From: Use of diffusion and perfusion magnetic resonance imaging as a tool in acute stroke clinical trials
Acute lesion volumes correlated with clinical scales and with final | |||
lesion volumes | |||
Strong association of reduction in lesion volume with clinical | |||
improvement:* | |||
 | % patients | Median | Mean |
Clinical | with lesion | change | change |
improvement | decrease†| (cm3)‡ | (SE) (cm3)†|
Yes | 74 | -2.8 | 3.8 (3.8) |
No | 36 | 3.7 | 25.5 (6.8) |