ISSN:
1432-1920
Keywords:
Magnetic resonance imaging
;
Experimental brain ischemia
;
Brain oedema
;
Diffusion
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM*)-MRI has been performed on a clinical system at 0.5 tesla with a b gradient factor of 100 s/mm2, in a feline focal model of cerebral ischaemia. Images were obtained in 26 cats from less than 1 hour and up to 7–12 hours after stroke. The apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) was decreased at the site of injury when compared to the contralateral normal side, by 30% in the first, 33% in 1–2 h and 27% in 2–4 h; it increased at 7–12 h, when vasogenic oedema occurred. IVIM*-MRI demonstrated early changes, due to cytotoxic oedema, during the acute phase of cerebral ischaemia to which conventional T2-weighted spin-echo imaging was not sensitive.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00588160
