Diffusion- and perfusion-weighted imaging in acute lacunar infarction: is there a mismatch?

PURPOSE:Characterization of lacunar infarction (LI) by use of multimodal MRI including diffusion- and perfusion-weighted imaging (DWI, PWI) is difficult because of the small lesion size. Only a few studies evaluated PWI in LI and the results are inconsistent. METHODS:In 16 LI patients who underwent...

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Main Authors: Alex Förster, Hans Ulrich Kerl, Holger Wenz, Marc A Brockmann, Ingo Nölte, Christoph Groden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3795042?pdf=render