Plaque Morphologic Quantification Reliability of 3D Whole-Brain Vessel Wall Imaging in Patients With Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease: A Comparison With Conventional 3D Targeted Vessel Wall Imaging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Three-dimensional (3D) whole-brain vessel wall imaging (VWI) has demonstrated exquisite image quality for delineating intracranial atherosclerotic disease (ICAD) and reliability for quantifying normal vessel dimensions. However, its reliability in quantifying plaque morphology remains unknown.

Purpose

To evaluate the plaque morphologic quantification reliability of 3D whole-brain VWI in patients via comparison with 3D targeted VWI and 2D turbo spin-echo (TSE).

Study type

Prospective.

Population

Thirty-three patients with symptomatic ICAD.

Field strength/sequence

A 3D and 2D TSE acquired at 3.0 T.

Assessment

Each participant underwent two VWI sessions with an interval of 7-10 days. Three readers identified in consensus all the plaques on

SUBMITTER: Zhang N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8812367 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature