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Stroke ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 1843-1846
Author(s):  
Paul Steffen ◽  
Lara-Sophie Beyer ◽  
Rosalie McDonough ◽  
Christian Thaler ◽  
Tobias Faizy ◽  
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Background and Purpose: To evaluate the benefit of a coronal diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) in addition to standard axial DWI for the detection of brain stem infarctions. Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients with symptoms consistent with acute and subacute brain stem infarction who received magnetic resonance imaging, including axial and coronal DWI. Diffusion restrictions were identified by 2 independent raters blinded for the final clinical diagnosis in 3 separate reading steps: axial DWI, coronal DWI, and combined axial and coronal DWI. Lesion location and certainty level were both documented for each reading step. In cases of reader disagreement, an additional consensus reading was performed. Results: Two hundred thirty-nine patients were included. Of these, 124 patients (51.9%) were clinically diagnosed with brain stem infarction. Sensitivity, specificity, positive, and negative predictive values were best for combined DWI assessment (90.3%, 99.1%, 99.1%, and 90.5%) compared with axial (85.5%, 94.9%, 94.6%, and 85.8%) and coronal DWI alone (87.9%, 96.5%, 96.5%, and 88.1%). Diffusion restriction on combined DWI was diagnosed in 112/124 patients compared with 106/124 on axial DWI and 109/124 on coronal DWI. Interobserver agreement for the detection of brain stem lesions was the highest in the combined rating step (Cohen κ coefficient=0.94). Conclusions: Coronal DWI sequences might improve the detection rate of brain stem infarction compared with standard axial DWI. The combined coronal and axial DWI provides the best detection rate while minimally increasing scan times.


2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 555-558
Author(s):  
Toru Imagi ◽  
Tomonaga Matsushita ◽  
Miyuki Matsushita ◽  
Yukako Yae ◽  
Takaoki Yokochi ◽  
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Nosotchu ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-320
Author(s):  
Nao Shimooka ◽  
Masato Kawai ◽  
Kensaku Senda ◽  
Takahito Baba ◽  
Takeo Nishida ◽  
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