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.