After being rewarmed, babies at UCSF are given an MRI to look at brain structure and for evidence of degree of injury, and EEGs, which measure the brain's electrical activity and seizures.
The only common use in cardiology forMRI scanners, which cost millions of pounds each to install, is in the diagnosis of babies with congenital heart defects, where exact details of the layout of the tiny heart are vital to successful surgery.