Usefulness of Diffusion-Weighted MR Image for Pyogenic Ventriculitis

Noise estimation for diffusion weighted MR image

CT and MR imaging features of pyogenic ventriculitis.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Pyogenic ventriculitis is an uncommon manifestation of severe intracranial infection that might be clinically obscure. We hypothesized that determining characteristic imaging features of pyogenic ventriculitis in patients with appropriate risk factors might improve recognition of this severe infection. METHODS Review of the medical records from 1990 to 2000 revealed 17 ...

Pyogenic ventriculitis secondary to ruptured brain abscess.

Submitted by: Mohammed Benzagmout, MD, Saïd Boujraf, MD, PhD, Khalid Chakour, MD, Mohammed E. Chaoui, MD. Departments of Neurosurgery (Benzagmout, Chakour, Chaoui), and Radiology (Boujraf), University Hospital Hassan II, Fez, and the Department of Biophysics and Clinical MRI Methods (Boujraf), Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Fez, BP 1893, Km 2.200, Sidi Hrazem Road, Fez 30000, M...

Evaluation of Usefulness of Rice Pads in Diffusion Weighted MR Imaging of the Liver

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging of the brain.

Diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance (MR) imaging provides image contrast that is different from that provided by conventional MR techniques. It is particularly sensitive for detection of acute ischemic stroke and differentiation of acute stroke from other processes that manifest with sudden neurologic deficits. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging also provides adjunctive information for other cereb...