PMID- 11334987
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20010823
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 0022-510X (Print)
IS  - 0022-510X (Linking)
VI  - 186 Suppl 1
DP  - 2001 May 1
TI  - Applications of DWI in clinical neurology.
PG  - S25-35
AB  - Echo planar diffusion-weighted imaging (EP DWI) provides information about the 
      physiologic state of the brain that is not available on conventional magnetic 
      resonance (MR) images. Specifically, it provides signal proportional to the 
      molecular diffusion of water molecules. It has proven highly sensitive in the 
      detection of acute infarction and it is reliable in differentiating acute stroke 
      from other diseases that mimic acute stroke clinically and on conventional MR 
      images. With perfusion imaging, diffusion-weighted imaging is useful in 
      predicting final infarct size and patient outcome. Diffusion MR is also becoming 
      increasingly useful in the evaluation of a wide variety of other disease 
      processes including neoplasms, intracranial infections and traumatic brain 
      injury. Because acute stroke is common in the differential diagnosis of the 
      majority of patients who present with acute neurologic deficits, 
      diffusion-weighted imaging has become an essential sequence.
FAU - Schaefer, P W
AU  - Schaefer PW
AD  - Neuroradiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, Boston, MA 
      02114-2696, USA. pschaefer@partners.org
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Neurol Sci
JT  - Journal of the neurological sciences
JID - 0375403
SB  - IM
MH  - Brain/*pathology
MH  - Brain Injuries/diagnosis/pathology
MH  - Cerebral Hemorrhage/diagnosis/pathology
MH  - *Echo-Planar Imaging
MH  - Humans
MH  - Nervous System Diseases/diagnosis/*pathology
RF  - 92
EDAT- 2001/05/04 10:00
MHDA- 2001/08/24 10:01
CRDT- 2001/05/04 10:00
PHST- 2001/05/04 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/08/24 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2001/05/04 10:00 [entrez]
AID - S0022510X01004889 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0022-510x(01)00488-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Neurol Sci. 2001 May 1;186 Suppl 1:S25-35. doi: 10.1016/s0022-510x(01)00488-9.