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Figure 2 | Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Figure 2

From: Development of a clinically practical whole-brain intracranial vessel wall MRI technique at 3 Tesla

Figure 2

Example clinical images obtained using the optimized whole-brain vessel wall MRI sequence (T1-weighted 3D TSE). The atherosclerotic plaque is depicted by 3D TSE as severe stenosis as well as eccentric wall thickening and contrast enhancement (a). Compared to TOF MRA, 3D vessel wall imaging directly depicts wall pathologies with additional information, such as hyper-intense hematoma associated with dissection and concentric contrast enhancement associated with vasculitis (b). The T1-mediated signal features within various wall pathologies on 3D TSE facilitates definitive diagnosis.

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