Diagnosis of microvasculopathy in CNS vasculitis: Value of perfusion and diffusion imaging

William T.C. Yuh, Toshihiro Ueda, Joan E. Maley, Jerome P. Quets, Matthew White, Paul Y. Hahn, Shoichiro Otake

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Abstract

Functional imaging may come to play an important role in the evaluation of CNS vasculitis by demonstrating pathology on the microcirculatory level. A positive finding of microvascular ischemia may assist in the diagnosis of CNS vasculitis. More importantly, the demonstration of normal microcirculation may reliably exclude CNS vasculitis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)310-313
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume10
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • CNS vasculitis
  • Cerebral angiography
  • Diffusion imaging
  • Magnetic resonance imaging
  • Perfusion imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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