Computed diffusion-weighted imaging for acute pediatric encephalitis/encephalopathy

Acta Radiol. 2019 Oct;60(10):1341-1347. doi: 10.1177/0284185118823335. Epub 2019 Jan 23.

Authors

Yuji Kamata¹, Yuki Shinohara¹, Keita Kuya¹, Yoshiko Tsubouchi², Yoshiaki Saito², Yoshihiro Maegaki², Shinya Fujii¹, Toshihide Ogawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Radiology, Department of Pathophysiological and Therapeutic Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
² Division of Child Neurology, Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.

PMID: 30674215
DOI: 10.1177/0284185118823335

No abstract available

Keywords: Diffusion-weighted imaging; acute encephalitis; acute encephalopathy; computed DWI; high b-value DWI; pediatric.

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology
Brain Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Brain Diseases / pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Encephalitis / diagnostic imaging
Encephalitis / pathology
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male