From: Detection of central veins using susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) for discrimination between lesions in multiple sclerosis (MS) and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD)
MS lesions
(no = 453)
CSVD lesions (no = 144)
Test of significance
No
%
CVS positive
223
49.22
37
25.69
p < 0.001*
CVS negative
230
50.77
107
74.3