Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Multiple Sclerosis

作者：Hygino da Cruz L Celso Jr; Batista Racqel Ribeiro; Domingues Roberto Cortes; Barkhof Frederik

来源：Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, 2011, 21(1): 71-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.nic.2011.02.006

• Multiple sclerosis
• Diffusion MR imaging
• Central nervous system
• Plaques

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is considered the most common inflammatory autoimmune neurologic disorder and the most frequent cause of nontraumatic neurologic disability in young and middle-age adults. This article reviews the basic features of its magnetic resonance (MR) imaging lesions and, primarily, the use of diffusion MR imaging, which is increasingly applied to assess patients with MS, not only to investigate plaques but also the normal-appearing white matter, gray matter, optic nerve, and spinal cord, because of its ability to detect and quantify disease-related pathologic conditions of the central nervous system.

• 出版日期2011-2