- Discrimination of Hemorrhage and Contrast Media in a Head Phantom on Photon-Counting Detector CT Data
Photon-counting detector CT acquires spectral information that allows for material differentiation. CT scan can be separated into the attenuation resulting from remaining iodine and soft tissue, generating contrast media maps and virtual noncontrast series. In this study, the authors demonstrated that PCD-CT can reliably differentiate between blood and iodine and accurately determine several iodine concentrations in an anthropomorphic head phantom.
- Diffusion-Weighted Imaging Reveals Impaired Glymphatic Clearance in Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension
The diffusivity along the cerebral perivascular spaces (DTI-ALPS technique) and lateral association and projection fibers in patients with IIH were compared with normal controls. Using the degree of diffusivity as a surrogate for glymphatic function, IIH patients were shown to have a significantly lower glymphatic clearance compared with controls (P=.005), with a significant association between declining glymphatic clearance and increasing Frisen papilledema grade (P=.046).
- Newly Recognized Genetic Tumor Syndromes of the CNS in the 5th WHO Classification: Imaging Overview with Genetic Updates
In this review of the new 5th edition of the WHO classification, the authors focus on imaging and genetic characteristics of 8 new syndromes: Elongator protein complex-medulloblastoma syndrome, BRCA1-associated protein 1 tumor-predisposition syndrome, DICER1 syndrome, familial paraganglioma syndrome, melanoma-astrocytoma syndrome, Carney complex, Fanconi anemia, and familial retinoblastoma.
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