Posts Tagged ‘DWI’

educational presentation: DWI of brain abscesses

Posted on December 4th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 414 views

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We are back from RSNA and it is time to post a new educational activity in our blog.  This presentation, by one of our previous neuroradiology fellows, addresses the typical and atypical findings and [...]

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Aunt Mickey (they look the same until you undress them). Lhermitte-Duclos or something else?

Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Mauricio Castillo, Univ of North Carolina | 610 views

A young man presented with ataxia.  Brain contrast enhanced MRI was done including DWI and perfusion.  T2WI showed a mixed intensity lesion in the inferior right cerebellar hemisphere which contained some “dark stripes”.  DWI ADC [...]

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ADC question

Posted on March 24th, 2009 by Nuria Bargalló, Hospital Clinic i Provincial de Barcelona | 673 views

I will like to know if someone can help me with some doubts I have regarding ADCs.
1.  I have  a sample with some ADC values obtained in 1,5 T and others obtained in 3T ( same [...]

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RE: DWI for head and neck lesions – acute ischemic optic neuropathy

Posted on February 10th, 2009 by Jenny Hoang, Duke University Medical Center | 853 views

Here’s another case for the value of DWI for head and neck lesions.
This patient had left central retinal artery occlusion and acute ischemic optic neuropathy. There is restricted diffusion in the anterior left optic nerve [...]

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