| Quantitative measurements of relative fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) signal intensities in acute stroke for the prediction of time from symptom onset. | |
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PMID: 23047272 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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In acute stroke magnetic resonance imaging, a 'mismatch' between visibility of an ischemic lesion on diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and missing corresponding parenchymal hyperintensities on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) data sets was shown to identify patients with time from symptom onset ≤4.5 hours with high specificity. However, moderate sensitivity and suboptimal interpreter agreement are limitations of a visual rating of FLAIR lesion visibility. We tested refined image analysis methods in patients included in the previously published PREFLAIR study using refined visual analysis and quantitative measurements of relative FLAIR signal intensity (rSI) from a three-dimensional, segmented stroke lesion volume. A total of 399 patients were included. The rSI of FLAIR lesions showed a moderate correlation with time from symptom onset (r=0.382, P<0.001). A FLAIR rSI threshold of <1.0721 predicted symptom onset ≤4.5 hours with slightly increased specificity (0.85 versus 0.78) but also slightly decreased sensitivity (0.47 versus 0.58) as compared with visual analysis. Refined visual analysis differentiating between 'subtle' and 'obvious' FLAIR hyperintensities and classification and regression tree algorithms combining information from visual and quantitative analysis also did not improve diagnostic accuracy. Our results raise doubts whether the prediction of stroke onset time by visual image judgment can be improved by quantitative rSI measurements.Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism advance online publication, 10 October 2012; doi:10.1038/jcbfm.2012.129. |
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Bastian Cheng; Mathias Brinkmann; Nils D Forkert; Andras Treszl; Martin Ebinger; Martin Köhrmann; Ona Wu; Dong-Wha Kang; David S Liebeskind; Thomas Tourdias; Oliver C Singer; Soren Christensen; Marie Luby; Steven Warach; Jens Fiehler; Jochen B Fiebach; Christian Gerloff; Götz Thomalla |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-10-10 |
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Title: Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism Volume: - ISSN: 1559-7016 ISO Abbreviation: J. Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. Publication Date: 2012 Oct |
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Created Date: 2012-10-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8112566 Medline TA: J Cereb Blood Flow Metab Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Kopf- und Neurozentrum, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. |
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