Neuroradiology

Kamath, Amita; Smith, Wade; Powers, William; Cianfoni, Alessandro; Chien, Jeffrey; Videen, Tom; Lawton, Michael; Finley, Bruce; Dillon, William; Wintermark, Max

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0403-9pmid: 18509627

PCT relative CBF compares favorably to PET relative CBF in patients with chronic carotid occlusion when processed using a dedicated AIF for each territory. The PCT MTT parameter correlated best with PET relative OEF.

Sasaki, Makoto; Hirai, Toshinori; Taoka, Toshiaki; Higano, Shuichi; Wakabayashi, Chieko; Matsusue, Eiji; Ida, Masahiro

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0406-6pmid: 18551287

The combination of T1WI, T2WI, and FLAIR images is required to accurately detect both small white matter infarction and mild DWMH.

Hattingen, Elke; Raab, Peter; Franz, Kea; Lanfermann, Heiner; Setzer, Matthias; Gerlach, Rüdiger; Zanella, Friedhelm; Pilatus, Ulrich

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0409-3pmid: 18523762

Normalized values of tCr in WHO grade II gliomas may have prognostic implications for this group of gliomas. As a rule of the thumb, low-grade gliomas with decreased tCr (relative tCr values below 1.0) may show longer progression-free times and later malignant transformation than low-grade gliomas with regular or increased tCr values.

Lubicz, Boris; Lefranc, Florence; Bruneau, Michaël; Balériaux, Danielle; Witte, Olivier

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0397-3pmid: 18478217

When BAC is used frequently, it is a safe and effective technique that is associated with complication rates comparable to those of CC. Although BAC is not associated with more stable anatomical results, it should be considered as an alternative therapeutic option for the treatment of broad-based intracranial aneurysms.

Oder, Bernhard; Loewe, Maria; Reisegger, Michael; Lang, Wilfried; Ilias, Wilfried; Thurnher, Siegfried

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0398-2pmid: 18483728

ONL with periradicular steroid therapy might exert a functional and sustained analgesic effect in patients with degenerative changes in the lumbar spine not responding to conservative therapy and was most effective below 50 years with disc herniation in one segment.

Geyik, Serdar; Yavuz, Kivilcim; Ergun, Onur; Koc, Osman; Cekirge, Saruhan; Saatci, Isil

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0399-1pmid: 18483727

Our midterm results showed a relatively low rate of recurrence compared to those reported for platinum coils with morbidity and mortality rates comparable to those with standard bare platinum coils. The efficacy of Cerecyte coils in the long term will be specifically addressed by the ongoing randomized Cerecyte coil trial.

Scott, David; Keston, Peter; White, Philip; Sellar, Robin

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0400-zpmid: 18542939

We describe the use of an Amplatzer (AGA medical corporation, Plymouth, MA, USA) detachable nitinol vascular plug to occlude the ICA in four patients with symptomatic cavernous ICA aneurysms.

Leijser, Lara; Liauw, Lishya; Veen, Sylvia; Boer, Inge; Walther, Frans; Wezel-Meijler, Gerda

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0408-4pmid: 18545992

Sequential cUS in preterm infants is reliable for detecting WM changes and predicting favorable and severely abnormal outcome. Conventional and diffusion-weighted MRI sequences before term equivalent age in very preterm infants, suggested on cUS to have mild to moderately abnormal WM, do not seem to be warranted.

Rijsdijk, M.; Schaaf, I.; Velthuis, B.; Wermer, M.; Rinkel, G.

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0416-4pmid: 18548240

Our results suggest that DCI is more likely a focal than a global process.

Bhattacharya, J.; Siddiqui, M.; Zampakis, P.; Jenkins, S.

doi: 10.1007/s00234-008-0407-5pmid: 18636249