Magnetization Transfer Imaging of the Brain in Hepatic Encephalopathy: Systematic Description of the Distribution of Abnormal Findings Using Voxel-based Analyses

Abstract Archives of the RSNA, 2008

SST11-01

Magnetization Transfer Imaging of the Brain in Hepatic Encephalopathy: Systematic Description of the Distribution of Abnormal Findings Using Voxel-based Analyses

Scientific Papers

Presented on December 5, 2008
Presented as part of SST11: Neuroradiology (Brain: Systemic and Metabolic Disorders)

Participants

Falk Roland Miese MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Hans-Joerg Wittsack MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Gerald Kircheis MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Ulrich Modder, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Mathias Georg Ludwig Cohnen MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

PURPOSE

METHOD AND MATERIALS

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

CLINICAL RELEVANCE/APPLICATION

MTI is sensitive to alterations in the brains of subjects with HE; in order to monitor these changes sensibly (e.g. during therapy), the pattern of brain involvement needs to be known.

Cite This Abstract

Miese, F, Wittsack, H, Kircheis, G, Modder, U, Cohnen, M, Magnetization Transfer Imaging of the Brain in Hepatic Encephalopathy: Systematic Description of the Distribution of Abnormal Findings Using Voxel-based Analyses. Radiological Society of North America 2008 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, February 18 - February 20, 2008 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2008/6005200.html