Time dependence of serial diffusion-weighted imaging features in a case of pyogenic brain abscess.
Both signal intensity on trace images and apparent diffusion coefficient measurements on mapped images evolved rapidly on serial diffusion-weighted sequences in a case of pyogenic brain abscess that was monitored primarily by MRI before a biopsy was performed. Considering only the signal intensities on the trace images would have led to an underestimation of the intrinsic tissue changes.
Ketelslegers
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Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Duprez
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Ghariani
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Thauvoy
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Cosnard
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D000293:Adolescent; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013492:Suppuration