Dushyant Kumar1,
2, Peter Ludewig3, Ashish Raj4, Tim Magnus3,
Jens Fiehler1, Christoph Heesen5, Susanne Siemonsen1,
2, Jan Sedlacik1
1Neuroradiology,
University Medical Center, Hamburg, Germany; 2Multiple Sclerosis
Imaging Center, University Medical Center, Hamburg, Germany; 3Neurology,
University Medical Center, Hamburg, Germany; 4Radiology, Weill
Cornell Medical College, Newyork, NY, United States; 5Institute
for Neuroimmunology and Clinical MS Research, University Medical Center,
Hamburg, Germany
Problem: White matter (WM) lesions are shown to have prognostic values in predicting stroke occurrence and recurrence in patients. Though T2-weighted images can be used to detect the WM lesion and stroke core, it lacks in specificity.