A DTI study of leukoaraiosis and its differential diagnosis from acute lacunar infarction

VernacularTitle:脑白质疏松症的磁共振扩散张量成像研究及其与急性腔隙性脑梗死的鉴别
Author: Ping LUAN ¹ ; Qian-Qian HUA ; Bing-Xun LU ; Su-Yue PAN
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1. 广州经济技术开发区医院
Keywords: Leukoaraiosis; Lacunar infarction; Magnetic resonance imaging; Diffusion tensor imaging
From: Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine 2008;7(6):613-617
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the characteristics of leukoaraiosis (LA) and acute lacunar infarction (LI) on diffusion tensor MR imaging (DTI) and evaluate the differential diagnostic value of DTI between LA and acute LI. Methods Twenty-eight LA patients, 11 LI patients and 20healthy aged people were examined by DTI. The mean diffusion coefficient (MD) and fractional anisotropy (FA) values were measured in the lesions and normal appearing white matter (NAWM) of LA, the infarction focus and counterpart in the contralateral hemisphere of LI, and normal white matter of control group. Results The order of MD values was: MD (LA lesions)>MD (LA NAWM)>MD (control group), while the order of FA values was: FA (LA lesions)