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Abstract #2923

Preclinical Study of Stroke Using T2relaxometry and Diffusion Weighted Imaging

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.

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