To the Editor An observational study of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in acute minor neurological symptoms¹ revealed imaging evidence for acute infarction in 13.5% and revision of clinical diagnosis in 30%. This “implies a considerable percentage of patients’ negative MRI findings resulted in a different diagnosis, likely that a presumed stroke did not exist.”² This conclusion is misleading in 2 respects.

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磁共振成像可用于急性次要神经系统症状：有益于中风而不是中风。

给编辑的磁共振成像（MRI）在急性轻微的神经症状的观察研究¹表明急性脑梗死影像学证据的13.5％和30％的临床诊断的修订。这“暗示着很大一部分患者的MRI阴性结果导致了不同的诊断，可能不存在假定的中风。” ²该结论在两个方面都具有误导性。