MRI cannot completely rule out cerebral palsy; it can only be used as an auxiliary imaging diagnosis of cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a clinical diagnosis that requires a combination of imaging findings of brain injury in the child, the presence of corresponding clinical symptoms during infancy, and the presence of high-risk factors during pregnancy and the perinatal period to determine whether the child has cerebral palsy. MRI, as a common imaging diagnosis to rule out cerebral palsy, can help determine the specificity and extent of brain injury, and can rule out congenital abnormal brain development, ischemic-hypoxic encephalopathy, demyelinating disease, or intracranial hematoma. However, a normal MRI may also indicate cerebral palsy, so a comprehensive decision is needed in combination with EEG and clinical symptoms.