High resolution simultaneous imaging of intracranial and extracranial arterial wall with improved cerebrospinal fluid suppression

To develop a technique for three dimensional (3D) high resolution joint imaging of intracranial and extracranial arterial walls with improved cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) suppression and good blood suppression based on T1 weighted sampling perfection with application optimized contrast using different angle evolutions (T1w-SPACE) and to compare this technique (hereafter, iSPACE) with alternating with nutation for tailored excitation (DANTE) prepared SPACE sequence (DANTE-SPACE) for their CSF suppression performance around the mid cerebral arteries (MCA) and blood suppression at carotid arteries.

Source: Magnetic Resonance Imaging - August 11, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Lei Zhang, Na Zhang, Jun Wu, Xin Liu, Yiu-Cho Chung Tags: Technical note Source Type: research