title: Diagnosis of microvasculopathy in CNS vasculitis: value of perfusion and diffusion imaging.
abstract: Functional imaging may come to play an important role in the evaluation of CNS vasculitis by demonstrating pathology on the microcirculatory level. A positive finding of microvascular ischemia may assist in the diagnosis of CNS vasculitis. More importantly, the demonstration of normal microcirculation may reliably exclude CNS vasculitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52241, USA. william-yuh@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Yuh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Maley
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Quets
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: P Y
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Otake
mesh_terms: D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000473:pathology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging