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Abstract #3279

Evaluation of Three Ischemic Signs and Ischemic Extent by T2*-Weighted 3-Tesla MRI

Masafumi Harada1, Hitoshi Kubo2, Hiromu Nishitani2, Tsuyoshi Matsuda3

1Dept. of Medical Imaging, Univeristy of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan; 2University of Tokushima, Japan; 3GE Yokogawa Medical Co. Ltd., Tokyo


The observersf consistency for the ischemic signs by increase of deoxyhemoglobin on T2*-WI was evaluated by kappa statistic, and the quantified map of susceptibility effect was compared with T2*-WI and perfusion imaging. The ischemic sings can be used with acceptable consistency as clinical indices of acute ischemia and T2*-WI would be used as a clinical method to evaluate ischemic extent.