular white matter Normal
1037, 5 MCongenital heart defectC-MRI32.7NormalNormal
1138, 3 FTransient tachypnoea of the newborn with possible seizuresC-MRI33.485NormalNormal
1239, 6 FNeonatal stroke causing seizuresC-MRI43.052Multifocal restricted diffusion: left parietal and occipital lobes and smaller foci in the left periventricular white matter, basal ganglia and midbrainLarge area of restricted diffusion in left posterior frontal, parietal and occipital lobes
1328, 0 MMyofibromatosisUS, CT, C-MRI1224.235 Large right supratentorial brain tumour Complex large right supratentorial haemorrhage
1436, 0 FHIEC-MRI42.00NormalNormal
  • Bold indicates major discrepancies between SOC imaging and portable MRI.

  • *Note that in patients 2, 5, 6 and 9–12 also had head ultrasounds during their hospital course, but these ultrasounds were not within 24 hours of the portable MRI examination.

  • C-MRI, conventional MRI; F, female; HIE, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; M, male; SOC, standard of care; US, ultrasound.