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Table 3 The NICHD–NRN scoring system [19]

From: Mining multi-site clinical data to develop machine learning MRI biomarkers: application to neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

NICHD–NRN Scores, 2012 [19]

Criteria

0

Normal

1A

Minimal cerebral lesions only, without basal ganglia thalamus (BGT), anterior limb of internal capsule (ALIC), posterior limb of internal capsule (PLIC) or watershed (WS) infarction

1B

More extensive cerebral lesions, without BGT, ALIC, PLIC or WS infarction

2A

Any BGT, ALIC, PLIC or WS infarction without any other cerebral lesions

2B

Either BGT, ALIC, PLIC or WS infarction AND any other cerebral lesions

3

Hemispheric devastation