Time Dependence of Serial Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Features in a Case of Pyogenic Brain Abscess
- 1 May 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography
- Vol. 24 (3) , 478-481
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004728-200005000-00022
Abstract
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.Keywords
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