Serial MR Imaging of Volumes of Hyperintense White Matter Lesions in Elderly Patients: Correlation with Vascular Risk Factors
Warren D. Taylor1,
James R. MacFall2,
James M. Provenzale2,
Martha E. Payne1,
Douglas R. McQuoid1,
David C. Steffens1 and
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan1
1 Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 3903, Durham,
NC 27710. 2 Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 3808, Durham, NC
27710.
Fig. 1A. 73-year-old woman with normal cognition who reported diagnosis of
diabetes. Proton densityweighted axial MR image (TR/TE, 4000/30) shows
multiple hyperintense foci scattered throughout centrum semiovale.
Fig. 1B. 73-year-old woman with normal cognition who reported diagnosis of
diabetes. Volumetric segmentation image obtained from A shows
hyperintense foci (red), cerebrospinal fluid (blue), white
matter (yellow), and gray matter (gray). Cerebral
hyperintense white matter lesion volume is 7.00 cm2.
Fig. 1C. 73-year-old woman with normal cognition who reported diagnosis of
diabetes. Proton densityweighted image obtained approximately 23 months
after A shows substantial change in number of hyperintense lesions. No
change in clinical status was noted.
Fig. 1D. 73-year-old woman with normal cognition who reported diagnosis of
diabetes. Volumetric segmentation image obtained from C shows cerebral
hyperintense white matter lesions with volume of 11.60 cm2 or
volume increase of 65.7%.