ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A1566 DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE OF ULTRAFAST BRAIN MRI EXAMINATION (EPIMIX) FOR SUSPECTED MINOR ISCHEMIC STROKE AND MANIFESTATIONS OF SMALL VESSEL DISEASE
Oskar Koivisto Taxén, Ida Gugler, Jenny Bäcklund, Tommy Sjöberg, Tobias Granberg, Anders von Heijne, Björn Hansen, Annika Lundström · 2026
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Oskar Koivisto Taxén and co-authors test an ultrafast brain scan for people with suspected minor stroke. The scan mix, EPIMix, takes just over a minute, while a standard scan takes eleven. Speed could ease care for restless patients. Their 2026 conference report compares both scans in about one hundred patients whose head CT had shown no stroke.
The fast scan caught most true strokes and never cried wolf, so a positive find can be trusted. It missed some strokes, though, so a clean fast scan cannot rule stroke out. It also read white matter wear and tiny bleeds with high trust on positives. Two readers agreed more with each other on the fast scan than the standard one.
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| CREATOR | Oskar Koivisto Taxén, Ida Gugler, Jenny Bäcklund, Tommy Sjöberg, Tobias Granberg, Anders von Heijne, Björn Hansen, Annika Lundström |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |