Diffusion Imaging: Clinical Applications

Room 6D         16:30 - 18:30                     Chairs: Jeffrey J. Neil and Carlo Pierpaoli

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16:30 131.

Normal Appearing White Matter Damage is Associated with Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Pamela L. Peterson1, T Barrick1, P Rich2, A Clifton, F Howe1, C Clark1, J Axford1

1St. George's University London, London, England UK; 2St.George's Hospital NHS Trust, London, England UK
16:42 132.

Diffusion Tensor Fractional Anisotropy is a Potential Surrogate Marker for Neuroinflammatory Molecules in Brain Abscess

Asht Mangal Mishra1, Rakesh Kumar Gupta1, Kavindra Nath1, Amit Prasad1, Khader M. Hasan2, Kashi Nath Prasad1, Mazhar

Husain3, Nuzhat Husain3, Shalini Kumar4, Ponnada A. Narayana2

1Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 2University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; 3King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 4University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
16:54 133.

Long-Term Diffusion Changes in the Corpus Callosum of Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury

Annette S. Nielsen1, Karam Sidaros1, Matthew G. Liptrot1, Henrik Kahr Mathiesen1, Egill Rostrup1

1Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark
17:06 134.

Arcuate Fasciculus Maturation is Impaired Bilaterally in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A DTI Study at 3.0 T

Khader M. Hasan1, Ambika Sankar1, Larry Kramer1, Mary R. Prasad1, Linda Ewing-Cobbs1

1University of Texas Medical Scool, Houston, Texas, USA
17:18 135.

Brain Morphometry Using Diffusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Application to Studying Subjects at High

Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia

Kamila Urszula Szulc1, Babak A. Ardekani2, Matthew J. Hoptman, 12, Craig A. Branch2, Arthika Bappal2,

Hilary Bertisch, 12, Kyle Brown2, Magda Majcher2, Lynn E. DeLisi, 12

1NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA; 2Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, USA
17:30 136.

Assessment of White Matter Damage in Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis Using Quantitative Diffusion Tensor MRI

Richa Trivedi1, Rakesh Kumar Gupta1, Atul Agarwal2, Khader M. Hasan3, Arun Gupta1, Kashi Nath Prasad1,

Ponnada A. Narayana3

1Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 2King George Medical University,

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India; 3University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA

17:42 137.

ADC Measurement in the Middle Cerebellar Peduncle Allows the Differentiation of MSA from PD and PSP

Caterina Tonon1, Raffaele Lodi1, Giuseppe Nicoletti2, Francesco Fera2, Emil Malucelli1, David Neil Manners1, Francesca Condino2,

Pierfrancesco Pugliese2, Gennarina Arabia2, Mario Zappia2, Aldo Quattrone2, Bruno Barbiroli1

1Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 2Institute of Neurological Sciences, Mangone (Cosenza), Italy

17:54 138.

A Study on Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Showed a Relationship of a Circle in a Plane Defined by FA and Trace

Jointly

Jiun-Jie Wang1, Chia-Lung Yang1, You-Zen Lu2, Yau-Yau Wai2, Tzuu-Kang Chy2

1Chang Gung University, TaoYuan, Taiwan; 2Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, TaoYuan, Taiwan
18:06 139.

Postmortem Interval Alters the Water Relaxation and Diffusion Properties of Nervous Tissue – Implications for High

Resolution MRI of Human Autopsy Samples

Timothy Michael Shepherd1, Jeremy Flint1, Peter Edward Thelwall1, Greg J. Stanisz2, Stephen John Blackband1

1University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA; 2Sunnybrook & Women’s CHSC/University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
18:18 140.

Advantages of Fast Spin-Echo Diffusion Weighted Imaging in Detecting Small Stroke Lesions

Josef P. Debbins1, John Karis1, James G. Pipe1

1St. Joseph's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, USA