Small vessel disease is easier to evaluate on MR, but most centres use CT as the workhorse of stroke patient workup. What is the value of CT white matter disease scores and has one of these gained a "dominant" status in the literature?
Atte: by us we have used this one. I know of none better - but others may add to this. Best regards from Bo
Wahlund LO, Barkhof F, Fazekas F, Bronge L, Augustin M, Sjögren M, Wallin A, Ader H, Leys D, Pantoni L, Pasquier F, Erkinjuntti T, Scheltens P; European Task Force on Age-Related White Matter Changes. A new rating scale for age-related white matter changes applicable to MRI and CT. Stroke. 2001 Jun;32(6):1318-22.
Atte: by us we have used this one. I know of none better - but others may add to this. Best regards from Bo
Wahlund LO, Barkhof F, Fazekas F, Bronge L, Augustin M, Sjögren M, Wallin A, Ader H, Leys D, Pantoni L, Pasquier F, Erkinjuntti T, Scheltens P; European Task Force on Age-Related White Matter Changes. A new rating scale for age-related white matter changes applicable to MRI and CT. Stroke. 2001 Jun;32(6):1318-22.
The best review that you can find on this topic was published 1.5 year ago in Lancet Neurology, which is an excellent overview on how to approach small vessel disease:
Wardlaw e.a. Neuroimaging standards for research into small vessel disease and its contribution to ageing and neurodegeneration. Lancet Neurol. 2013 Aug;12(8):822-38.
As the others say, the Wahlund scale is one good option. Following STRIVE's recommendations is the right way to go. Joanna Wardlaw has also nicely summarised the available tools here: http://www.bric.ed.ac.uk/research/imageanalysis.html#wmlr