Limited value of diffusion and magnetization transfer imaging in children with neurofibromatosis, leukodystrophy and encephalopathy

Diffusion and magnetization transfer imaging was performed on 29 children with encephalopathy and 69 children in the normal control group. Neurofibromatosis lesions had significantly lower magnetization transfer ratios and lower apparent diffusion coefficients than normal. Apparent diffusion coefficients of leukodystrophy, hypoxic/ischemic encephalopathy, and post-infectious encephalopathy were significantly higher than normal. Two radiologists …