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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
computer science
Diffusion MRI findings in Wilson's disease
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, Volume 27, No. 1, Year 2003
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Six patients having Wilson's disease were studied with diffusion MRI in order to characterize cerebral lesions. Diffusion MRI was obtained using the spin-echo, echo-planar sequence with a gradient strength of 30mT/m. The trace protocol was used in the axial imaging plane. Heavily diffusion-weighted (b=1000s/mm2) images, and the ADC (apparent diffusion coefficient) values from automatically generated ADC maps were studied. The ADC values of the normal brain parenchyma were available in 17 age-matched cases for comparison (ADC values, 0.85±0.11×10-3mm2/s). In Wilson's disease two distinct diffusion MRI patterns were observed by quantitative evaluations of the ADC maps; cytotoxic edema-like (ADC values, 0.52±0.03×10-3mm2/s), and vasogenic edema-like (ADC values, 1.42±0.17×10-3mm2/s) patterns. Diffusion imaging appears to be a promising sequence to evaluate the changes in the brain tissue in Wilson's disease at least by revealing two different patterns. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Şener, Rıfat Nuri
Turkey, Izmir
Ege University Medical School
Norway, Oslo
Ulleval University Hospital
Australia, Sydney
The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Brazil, Sao Paulo
University Hospital
South Africa, Tygerberg
Tygerberg Hospital
Japan, Kumamoto
Kumamoto University Hospital
Latvia, Riga
Paula Stradina Clinical University Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 29
Authors: 1
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0895-6111(02)00047-2
ISSN:
08956111
Study Approach
Quantitative