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Abstract #1899

Correlations between diffusion-weighted and clinical parameters in uncompensated vestibular patients - a pilot study.

Angelique Van Ombergen 1 , Ben Jeurissen 2 , Floris Vanhevel 3 , Wim Van Hecke 4 , Vincent Van Rompaey 5 , Jan Sijbers 2 , Stefan Sunaert 6 , Paul Parizel 3 , Paul van de Heyning 5 , and Floris Wuyts 1

1 Antwerp University Research center for Equilibrium and Aerospace, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 2 Vision Lab, Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 3 Department of Radiology, Antwerp University Hospital & University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 4 icoMetrix, Leuven, Belgium, 5 Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital & University of Antwerp, Belgium, 6 Department of Radiology, University Hospital of the Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Correlations between diffusion and clinical vestibular parameters in uncompensated vestibular patients and healthy controls were investigated. Multi-shell high angular resolution diffusion weighted data were acquired and tractography was performed. We found multiple significant correlations between diffusion parameters in several vestibular-related brain regions and clinical parameters. Thus, this pilot study shows that quantities derived from diffusion-weighted imaging appear to be correlated with several clinical parameters from vestibular testing. This suggests that the cause of the symptoms of unresolved continuous vertigo is probably more situated at the central level than at the peripheral level.

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