title: [Magnetic resonance imaging of central nervous system inflammation].
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used to explore central nervous system inflammatory disorders, especially multiple sclerosis (MS). Advanced MRI methods are bringing more sensitive and specific tools for each step of the inflammatory process. In this review, we discuss the different MRI approaches for inflammatory disorders exploration, especially MS. We give particular emphasize on sensibility and specificity of each MRI approach and we also discuss the current knowledge concerning biological and histopathological substratum that could explain MRI signal with each modality.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neuroradiologie diagnostique et thérapeutique, CHU de Bordeaux, Place Amélie Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux, France. thomas.tourdias@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tourdias
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brochet
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Petry
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dousset
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005682:Gadolinium; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines / Q000633:toxicity; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines; D005682:Gadolinium