Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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The Role of Double Inversion Recovery Imaging in Acute Ischemic Stroke

  • Choi, Na Young (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Park, Soonchan (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Chung Min (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Ryu, Chang-Woo (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jahng, Geon-Ho (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
  • Received : 2019.03.04
  • Accepted : 2019.06.10
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate if double inversion recovery (DIR) imaging can have a role in the evaluation of brain ischemia, compared with diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) and fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) imaging. Materials and Methods: Sixty-seven patients within 48 hours of onset, underwent MRI scans with FLAIR, DWI with b-value of 0 (B0) and $1000s/mm^2$, and DIR sequences. Patients were categorized into four groups: within three hours, three to six hours, six to 24 hours, and 24 to 48 hours after onset. Lesion-to-normal ratio (LNR) value was calculated and compared among all sequences within each group, by the Friedman test and conducted among all groups, for each sequence by the Kruskal-Wallis test. In qualitative assessment, signal intensity changes of DIR, B0, and FLAIR based on similarity with DWI and image quality of each sequence, were graded on a 3-point scale, respectively. Scores for detectability of lesions were compared by the McNemar's test. Results: LNR values from DWI were higher than DIR, but not statistically significant in all groups (P > 0.05). LNR values of DIR were significantly higher than FLAIR within 24 hours of onset (P < 0.05). LNR values were significantly different between, before, and after six hours onset time for DIR (P = 0.016), B0 (P = 0.008), and FLAIR (P = 0.018) but not for DWI (P = 0.051). Qualitative analysis demonstrated that detectability of DIR was higher, compared to that of FLAIR within 4.5 hours and six hours of onset (P < 0.05). Also, the DWI quality score was lower than that of DIR, particularly relative to infratentorial lesions. Conclusion: DIR provides higher detectability of hyperacute brain ischemia than B0 and FLAIR, and does not suffer from susceptibility artifact, unlike DWI. So, DIR can be used to replace evaluation of the FLAIR-DWI mismatch.

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