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Volume 6, Issue 6 (Suppl) OMICS J Radiol, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-7964 Neuroradiology 2017
October 30 to November 01, 2017
October 30 to November 01, 2017 | San Antonio, USA
2nd International Conference on
Neuroscience, Neuroimaging & Interventional Radiology
Rafael Martins Ferreira
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Rafael Martins Ferreira, OMICS J Radiol 2017, 6:6, (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-7964-C1-017
The role of advanced MRI techniques in the diagnosis of brain infections
In addition to conventional MR imaging techniques, a variety of advanced techniques have found their place in clinical
practice or are the subject of intense research. These advanced techniques offer more than the anatomic information provided
by the conventional MR imaging sequences. They generate physiologic data and information on chemical composition.
This talking provides an overview of the current state of neuroimaging in infectious brain diseases and discusses 4 types of
physiology-based MR imaging methods, namely, diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI), proton MR spectroscopy, 3D-CISS and
perfusion-weighted imaging in the setting of infections disorders. In summary, neurotuberculosis, neurocysticercosis, Chagas
disease, Toxoplasmosis, atypical pyogenic infection, viral infections, fungal abscess and inflammatory conditions in the setting
of HIV infection are discussed. The role of functional imaging in inflammatory lesions mimicking neoplastic lesions is also
demonstrated. Nonconventional Magnetic resonance techniques may provide useful data in challenging cases of infectious
disease. However, there may be MRI overlapping findings in some infectious disorders on DWI.
Biography
Rafael Martins Ferreira is currently a Professor at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, Brazil. His neuroradiology training was done at Hospital
Beneficencia Portuguesa (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, USA). He works at Diagnostico das Americas (DASA-Florianopolis unit)
and is the Director of MF imagens in Biguacu, Brazil. He has 10 years of experience doing functional MRI in neuroradiology, publishing papers in reputed journals
and serving as Editorial Board Member of repute.