Proposal for diagnosis using FLAIR image aimed for pediatric MELAS with recurrent stroke-like episodes on MRI system cannot take ASL imaging

• Main Authors: Makoto Shimada (Author), Tae Ikeda (Author), Ryohei Fukui (Author), Katsuhiro Kida (Author), Ryutaro Matsuura (Author), Takuya Akagawa (Author), Sachiko Goto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2023-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Arterial spin-labeling (ASL) imaging is currently the most useful method for diagnosing mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like attack syndrome (MELAS). However, ASL is often an optional feature of standard MRI systems. Therefore, not all MRI systems can...